How to add a 'Contact Us' page on wordpress theme?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by InvestInPixels, Jan 29, 2010.

  1. #1
    Heya,

    How can I add a "Contact Us" page (with an email form) on my website www.FreeFilmWorld.com ?

    Any help will be appreciated!

    Thanks

    Ps: This is a wordpress theme!
     
    InvestInPixels, Jan 29, 2010 IP
  2. Azkaban

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    #2
    The best I have found (and I use myself) is the "Secure Form mailer" by DagonDesign
    It has excellent features like CAPTCHA (if needed). Best of all, it does not expose your email ID so as to keep you away from spam..
    The page below explains everything (about installation, creating forms, setting them up, etc)

    http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/secure-form-mailer-plugin-for-wordpress/
    Code (markup):
     
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  3. InvestInPixels

    InvestInPixels Member

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  4. sakto

    sakto Active Member

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    #4
    I guess it has something to do with your theme. Have you tried placing your contact in a page instead of a post.
     
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  5. InvestInPixels

    InvestInPixels Member

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    #5
    It is on a page :/, I'll try putting it on a post now.

    Cheers for the suggestion.
     
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  6. InvestInPixels

    InvestInPixels Member

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    The good news: It works on a Post

    The bad news: It cant be on a post! :(. Maybe i'll need to find another one. Any more suggestions?
     
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    Jasonb Well-Known Member

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    #7
    there is plenty of wordpress contact scripts, if not just make a static php form
     
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    Jalpari Notable Member

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    #8
    cforms II contact us plugin can be use in post/pages and in widgets. try it
     
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    #9
    There is plugin contact us!
     
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  10. InvestInPixels

    InvestInPixels Member

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    #10
    None of them seem to work under "Page" for my layout :(. Only Post..arrgh!
     
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  11. Azkaban

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    #11
    I think that the problem is with the theme.

    Your current heme doesn't have space for pages. (I mean, in other themes, the pages show up as a nav menu or a sidebar)
     
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  12. InvestInPixels

    InvestInPixels Member

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    Yeah, that's the problem. Ah well :/.
     
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    Hi,
    you can also try contact from7 and copy the short code of contact from 7 and paste it in the contact us page i hope it will work.
     
    falconeye849, Jan 30, 2010 IP
  14. InvestInPixels

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    Short code? Is it that [contact forum 1] kinda thing? If so, I've tried that to no avail :(.
     
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    #15
    the Best Plugin for Contact Forms, and the last one you will ever need is Gravity Forms. Sure there are others like Contact Form 7, CForms II by Delicious Days, they are free and i have used them on many sites, however Gravity Forms is so much easier and more powerful, did i mention you don't need to paste in codes, you just click on a forms icon & select the one you want, when you write a post or page, how cool is that? You can even use it for user post submission, order forms, application forms. Anyways just watch the video to see what i mean
     
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    #16
    use a contact us form plugin and install it on your wordpress website. then creat a page name contact us and use that plugin on your page.
     
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    #17
    I have a wordpress site too... There's a wordpress plugin I use alot to help me attach the contact us page.

    The wordpress plugin is called "reCAPTCHA Form"

    I simply install the plugin follow instructions and add a simple code to the new page I created.

    It was done in like a minute.

    Go to wordpress plugin directory and type in keyword, "reCAPTCHA Form" many folks download it and it also have 5 star rating...

    I hope this helps...
     
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    #18
    Wow you must be really confused man, listen heres what you have to do.

    1st you want to free up some space on that page. you can do this by creating a default template for your contact page. Simply opened up your index.php file, at the very top line add this
    <?php
    /*
    Template Name: name of template
    */
    ?>

    then edit the size of your main content div (make it larger), which should be your "post" div. After that save the file as contact-temp.php and upload it to your current theme's default folder.

    Once you have done that, go back to your wordpress dashboard and go to pages, select contact us, then on the right side about halfway down the page you will find "Template" with a drop down, by default is should have "default template" selected. change that to what ever you named you template , example <?php
    /*
    Template Name: contact page
    */
    ?>

    Click publish!

    Once thats done you will need a plug-in to assit you in creating a contact form.

    go to your dashboard and click "add new" under the plugin tab then do a search for contact form 7. its a very simple easy to use plug-in, yes there are much better ones out there, but they are also more advanced. contact form 7 allows you to make a functional form that can also be styled nicely.

    I hope this helps, because according to everyone elses response, i would think that you would be a bit confused.
     
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    #19
    Use "Contact 7" - it is a great plugin!
     
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    #20
    no problem im here to help
     
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