WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How does a visitor enter an extended comment? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How does a visitor enter an extended comment? en Sun, 26 May 2013 07:31:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 thesacredpath on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718430 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:16:01 +0000 thesacredpath 718430@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Actually I just noticed that the email I received on my test comment held the blank lines I put into the contact form.

It is not something that can be done here at wordpress.com. It is something that could be done with a self-hosted wordpress.ORG installation on a third-party hosting service such as godaddy, bluehost, etc. There might even be a plugin that would allow this, but if there is not, then you should be able to use one of the online form tools to create the form you want. It would not likely support any RTF (rich text format) capabilities.

The other possibility of course is to create your own. How good are you at javascript and/or PHP scripting?

On self-hosting, figure an average overall monthly cost, all things considered, of about $10 to $25 (hosting, domain name registration, etc.).

]]> elebowitz on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718422 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:34:09 +0000 elebowitz 718422@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is there a customization program I could buy from WordPress that would enable this capability, or is this a limitation of WordPress?

]]> thesacredpath on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718418 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:28:48 +0000 thesacredpath 718418@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, that is spam and staff will whack them on the nose shortly I hope.

The problem is, the contact form was never really meant for submission of long documents, manuscripts or short stories, it was just meant as a way to let people contact you without you having to put your email address on the site for spammers to get hold of. I don't think it is going to work for what you want it to work for.

I would suggest setting up a separate email address for this purpose and then post it on your site using one of the munging techniques Timethief wrote about in this post.

]]> auxclass on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718414 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:21:36 +0000 auxclass 718414@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The link was hidden above: http://creativewow1.wordpress.com/

]]> auxclass on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718413 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:20:28 +0000 auxclass 718413@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ kt is spam - I suspect their posting privileges are about gone since this is a repeat performance

I don't know about the formatting - others would be better to address if that is a feature or a bug

back to your orig problem - there is no visitor upload ability

If someone is a regular on your site you could set them up as a "Contributor" then approve their Posts - downside they need an account here.

You could send them an email account that was set up just for them to send you attachments on the email. They would fill out the contact form and you would send them the email address.

they could upload the file to a file share site and send you a link - down side they have to do a lot more work

this is about all I can think of at this point -

]]> raincoaster on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718412 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:20:27 +0000 raincoaster 718412@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, it is.

We cannot give you an answer suitable to YOUR site until you give us the URL for your site, starting with http.

]]> elebowitz on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718410 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:10:39 +0000 elebowitz 718410@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I didn't understand this answer. Is this spam?

]]> elebowitz on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718400 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:58:07 +0000 elebowitz 718400@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm using the latest version of Firefox. I see the form correctly displayed. That isn't the problem. The problem is that when you copy and then paste a document into the textarea, the paragraphing and line spaces disappear, so it's not usefil for reading long messages like stories, which is the point of what I'm trying to do. If I could get a "wysi\wyg" upload, it would be okay. If the contributor/user could upload a file into the textarea, or if there were an alternative to textarea for file uploading on the form, it would be even better. I couldn't solve this problem. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

]]> timethief on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718391 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:46:57 +0000 timethief 718391@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Are you referring to this? http://creativewow1.wordpress.com/form-to-submit-a-critique/

If you are I'm using Firefox 7.0.1 and I see a normal display of the form. I do not see this:

However, the textarea runs the sentences and paragraphs into each other ...

Which browser and version of it are you using? Have you logged out of WordPress.com and viewed that form as visitor would?

]]> elebowitz on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718380 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:58:06 +0000 elebowitz 718380@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The top of my home page has these .
Tag: Creative Writers' Online Workshop
Name: Creative Wow
Tabs under name above blogs:
Mission
Form to submit a story
Form to submit a critique
Stories to Critique
Archives
RSS Feed
When you click on "Mission," you get a mission statement. When you click of "Form to submit a story" or "Form to submit a critique," you get a form I made with your WordPress.com. However, the textarea runs the sentences and paragraphs into each other, so it isn't suitable fot rthe purpose unless you can help me with a workaround such as being able to upload a .doc file.

Thanks in advance.
By the way, to remind you, my url is: creativewow1.wordpress.com

]]> elebowitz on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718379 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:57:07 +0000 elebowitz 718379@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The top of my home page has these .
Tag: Creative Writers' Online Workshop
Name: Creative Wow
Tabs under name above blogs:
Mission
Form to submit a story
Form to submit a critique
Stories to Critique
Archives
RSS Feed
When you click on "Mission," you get a mission statement. When you click of "Form to submit a story" or "Form to submit a critique," you get a form I made with your WordPress.com. However, the textarea runs the sentences and paragraphs into each other, so it isn't suitable fot rthe purpose unless you can help me with a workaround such as being able to upload a .doc file.

Thanks in advance.

]]> elebowitz on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718378 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:50:14 +0000 elebowitz 718378@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Any help?

]]> elebowitz on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718374 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:34:10 +0000 elebowitz 718374@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I used these instructions here. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

I didn't realize my url didn't come with the mail. It is:

creativewow1.wordpress.com

Thanks for the help.

]]> auxclass on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718372 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:29:40 +0000 auxclass 718372@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Without a URL to the site in question nobody can even guess at helping you

]]> thesacredpath on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718370 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:28:45 +0000 thesacredpath 718370@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ We need a link to the site you are talking about.

]]> elebowitz on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718369 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:28:26 +0000 elebowitz 718369@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I added a form based on instruction in the forum.

]]> elebowitz on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718367 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:25:56 +0000 elebowitz 718367@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I added a form based on instruction in the forum.

]]> thesacredpath on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718366 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:24:02 +0000 thesacredpath 718366@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ We can't even begin to respond, but I suspect you are in the wrong forum and most likely self-hosted rather than hosted here at wordpress.com since we cannot add forms here.

]]> elebowitz on "How does a visitor enter an extended comment?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-does-a-visitor-enter-an-extended-comment#post-718365 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:20:08 +0000 elebowitz 718365@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have set up my site to include a form readers fill out to submit information to me, This is in a drop down from under the title. This may be many typewritten pages with multiple paragraphs. When you enter it into the textarea of a form, however, the line and paragraph spacing disappears, which makes it unreadable and useless for the current purpose. Is there a way users could copy and paste into a form and leave paragraphing correct? Is there a way users could upload a .doc file to the form? Is here a way users could upload a .doc file to the weblog anywhere?

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