Development Blog

Latest Release (2/9/2010)

PayPal Web Payments Pro Integration

by Randy Vroman (2/XX/2010)

FormSite forms can now integrate with PayPal's Web Payments Pro service. Payments can now be collected via credit card without the user being transferred to PayPal's site. This integration makes for a very professional process flow and a very consistent presentation to your customer. A user will fill out your FormSite order form, be taken to an Order Review page to enter their credit card information, and then be transferred to the Success Page of your choice after payment is processed.

Even though PayPal is processing the transaction, there is no mention of PayPal and users are never taken to a PayPal page. FormSite handles all of the communication behind the scenes. Your customers can pay with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.

Attachment Progress Bar

by Randy Vroman (2/XX/2010)
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Our Attachment item that allows users to upload files (images, videos, documents, etc.) with their form submission is a popular feature. We have increased the maximum file size limitation from 20MB to 50MB per file. We also allow you to restrict the file sizes if you do not want accept files this large.

Depending on the end user's connection speed, it can take awhile to transmit 50MB of data, so we have added a progress indicator for each file being uploaded. This new progress indicator is shown for all Attachment uploads regardless of size.

MailChimp Integration

by Randy Vroman (2/XX/2010)

Our friends at MailChimp run an excellent email marketing and communication service. They provide the functionality to build and manage email lists and design HTML email campaigns. Utilizing our recently introduced Server Post functionality, you can integrate your FormSite form with MailChimp. This integration gives you the ability to build a form and have it automatically populate your MailChimp mailing lists. You can then professionally send mass communications to the people that have filled out your form.

Say you are running a one-time event and require special registration information from each guest. You could build the registration form using FormSite, collect the registrations, and then use MailChimp to communicate with your registrants before and after the event.

Enhanced Payment Notifications

by Randy Vroman (2/XX/2010)

We provide four payment integration(link) options for automatically collecting payment from your users: PayPal Standard, PayPal Website Payments Pro, Authorize.net, and Google Checkout. We now have the ability to have email Notifications sent either before, or after, payment is successfully collected via these services. Previously, we always sent the Notification before the user was sent to the payment service to collect payment. This resulted in emails being sent for people that ended up not paying. This option is still available, but you now can wait to have it sent after payment has been received. Many of our users want to provide links, information, or instructions to users only after payment has been received. This new feature makes this possible.

FormSite Powers American Red Cross
Donation Overflow

by Randy Vroman (1/18/2010)

FormSite is donating services to process overflow for American Red Cross donations. Our client, PayByWeb, has been officially authorized by the American Red Cross to collect donations for victims of the Haiti earthquake. PayByWeb utilizes our forms with Authorize.net integration to collect these donations. We have seen a very large spike in traffic since Friday evening (1/15) and continue to see increased volume.

FormSite has committed to donating whatever resources are necessary. If you would like to donate, please visit: this page.