CFDB Plugin

See: http://moometric.com/integrations/sf/wordpress-form-submissions-salesforce-custom-object/

Update: as of version 2.10.13, HYPERLINK functions should work in downloaded Excel .xlxs files automatically.

If you have a form that includes uploaded files, then .xlsx and .ods export files will have HYPERLINK functions for each file entry. This is intended to enable you to download the files.

But the problem is that the export code doesn’t support creating functions. So the literal text of the function appears in the cell, but Excel, OpenOffice & LibreOffice don’t know that it is a formula.

The fix for this is:

1. Open the export file
2. Select the cells with formula text
3. Do a “Find/Replace All” operation: find “=” and replace with “=”

That doesn’t change the formula but tricks Excel, OpenOffice & LibreOffice into re-evaluating the cells at which point it converts them to an actual formula.

In Excel selecting a single cell and pressing F2-Enter will convert the cell to a formula. But this only works on one cell, not a range of selected cells.

(Since version 2.5.1)

RSS URLs do required you to login to access them by default. You can create RSS URLs to add to any RSS feed reader to show some of all of the contents of a form. But to make it work with a feed reader that doesn’t allow you to login, you have to make such URLs publicly accessible.

How to Generate an RSS URL

Go to the WordPress administration page,

• Contact Form DB -> Short Code
• Choose a form
• Choose “Export File” = “RSS“
• Choose a form fields for the “Item Title” (title for each item in RSS list)

This will display a URL that you can use as an RSS feed. But by default you must log into WordPress for the URL to work. Some RSS readers will not be able to use this URL because they cannot login. The URL is secure

How to Turn off Security

This creates a security hole whereby a savvy person could see (but not change) all the saved form data in your database. If someone knows or can guess one of your form names, they can easily work out the RSS URL needed to show the form’s data.

If you want to make RSS URLs like this publicly accessible, then go to the WordPress administration page,

• Contact Form DB -> Options,
• set “AllowRSS URLs” = “true“

This option makes all RSS URLs that you could possibly generate publicly accessible. All form data can be viewed, it is only a matter of creating the right URL.