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S-Drive Academy: Using Web Forms to Interact and Learn

Sparked by an overwhelming amount of compliments, we decided to focus The Academy on something every website needs: web forms! So, here we go! First, we’ll talk about why they are so...

HTML Editor: Website Projects setup

Website Projects are one of the most useful components of the HTML Editor, because they keep your entire website organized on and off of the web. It's easy to set up a Website Project and...

How to manually adjust the Time Zone settings in Web Form Builder

Web Form Builder sends emails using the UTC time zone format. Soon we'll have a feature that allows you to adjust for your local time zone, but with just a small modifiction to a php file,...

What are the System Requirements for Animation Studio

To use the latest version of Animation Studio, you must be using Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7/8  with Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher and a display resolution of...

Displaying Your Form as a Pop-Up

Embedding a form in a webpage or linking directly to it on its own page are easy, traditional ways for people to use your web forms. But with the release of Web Form Builder 2.1, there is a third...

Fonts used in CoffeeCup graphics

We're typography nerds, and that's a good thing. Selecting the perfect typeface is one of the secrets to really excellent graphic design. As a result, we sometimes use some pretty obscure...

Preparing a New Windows Web Form Builder Theme

So you've decided to make your own Web Form Builder theme, eh? Excellent! First you need to do a little bit of prep work. This tutorial will show you how to create a new theme so you don't...

Dither Modes in Animation Studio

The GIF graphic format has been around for a very long time, and was one of the first image formats to provide relatively realistic displays. The maximum color palette that was available at the...

Importing Themes to The HTML Editor

Got an HTML Editor theme you'd like to use? Adding it to your theme collection and starting a new project with your brand new professional design is really pretty simple. If you're...

Editing CoffeeCup Theme Graphics

Did you know that every CoffeeCup theme and graphic comes with its very own blueprint? Yep, when you buy and download themes and graphics, you get what you paid for, but you also get all the...

Disposal Methods in Animation Studio

When working in Animation Studio's Frames tab, there are two panes on the right side that are used to configure settings that apply to the entire animation or just to the selected frame(s)....

How to Add CoffeeCup to Your Email Whitelist

Being on the CoffeeCup mailing list gives you access to exclusive discounts, news, and contests that aren't advertised on our website. You're basically a VIP, receiving this kind of good...

Images transfered with Direct FTP appear to be broken

If you are having problems with images that are uploaded with Direct FTP and they appear corrupted, follow these instructions to correct the problem: Step 1: Download and install the...

Creating Animated GIFs from Video

Looking for an easy way to convert AVI to GIF? Creating an animation from a video on your computer is a fun way to share a looping clip of something fun, funny, or useful. They’re...

Can I Remove the Link to CoffeeCup Software in the Footer?

All themes created in the trial version of Shopping Cart Designer Pro are hard-coded with a link to CoffeeCup Software in the footer. This link can be removed by purchasing the Pro version of the...

How to Configure the "Show Element" Property

When people are filling out your forms, not every element needs to show. Sometimes an element needs to only pop up when some other property is selected. Or maybe you want an element to disappear...

S-Drive Academy: Mailing Lists

An Effective Mailing List: The Bread & Butter of the Web (And with Web Form Builder and MailChimp, a lot of easy fun, too!) How do you gather contact information and engage...

Preparing a New OS X Web Form Builder Theme

So you've decided to make your own Web Form Builder theme, eh? Excellent! First you need to do a little bit of prep work. This tutorial will show you how to create a new theme so you don't...

Creating a Living Picture

Living pictures are a really cool type of animated GIF that you can create with Animation Studio. Rather than just being a video converted to GIF, where every part of every frame moves, these...

Customizing Form Theme Images

In this article we will show you how easy it is to customize the images included within the Form Builder themes. Step 1: Find Your Theme Files This process differs slightly depending upon...

Editing a Custom Form Theme for OS X

So you want to create your own theme? Great! All you need to do is create a new theme, edit the default.css file until it's styled the way you like, and put all your referenced images in the...

Creating Your Own Web Form Builder Themes

With the release of Web Form Builder 2.2 and higher, you can create your own themes and edit existing ones. There are lots of reasons to create a new theme: Make changes to a theme you...

Editing a Custom Form Theme for Windows

So you want to create your own theme? Great! All you need to do is create a new theme, edit the default.css file until it's styled the way you like, and put all your referenced images in the...

Add Form Builder to Shopping Cart Creator for custom user information.

Have a form and want to add it to Shopping Cart Creator, no problem, we're here to help. Please note that the form will not submit with your cart, it will be a separate entity, so you may...

Responsive Form Themes

Web Form Builder is the first form program in the world to offer responsive designs. What's "responsive," you ask? A responsive web design is one that responds to the size of...

The HTML Element in Web Form Builder

The HTML element in Web Form Builder allows you to enter practically any HTML code you wish to include in your form. This means that you can include HTML content, in-line CSS styling, and...

S-Drive Academy: Mailing Lists (Part 2)

Build Your Mailing List Like a Boss. Good to see you again! Last time we got you started on the idea of building a mailing list. Hope you really thought about it and realized what a...

How do I make my Pop-Up form transparent?

Ever used the pop-up form function in Web Form Builder? It makes your form pop up over a webpage that it's emedded in. If you want that pop-up to be transparent, you need to make a few simple...

Can I Import Users From CoffeeCup Password Wizard?

Yep! Just go to File > Import and select Import users from CoffeeCup Password Wizard . Next, click the File icon to browse your computer for the desired Password Wizard file. When...

Color-Coding Your Tags.

By color-coding your tags, you give each type of tag its own unique color to differentiate it from the rest of the document. Color-coding tags makes debugging a document much easier, since you can...