Google Docs Form in Wordpress.mp4

Demonstration from http://www.dragonblogger.com on how to use Google Docs to create a form you can embed in your wordpress blog, includes how to get email updates and use a visual theme.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• wordpress
• google docs
• google form
• wordpress form
• wordpress contact
• using google docs
• using google docs form
• creating a google form
• creating google docs

[jalter123]

I tried this and literally nothing shows up on my page. I'm definitely in HTML and I'm admin?? Do I need to install a plugin?

[dragonblogger]

@jalter123 No plugin is needed at all, but are you checking in preview mode or when post is published? Preview mode sometimes doesn't show iFrame elements.

[TheSallyCevasco]

This is great! Thanks very much. I'm going to put it to use immediately.

[dragonblogger]

@TheSallyCevasco You are welcome and now that Wordpress 3.1.x supports iframe switching between HTML and Visual editor it stays intact when working in both editor modes.

[jalter123]

@dragonblogger thanks!

[crheinga]

@dragonblogger thank you for your response. I'm an admin for my site and haven't been touching the visual tab :-/ I guess I'll have to bail on google forms and try FormidablePro. Thanks for the suggestion!

[dragonblogger]

@crheinga I still know several bloggers who still use Google Docs forms, even though I don't anymore. It still works if you use HTML only mode in the editor and are an admin account in Wordpress.

[dragonblogger]

@crheinga A) this youtube video is over a year old now, I have switched to much better forms since then and my personal favorite is FormidablePro for wordpress right now, B) it still works if and only if you use the HTML editor and don't click on visual editor. The exception is if you are a non-admin account in Wordpress, wordpress strips iframe and other javascript code for non-admin accounts when you click submit for review or publish it seems.

[crheinga]

@dragonblogger so what's the point of this tutorial again then? I've been following your directions exactly, but when I paste the code then update the wordpress page, it shows a different code (with no IFRAME like you say) and there is absolutely zero evidence on the actual live webpage that I even tried, not even the annoying "Loading...". So... It seems like wordpress wants us to use their inferior forms that don't dump all the data nicely into the same spreadsheet :-/

[ianbrowncc]

@dragonblogger Definitely check it out. It was very easy to use when I used it for the first time on a site that I just built. The form that I'm working on now for another site is a little more involved than the first one. I figured it would be able to handle this, but I was waiting to hear back from the developer. She confirmed that it would be a no brainer, which is great to hear.