What’s Your Formula?

This weeks writing challenge is all about using and tweaking WordPress “contact forms”.  Many of us see the button in our editors, but think it is static and has to be used the way it presents. This isn’t true. There are a lot of things you can use this feature for. Each field has an edit option so you can decide what you want to ask and in what format you want your readers  to respond. You can add additional fields as well so think outside of the box, you don;t have to use it as a “contact form“.

As a writer, I often wonder about other writers and our readers. I am curious about their writing habits, likes, dislikes, challenges, wants, etc. I wonder how many other blog posts we read every day and what makes a reader click the coveted like and/or follow buttons.

Below is a form I created that I hope you will all participate in. Please also use the social media share icons at the end if you would. If it’s not your thing, I understand, but by now you know it is my thing so I am always going to ask!

Image Source: drinkwinetalkshit.blogspot.com

Are you a...(required)

Blog reader Blog writer Both

My Blog/Website link is...

How often do you post to your blog?(required)

Less than 4 times per month First option Once a week Several times a week Every day Several times a day

I Post or Read Blogs that are about...(required)

I read...

Less than 4 posts per month At least one post a week At least one post a day Several posts a day

I work...

I am retired or I do not work any longer I work outside of the home I work from home

I cannot miss a day/week without reading the following blog...

Do you use the social media share buttons for posts you like?

Yes No Sometimes

Do you offer social media share buttons on your blog? Why or why not?

Submit

Δ

Related articles

• 5 Reasons Why Websites Fail (and How To Avoid Them) (optimalweb.biz)
• Let me know your experiences (mm172001.wordpress.com)
• Designing a Better Contact Page (webdesign.tutsplus.com)
• Beyond “Contact Me”: Engaging Your Readers with Forms (dailypost.wordpress.com)
• Lessons Learned from a Blog Overhaul with FARMnWIFE (jldphotographblog.com)
• Create web forms in under a minute with JotForm Instant (ruchirablog.com)
• How to add a Contact Us form in Magento ? (webexpertdeveloper.wordpress.com)
• 50 Blogging Tips To Help You Build Your Platform (business2community.com)
• Must Have Rules for Writers and Everyone Else (brianbbaker.com)

More WordPress DPChallenge Forms:

1. After the Boston bombing, are you more careful about attending public events? | DCMontreal
2. The FOG Extravaganza Giveawayery Part 2 | Fish Of Gold
3. Du Hast die Wahl | Comedic Grievances
4. A word a week photo challenge: Mountain | Travel Inspire Create
5. After Illinois: Help Me Choose My Next Story | Kingdom of Sharks
6. Weekly Writing Challenge: Using Forms Creatively (Part 1 of 2) | mattsden101
7. Concepts in Criminal Justice | One Man Versus the World
8. Dreaming forms | Artifacts and fictions
9. Weekly writing Challenge: Using forms creatively | Thoughts of a Lesser Canine
10. NaPoWriMo Day 30 – Who knows? (and a question for my readers!) | Virginia the Viruliferous
11. Table-Turning Mania: Let’s See What You Have to Say . . . | Off Go the Panties
12. Food, Glorious, Food | Doing it the Open Way
13. 5 Worst Philippine Mayors | Happy Times Today
14. Goals | Heather D. Roberts
15. DPChallenge Follow-Up: Flash! We’re It! | One Starving Activist
16. Weekly Writing Challenge: Using Forms Creatively | Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss
17. Weekly Writing Challenge: Feedback For The Roughest Rough Draft | Creative Mysteries