[wp-hackers] [GSoC 2014] Proposal for a forms/survey plugin
Ian Dunn
ian at iandunn.name
Mon Mar 10 19:12:02 UTC 2014
On 3/8/14, 12:12 PM, Shitiz Garg wrote:
> Hello! I hope everyone is doing well, I've worked up an initial draft for a
> forms/survey plugin and would like some feedback. Thanks
Thanks Shitiz, that looks pretty good :)
Here are a few things to refine:
* Advanced field types and stats are nice, but not necessary for the
first version. They can be added if there's time after the core
components are finished.
* Question branching is a must-have feature. (e.g., the user is asked an
additional question depending on how the answered a previous question).
That's probably similar to the conditional field logic you mentioned.
* Pre-defined forms is a must-have feature (e.g., a base "call for
speakers" form that can be customized and added on to by each admin)
* Another must-have feature will be automating some actions for certain
forms. For example, when a potential speaker submits the Call for
Speakers form, the should automatically have a Speaker post created and
set as a draft. That way the WordCamp organizers won't have to
copy/paste the data from their submission into a Speaker post.
Since the plugin should be generic enough to live in the WordPress.org
plugin repository, features like this that are specific to WordCamp.org
would probably be implemented as a second plugin, and the base plugin
would simply provide the necessary custom hooks to allow the second
plugin to integrate with it.
* See the original idea posting and past wp-hackers threads for more
details on other must-have features
* Order/pricing isn't relevant to WordCamps. They're not-for-profit
events and the only thing attendees purchase is a ticket, which is
handled by the CampTix plugin.
* Role-based fields and form limitations probably wouldn't be necessary
for the first version.
* Form fields should be added through a UI rather than shortcodes. We'd
only want a shortcode for the form itself. See previous threads on
wp-hackers for a discussion about that.
* Each form will be a post, and the fields and other data will be stored
as postmeta. Same for responses.
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