Contact: add new menu button to display a contact form with spam prevention

[François Keller]

Hi

Here is a plugin inspired from Gizmo add on for adding a contact form in your Coppermine gallery:
This plugin add un menu button to display a contact form to let your visitors sending a mail to the administrator Email Adress. A field verification is made before sending mail
Plugin also avaible in English and French.
Feel free to translate the lang/english.php language file to your own language.

Version 1.2
Adding a Spam prevention field: You must answer a simple math question before submitting the form. See the contact_1_2.zip file in attachement


Original pack update with this change:
- changing the way to display menu button (Sami's code)
- changing table width to 100% instead 800px acording Gysmo suggestion
- adding Italian language file (Thank's Lontano)
- adding Dutch language file (Thank's Hlabout)
- changing operator word "plus" into sign "+" in lang files
- Correct english.php file (Thank's Gysmo)


New version 1.3 (By Sami)

Original pack update with this change:
- CAPTCHA confirmation instead of mathematic question (Spam checking)
- Blank fields after error checking , bug fixed
- Display specific error message for invalid emal adress (code modif by Frantz)
- Persian & German lang. added
-Russian lang. added (Thank's to dheep)



Install:

* Unpack the archive and upload the "contact" directory structure to your Coppermine gallery's plugins folder.
* Login as an admin, go to config, then "Manage Plugins"
* Find the Contact entry in the available plugins and click install.
* A new menu button is now added for opening contact form.

[Sami]

Good work Frantz , thank you

[Gizmo]

Hey Frantz! Thanks for pluging this guy. There are a couple of items to look at.

• 1. In contact.php, the table size should be set to 100% instead of 800px to allow for narrow themes like the ones I've been submitting. The 800px was a throw back from my early Coppermine days and learning what it was all about.
• 2. In themes that have vertical list like the OrangeSky theme, the contact menu item won't match the others if they have an image assocated with them. This may also be an issue with themes that have buttons but didn't check it.
• 3. I've gotten so much spam through my contacts forms lately that I've been trying out various methods such as Captcha and this new method that has been working well for me. It's easier to implement than Captcha so maybe you can incorporate it directly into the plugin. It's called Fee Contact Form at http://www.freecontactform.com/ but just read and make sure there isn't any legal issues but I don't there is. You have to answer a simple math question before the email is sent but you can also make up your own questions and answers. You can check it out here on my sports gallery - http://www.bullseyephotos.com/sports/contact.php.
  

Cheers!

Gizmo

[François Keller]

Hey Gizmo,

In contact.php, the table size should be set to 100% instead of 800px to allow for narrow themes

Yes sure, i will do that

In themes that have vertical list like the OrangeSky theme, the contact menu item won't match the others if they have an image assocated with them

Oh, I haven't test with OrangeSky theme. Will have a look to this problem

I've gotten so much spam through my contacts forms lately that I've been trying out various methods such as Captcha and this new method that has been working well for me. It's easier to implement than Captcha so maybe you can incorporate it directly into the plugin. It's called Fee Contact Form at http://www.freecontactform.com/ but just read and make sure there isn't any legal issues but I don't there is. You have to answer a simple math question before the email is sent but you can also make up your own questions and answers. You can check it out here on my sports gallery - http://www.bullseyephotos.com/sports/contact.php.

Yes I've seen it on your site and it's on my todo list for next version 
Thank's for your support
Frantz

[Sami]

BTW you have a problem with contact button positioaning
- on those themes that comes with javascript show/hide menu such as mac_ox_x , eyeball , igames
- or those themes that use picture for button or picture toframe button , such as fruity , hardwired , rainy_day ,...

maybe you could check contact_user_menu function and re-code it with better logic

[Sami]

Check the new codebase.php and if you like the idea put it under orginal pack
It will create a contact button right after Home button by using home button template

Regards,

[François Keller]

Oh yes Sami

Your way for displaying the menu button is more better 
Thank's.
I've update the original pack in first post

I've changed table width according Gysmo suggestion

[François Keller]

Hi,

version 1.2 is avaible with Spam prevention field. You must answer a simple math question before submitting the form (inspired by Fee Contact Form at http://www.freecontactform.com/)
See attachement in the first post

[Davide Renda]

italian translation attached, unzip and upload in the lang directlory of the plugin.

[François Keller]

Thank's lontano for your contribution. Your file will be add to the pack.

[Hein Traag]

Hi there,

i would like to use this plugin but i do have a question. Is it possible to make a edition of this plugin which uses Captcha
for confirmation instead of using math questions ?

I already got the captcha plugin for comments from Sami and that works like a charm.

Cheers!
Hein

[François Keller]

Is it possible to make a edition of this plugin which uses Captcha
for confirmation instead of using math questions ?

feel free to modif the code 

[Hein Traag]

feel free to modif the code 

I so wish i could. But i discovered that my skillset does not include coding php 

[hlabout]

HI

I have one question.
I added this almost perfect pluginn to my coppermine gallery.
Just have one error: - no PLUS sign between the nubers of the math question.
Tried to solve it by myself, but faild.
Does someone know the answer to this problem.

Regards Harald

[Nibbler]

I'm not clear on what your question actually is. The place to change the word 'plus' is in the plugin's lang/english.php (or whatever language you use)

Code Select Expand

  'opertator'     => ' plus ',

Be sure to preserve the typo when you make your change.

[François Keller]

If your question is how to change the word 'plus' with the sign '+'
change in the plugin's lang/english.php (or in your language file)

Code Select Expand

'opertator'     => ' plus ',
to

Code Select Expand

'opertator'     => ' + ',

[hlabout]

After a few hours found the problem myself.
In the lang file code operator is spelled as "opertator".
Changed it, working fine now.
Thanks for your reaction.

Top plugin, was getting sick of all the spam in my comment fields.
This contact form is a great solution.

Harald

[hlabout]

Made a Dutch language file, somebody interested?

[Nibbler]

Attach it to the thread.

[hlabout]

ok

dutch lang.