Bloomerang's "self-hosted" form explained

One of Bloomerang’s features is a form builder. This allows a user to build forms to collect information from people and populate the Bloomerang system. This works great, most of the time; but there are some use cases that fall outside of a Bloomerang standard form’s capabilities. In these cases, the Bloomerang form builder enables a user to download generated code. It works like this, use the form builder in Bloomerang to build as much of the form as possible, then download the generated code. Once the code is downloaded Bloomerang labels the form as self-hosted.

How does eComApps help?

The generated code allows someone with HTML and JavaScript experience a way to customize the form code to fit differing needs. Bloomerang calls this option self-hosted because the code is no longer in the Bloomerang system. These additional use cases are met by making modifications to the generated code. eComApps works with organizations to make these changes and to ensure a self-hosted form works as expected. While many people know HTML and JavaScript self-hosted forms are a very unique blend and knowledge of Bloomerang is highly recommended. eComApps has helped many organizations raise millions of dollars with Bloomerang. We would like to put this experience to work for you.

How much does this cost?

The price range for the options listed above is $250-$750. Please bear in mind that this is technical work and the prices above are NOT a quote. We do provide a written estimate once the full scope of the project is known. These options work within the limitations of Bloomerang’s self-hosed forms there are some features that are not available. In those cases, we do offer full custom donation pages which use Bloomerang's API. Please contact us with any questions you may have.

Want to know more?

Please contact us as info@ecom-apps.com

What are the use cases?

Below is a list of examples eComApps supports. This is not a comprehensive list, but rather common examples we build. Please contact us if there are any questions about how the self-hosted form can potentially be altered to meet your organization's needs.

  • Form only displays or defaults the recurring payment option (For memberships or other annual or monthly programs)
  • Form supports organizational account type
  • Only fixed donation levels (hide the “other” option)
  • Make a custom field required without it being required in Bloomerang
  • Change wording to better compliment your messaging and supporter’s vernacular
  • Change the styling of the form (to look more like your website)

Example Forms

PLEASE NOTE: The forms below are shown in isolation to give an idea of what a self-hosted form can do but look different when embedded into a website.