16 May 2013
Official Blogger Contact Form Gadget Released
Word about Google working on a official Contact Form gadget started to go around when many Blogger developers start to encounter some code in the Blogger hosted CSS and JavaScript files which clearly indicated that a Official Contact Form gadget was on the way. Finally today after a long wait of 14 years , Blogger has released the new Contact Form gadget which will surely ring a death knell for third party contact form providersHow To Add It
1. Go to the Layout Tab of your Blog
2. Click the Add a Gadget button
3. Click on More Gadgets
4. Click on the Contact Form Gadget
5. Give it a appropriate title and Save it
Its Features
> Sending simple text messages
> No Support for attachments ( Will be likely added in the future )
> Custom CSS Styles can be added easily
> All code is escaped before sending ( Cannot send any HTML via the message )
This new gadget release comes with the recent updates announced Google I/O 2013 and it looks like Blogger is still a integral part of the Google's Product line.
Til next time,
Prayag Verma
at 06:22