Steven Zahm@ Mike
re; I do not understand why you have not implemented this function which is available in most good contact form plugins for WP.
Time and resources… I’ve already developed a pretty good API for custom fields which support everything from simple text inputs to rich text editors, sliders and datepickers. The last bit, which is the toughest, is writing a good user interface (UI).
Not sure I understand the correlation between a contact form plugin and a directory plugin … the two are very different beasts, so to speak. Perhaps you are comparing the Form addon for Connections to a contact form plugin? The Form addon will never be one of those … I purposed designed it to do one thing without requiring a lot of configuration in an attempt to keep it as simple as possible for users. Trust me, some would argue it is already too complex.
For advanced users who do not mind or require custom forms I am in the process of releasing an addon for Gravity Forms for just that purpose. You can checkout a live third party site, here at the bottom of the page, using this new addon. Even still, it will still be required to register a custom field in Connections if you want to populate it with a Gravity Form. I do plan on adding UI for registering fields at some point I am just unable to make any promises as to when as I’m working on other items at the moment such as implementing full support for the WP REST API.
Any ways, I think I’m rambling… Thanks for you feature request, it’s definitely been noted :)