Deftform Changelog

"Create a newsletter signup form. It must include a field for first name and one for the email address. The email address is mandatory."

Tell that to our newly released AI Assistant and you will get field suggestions which you can accept (and continue building) or reject (and start over).

This feature is currently in an "experimental" state and we will partially monitor the outcome to find any potential "drunk texting" responses. In our tests, the results were accurate (= something to work with) in 8 out of 10 tries. We did A LOT of testing and will continue to tweak the Assistant over the coming weeks to make this a 10/10. Go ahead and give it a try when creating a new form.

QR code for sharing the form

We also added an option to generate a QR code that directly links to the form. This will allow you to link to the form by sharing the QR code that people can then simply scan. The download link can be found in the lower right corner when editing a form.

Today we integrated support for Slack and Discord.

In addition to notifications via email, you – the admin – can now also be notified via Slack and Discord. Simply create a webhook url, add it to Deftform within the Notifications / Connections settings and assign it to any of your forms. We provide links to the respective docs on how to create a webhook url.

There are also options to directly deal with the new submission. You can either view it in your Deftform backend, download a CSV, or download a PDF. You will need to be logged-in to access those resources.

Today we added a new form field: Consent checkbox

This field allows you to create a, well... consent checkbox. This can be used to make sure people accept your privacy policy or agree that they have read other legal documents. Use it however you see fit. In the frontend, this will show the text you enter, with any additional links and a checkbox next to it.

Here is a small "for your convenience" update.

It is now possible to duplicate form fields to quickly get started with a new field which is based on an existing one.

We also added two keyboard shortcuts that are only available on the form creator page:

• CTRL + E opens the "Add Element" overlay
• CTRL + S opens the form settings
  

Both the duplicate field and the shortcut addition can greatly shorten the time it takes to create a form. Let us know if you have any feedback or wishes for more shortcuts.

We also fixed a couple of smaller glitches and bugs across the platform (frontend and backend).

This one has been requested a couple of times since we launched in April this year and we're happy to ship this today: PDF exports.

So in addition to CSV, you can now also export completions as PDF.

PDF exports are currently only available as single downloads and not via bulk export. We may add an option for this in a future update.

Inline option for radio and checkbox

We also added an option to display radio boxes and checkboxes inline, showing them in a 50/50 grid instead of underneath one another. If you have lots of options, this can greatly reduce the length of the form.

Changelog indicator added

You: "When was this added?" - Us: "Well, check our changelog." - You: "Where is it?" - Us: "You can find a link within the user menu." - You: "And where is that?" ... 🙃

Anyway... whenever we publish something new, we now show a red/orange dot that indicates that we added something new to our changelog. To remove the dot, simply click on "Changelog".

Another small-ish update has arrived. Today we added an option to add subtext, made the countries dropdown searchable, made some minor improvements and fixed a couple of bugs.

Subtext and searchable countries

This update can be summarized in one screenshot:

The subtext is a new field when creating and editing a form field. This can be used to explain what the field is for, and can be used in addition to the already existing help text in the tooltip. Choose whatever you prefer.

It is now also possible to search the countries dropdown. It's quite long, so this will surely come in handy.

Apart from that, the upload field is now clickable in its entirety. Before the update, you had to click on a specific text to trigger the file picker. Now, the entire box is clickable, and you can still drag and drop files onto it. Huzzah!

There were also some bugs fixed that a handful of people reported. Thanks for that. :)

We're happy to announce our installment plan for the Lifetime package.

After running a small survey with potential customers (those who abandoned the cart, got in touch via chat etc), we were made aware that paying €189 in one payment is something that many people consider too high and many prefer paying on a monthly basis.

With the new installment plan, it is now possible to pay for the Lifetime package over the course of 12 months with a payment of €18 per month.

During – and of course after – those 12 months, full access to the Lifetime package is granted.

Today we shipped a maintenance update to keep our underlying systems up-to-date.

But to make this a somewhat noteworthy update, we're also pleased to report that our rich text editor has been replaced with a slimmer solution and one that we have more control over. This allowed us to speed up the initialize process for the editor to load and also improve how the content is stored. Not a big change, but one that feels like a relieve (at least to us).

Today we added a minor addition that can be useful when a form is embedded on multiple pages and you want to know where a form was submitted from. We now capture the parent url where the embedded form was included upon form submission.

Please note that we are using document.referrer for this. Most browsers set the default referrer policy (if the site doesn't set another one) to strict-origin-when-cross-origin which means that different origins (so domains) never get to see the full referrer (eg. domain.com/path), but just the domain, without the path.

After going back and forth about implementing either workspaces, or multiple domains and folders, we decided to go with the more familiar workspace logic. So, multiple workspaces are now available! 🎈

By default, each account can create up to 3 workspaces. Each workspace is a separate instance, meaning you can create a different team, have different forms, domain, settings etc.

What about team member permissions?

Team members are not able to delete a workspace, this can only be done by the workspace owner. That's about it when it comes to permissions. In a future update, we may also prevent team members from deleting forms, let us know if you have any input on this.

Can I have more than 3 workspaces?

Absolutely. You can add additional workspaces to your account for a one-time payment of EUR 6 per workspace (plus taxes). There is no limit on how many workspaces can be added.

Updates to dynamic values

We also extended the possibility to pre-fill data on forms. In addition to pre-filling input fields, you can now also use placeholders like ###NAME###, or ###EMAIL### to set pre-defined values in paragraphs. The placeholder can be anything you want, but you must set it like this: ###VALUE###.

As an example, the output for the url domain.com/Ct4Q32?setter=[name=Madison][order_id=12345]&taadm=madison@example.com will look like this:

More info about this can be found in this help center article.

Workspace name as email sender name

We also changed the sender name when emails are send to people submitting the form. Before the change it would show "Deftform Public", now it shows the workspace name. So be sure to set a good name within the workspace settings, as the default name is "Personal Workspace".

In a future update you will be able to use your own SMTP settings to send emails.

Updated views count

We also implemented a "fix" to filter out visits from bots when viewing the dashboard and form stats. Just in case you were wondering why the views count got a little less.

You asked, we shipped. You can now have a custom favicon for public forms. Similar to the Open Graph image, this is a workspace wide setting. And yes, multiple workspaces are coming soon.

We also fixed a bug where hidden fields would take up space when viewing a form.

Today we added a small improvement to the default theme: dark mode.

Dark mode will stop working once you apply a custom style to a form. Then your custom style will take over. There are currently no plans to offer light mode / dark mode specific customizations for custom styles.