Promotional Video Tutorial and Demo
Video Summary
Title: Gravity Forms Email Blacklist Plugin for WordPress
Publisher: CrossPeak Software
Format: Silent Screen Capture Tutorial with On-Screen Text & Background Music (No Spoken Dialogue)
The documentation page for Gravity Forms Email Blacklist Plugin serves as a visual walkthrough and video watch page demonstrating how to prevent form spam and unwanted submissions using CrossPeak Software’s Gravity Forms Email Blacklist plugin.
Video Transcript
[00:00 – 00:03]
[Visual Description]: The video opens with a scenic background image of snow-capped mountain peaks under a dark gradient overlay. White text appears centered on screen reading:
CROSSPEAK SOFTWARE
GRAVITY FORMS EMAIL BLACKLIST
[00:04 – 00:07]
[Visual Description]: The title text transitions to state the core feature centered over the mountain background:
PROTECT YOUR GRAVITY FORMS
WITH EMAIL BLACKLISTS
[00:08 – 00:11]
[Visual Description]: The text updates to an instructional prompt over the mountain background:
LET’S BLACKLIST AN EMAIL ADDRESS…
[00:12 – 00:18]
[Visual Description]: The view shifts to the WordPress admin panel showing a list of active Gravity Forms. The cursor moves to “Simple Contact Form” and clicks “Edit” to open the form editor interface.
[00:19 – 00:22]
[Visual Description]: The view transitions back to the mountain overlay with text reading:
Use the Field’s Advanced Settings.
[00:23 – 00:33]
[Visual Description]: The view returns to the form builder editing “Simple Contact Form”. The cursor clicks on the “Email” field, opening its “Field Settings” tab on the right side panel. The cursor expands the “Advanced” section, scrolls down to the field labeled “Blacklisted Emails”, and types:
[00:34 – 00:37]
[Visual Description]: The view transitions back to the mountain overlay with text reading:
You can set a custom error message.
[00:38 – 00:48]
[Visual Description]: The view returns to the Field Settings panel. Below “Blacklisted Emails”, the cursor clicks into the text box labeled “Blacklisted Emails Validation Message” and types:
Sorry, this email is not allowed on this form.
The cursor then moves up to the top right corner and clicks the blue “Save Form” button.
[00:49 – 00:51]
[Visual Description]: The screen transitions back to the mountain overlay with text reading:
Let’s see it in action!
[00:52 – 01:08]
[Visual Description]: The screen displays the live frontend page titled “Simple Contact with Email Blacklist Example”. The cursor fills out the contact form:
- Name: John Smith
- Email:
[email protected] - Phone:
(555) 555-5555 - Question:
testing email blacklist plugin...
The cursor clicks the “Submit” button. The page reloads showing a red notice banner at the top reading “There was a problem with your submission. Please review the fields below.” Below the Email field, a red error box displays:
Sorry, this email is not allowed on this form.
[01:09 – 01:12]
[Visual Description]: The view transitions back to the mountain overlay with text reading:
You can set universal blacklists in Settings.
[01:13 – 01:21]
[Visual Description]: The screen shows the WordPress Admin dashboard under Forms > Settings > Email Blacklist. The panel displays input fields for “Email Blacklist” and “Error Message” under Default Settings. A text overlay appears across the screen reading:
You can also set a universal error message.
[01:22 – 01:25]
[Visual Description]: The screen transitions back to the mountain overlay with text reading:
Or use this default error message…
[01:26 – 01:32]
[Visual Description]: The view returns to a frontend test page titled “Email Blacklist Form Test”. The email field contains [email protected]. A blue box highlights the fallback default system message below the field:
Sorry, the email address entered is not eligible for this form.
[01:33 – 01:36]
[Visual Description]: The screen transitions back to the mountain overlay with text reading:
You can blacklist a whole domain.
[01:37 – 01:43]
[Visual Description]: The screen zooms in on the Field Settings “Blacklisted Emails” box. A blue arrow highlights entering a domain name without a username:
crosspeaksoftware.com
[01:44 – 01:47]
[Visual Description]: The view transitions back to the mountain overlay with text reading:
Use * to blacklist a whole TLD.
[01:48 – 01:53]
[Visual Description]: The screen zooms in on the “Blacklisted Emails” box where a blue arrow points to entering a top-level domain wildcard pattern:
*.com
A text overlay appears across the screen reading:
That’s it!
[01:54 – 02:01]
[Visual Description]: The video transitions back to the mountain landscape background. The green and black “CrossPeak” mountain logo appears, followed by a white circular WordPress logo and the closing tagline:
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The instrumental music fades out as the video ends.