Speaking of Clover.

Forms Page Preview

Lately there’s been an uprising of questions on our blog about the progress of our new forms feature. We’ve been working hard on it for a while now, and since a lot of you have been asking about it, we thought it’d be good to give you a quick glance at our progress to date. We’ve been hesitant to show it simply because it looks like it’s just about done… But in true Clover style, we want to make sure it works perfectly and all the glitches are fixed before we release it just so you don’t get frustrated. So to answer your question as vaguely as possible before you ask it, the forms feature will be released to all Clover customers “soon”.

We still have a bit more work to do on it, but here’s your first look at the new forms feature:

57 Comments

Nick Farr said on March 31st, 2011:

Great! Thanks for posting this!

We currently use wufoo because we can accept payments. Will that be integrated into the even registration option that I saw?

Thanks!

Jim said on March 31st, 2011:

Hey Nick- If you need to accept payments off your form, you’ll need to keep using Wufoo/Paypal. This will be great for everything else…

Kirsten said on March 31st, 2011:

Excellent! We are really looking forward to this feature!! For now we use JotForm, but we’ll love having a form right on our site. Thanks Clover!

Josh Barnett said on March 31st, 2011:

We are heavy Wufoo users and love their service. This though… this rocks! Awesome job Jim and Co. Can’t wait to start using the Clover form builder!

Aaron said on March 31st, 2011:

Thanks for the preview. I am one of those ministry freaks who are driving you crazy about when Forms Pages will be ready. I’m not upset that its not quite ready yet—I’m just so stoked for the feature. Thanks for the update!

Alan Murray said on March 31st, 2011:

LOVE IT! I Can’t Wait! Love that everything y’all create is soooo user friendly! Peace!

Chadwick Trentham said on March 31st, 2011:

Jim, you guys are amazing!

Keep it up man.

Nathan said on March 31st, 2011:

Love all the customization, can’t wait…stoked!

randy said on March 31st, 2011:

So THAT”S what’s taking so looong… That is Amazing and will be worth the wait… Exceeded all expectations, and the update is appreciated!!

Linda said on April 1st, 2011:

Love the new forms concept. Great options and appears very easy to set up. However, we really, really need a payment option linked to the forms. Isn’t there anyway to incorporate Paypal into the new forms

James said on April 1st, 2011:

So where do the submitted forms go? An email? A spreadsheet?

Chris said on April 1st, 2011:

Will there be a way to view the collected results from the form other than individual e-mails?

Ryan Phelps said on April 1st, 2011:

Killer. One question. How secure will it all be?

Brian said on April 1st, 2011:

Looking great guys. Have you thought about linking these to a spreadsheet that keeps track of all the “registrants”? Similar to Google Forms? Thanks!

Jeremey King said on April 1st, 2011:

This is great! What is the target launch date?
by the way… LOVE CLOVER! I will be signing up the So-Cal district of our Denomination soon.

Matt said on April 1st, 2011:

The “Forms Creator” looks great you guys. Tanks for going above and beyond the call of duty!

Ben said on April 1st, 2011:

This looks great! This is exactly what we are looking for for registering for events or prayer requests or what not. Right on!

TJ said on April 1st, 2011:

cant wait. This is awesome.

Agape Church said on April 2nd, 2011:

Very Excited about it!

Jesse said on April 2nd, 2011:

Brilliant! Still hanging for the photo galleries feature too!

Amy said on April 2nd, 2011:

I am drooling! FYI my b-day is April 29 and IDK but I think this would be an awesome present! ;)

Mike said on April 4th, 2011:

Payment integration is needed for a few of our forms (so we’ll keep Wufoo too), but I LOVE the fact that we’ll be able to easily integrate simple forms into our site. More importantly, I am again impressed by the Clover team for their communication. Thank you all!

Rowland said on April 4th, 2011:

Any clue when? I need to put the vacation bible school registion form up soon. It would be really nice to get this e-mail form up over the next 3 weeks or so. Need a beta tester?

Nate said on April 4th, 2011:

I hate to be the nay-sayer but this seems to be missing a couple pretty sweet options that wufoo offers: payment integration (super crucial) and RULES! (if they select this option the alert goes to me, if they select another it goes to someone else)… ANY POSSIBLE way this can be added?!

Joel said on April 4th, 2011:

Looks great. We currently use a form for conference registrations that requires the user to be able to specify the “quantity” of a specific field. Eg. [2]x Friday Dinner. Will this be possible?

Jim said on April 5th, 2011:

Hey All-

Thanks for all your comments and excitement about this future feature. I thought it’d be good to try to address some questions/concerns about this up coming feature…

I know a lot of you have real, definitive needs with a form feature for your organization. As with all our features, we have to walk a very hard line between adding new and cool features, and keeping the UI (the Greenhouse) simple enough for everyone to use. The forms feature will already be (even stripped back to it’s most simplest state) the hardest component for a user to create in our CMS. We’ve been walking really gently into this arena just so we don’t lose our users who already have no idea what a “form” is, but know they need a simple way of gathering information online.

