Posts by allenjones

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Allen Jones

Software Engineer
formgrid.dev Joined March 2026
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Posts by allenjones

allenjones • • in Articles • 8 min read
If you are building a Vue.js application and need to handle contact form submissions, the standard approach involves setting up a backend server, configuring email sending, managing environment variables, and deploying server-side code. That is a lo...
allenjones • • in Articles • 8 min read
You built your site on GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel, or a plain HTML file. It looks great. But there is one problem. Your contact form has nowhere to go. Static sites have no server. No server means no backend. No backend means no way to process f...
allenjones • • in Articles • 1 min read
A few months ago, I was building a website for my web design agency at leadsgrid.co. I had the homepage done. The services page was looking good. The industry landing pages were ready. Everything was working. Then I got to the contact form. The P...
allenjones • • in Articles • 11 min read
Someone fills out your Webflow contact form. They click submit. They wait. Nothing arrives in their inbox. No confirmation. No acknowledgement. No "thank you, we received your message." Just silence. They wonder if the form worked. They submit...
allenjones • • in Articles • 11 min read
You installed Contact Form 7 on your WordPress site. Someone fills out your contact form. You receive the email. And it looks like this: !Image descriptionhttps://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/u1yw6jfar6wrxazc08wt.png Or if yo...
allenjones • • in Tutorials • 5 min read
If you've been using Formspree and recently looked at your bill or hit a submission wall, you're not alone. A lot of developers are actively searching for alternatives, and for good reason. Formspree is a solid product. But its paid plans start at $...
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