With that being said, each of your comments and requests are totally being noted. This can be a feature that evolves as our communities needs evolve. Thanks again for your patience and support.

Clover people are the best people!

Steve said on April 5th, 2011:

This looks great! I’m one of those people who periodically email to ask when this feature will be ready. Yes, it definitely looks worth the wait. I’m so excited about using this new forms feature. Great job, Clover!

Mick said on April 6th, 2011:

This is great! We’ve been using Google Docs for our forms, but this will allow visitors to never have to leave our site. I can’t wait until this features is available! Thanks for the great work, Clover.

Judd Greer said on April 7th, 2011:

Wow! Will this be integrated into our current website or an add on ($) feature? I join with the masses that our church could use this feature, like…today. Thanks for your hard work on this.

Lynne said on April 7th, 2011:

Okay, I am DROOLING! I am praying you guys have this launched before we start our VBS registrations. It looks awesome!

Mary said on April 7th, 2011:

Hey Judd, glad you like it! No extra cost on this one! When it’s released, it will be added automatically to your site, no additional charge.

Enjoy!

Eric said on April 7th, 2011:

FINALLY!!! THANK YOU!! hopefully soon, is soon :)

Sean Gurnseu said on April 12th, 2011:

hooray! I have been anxiously awaiting this feature since you first announced it.

Mark said on April 18th, 2011:

This is phenomenal! You have no idea how this will streamline all of our registration for EVERYTHING! Y’all are awesome… borderline superheroes! Keep it up!

Rob Carris said on April 19th, 2011:

You guys rock my socks off! Now…. hurry up, hurry up, hurry up….!!!

patrick said on April 20th, 2011:

If I were single I would ask you to marry me I love this feature so much.

Mary said on April 20th, 2011:

Aw, sweet! Thanks Patrick!

Jason said on April 20th, 2011:

phenomenal! this is exactly what we are looking for in addition to the already amazing greenhouse!

Darrell said on April 20th, 2011:

I am sobbing and hugging my laptop. My wife is staring. :-)

Greg said on April 22nd, 2011:

This is so exciting that I am literally shaking right now :)

Cecilia said on April 25th, 2011:

Looking forward to using this for our VBS registration and lots more! Thank you Clover!

Shaheen said on April 25th, 2011:

Holy Cow…I read this a month ago and I’m going crazy just waiting for it to actually happen! Thank you Clover for making a solution to have a great looking website – you guys are awesome!!!

Dezra Nauls said on April 25th, 2011:

I’m a little disappointed its not already ready. My church is screaming for more features from Clover. I keep saying its coming, its coming. So can you guys get it her already. Besides that gripe thanks for everything else!

Terri Alleruzzo said on April 26th, 2011:

Will the submitter of the completed form be able to print what is being submitted?

Craig said on April 26th, 2011:

Looking forward to it – what a great addition to our Clover site! Would it be out before the summer VBS season?! :)

Rob Carris said on April 26th, 2011:

Okay I’m obsessing. I’m checking back here like every day to see when these forms will be available!!! Okay well… see ya tomorrow.
Rob

Mary said on April 26th, 2011:

You’re awesome Rob. Keep checking. . . we’re very close!

Kirk said on April 26th, 2011:

This is long overdue. Thank you!!
BTW, VBS and other summer activities are fast approching, it would be great to have this available for registrations.

Mary said on April 26th, 2011:

Hey Terri,

The person who is filling out the form will not actually be able to print their answers or see the actual form once it is submitted, but the person who receives the form will.

Hope that works for you!

Mary said on April 26th, 2011:

Hey Dezra,

Thanks for your patience. We really appreciate it! We are very close and think your church is going to love the new feature!

Hang in there!

Terri said on April 27th, 2011:

Mary, thanx for the reply. I was hoping parishioners would be able to print a copy of, say, completed event/class registration forms for their records or to bring with them to the event if needed. Thanx again, looking forward to seeing this new addition!

Jason said on April 27th, 2011:

i feel like a 5-year-old on Christmas morning! i just want to open this gift now! Hurry! PLEASE! hahahaha

Lorenzo said on April 28th, 2011:

Hey guys,
I was starting to create some forms for our church in France… and please…….. WHEN WHEN WHEN ??? :-)
Thank you so much for your hard work : keep it simple for more users !!! You’re good guys !

Gina Scantling said on April 29th, 2011:

How will we know when this feature is available? I’m very excited and so are my peeps. I agree with the others it’s going to be great for VBS and other summer events.

Mary said on April 29th, 2011:

Hey Gina,

We’ll send you an email and do a blog post about it here. You won’t be able to miss it!

Mary

Jennifer said on April 29th, 2011:

Come on guys! You’ve been saying, “just about ready” for a month now. I’m sure I speak for the others when I say that we NEED those forms for VBS and summer camp! Thanks,

Jenn

Mary said on April 29th, 2011:

Keep an eye on your email this evening Jenn:)