XForms Standard will no longer be available from August 2019.
We’re retiring the basic Jadu XForms Standard (Jadu XFS) module that longer standing customers may still find available within their Jadu CMS environment.
The module will be removed from all of our customers systems as part of a regular Continuum patch that will be released during August 2019 onwards.
We will communicate to you again within which release this is confirmed to be happening.
What is XForms Standard?
XForms Standard is a very basic tool for building out simple web forms that doesn’t have the capabilities and security support that is provided by the XForms Pro module. XForms Standard was installed with the Jadu CMS alongside for example, the ‘Publishing’ and ‘Utilities’ modules for anyone without XForms Pro up until recently.
XForms Pro is the software that the majority of our customers are now using due to it being a fully functional forms management system, especially with the introduction of our now re-imagined ‘Form Builder’.
Why do customers use Jadu XFP?
There are a number of reasons that customers would look to use Jadu XFP, such as:
- GDPR compliance
- Branching rules
- Extensible form components
- Payments integrations (through PayBridge adapters)
- Data Integration capabilities (such as File Output & Connectors)
- PDF output of form submissions
Our latest release Jadu XFP includes our re-imagined 'Form Builder' which also includes:
- Easy and simple to use drag-drop form designer
- In-page branching
- Powerful rules engine
- Shared form pages
- Page versioning with approval and rollback
- Page sections and repeatable questions
Why are we retiring XForms Standard?
Longer standing customers will have had one of these two forms modules from Jadu installed, with Jadu XFP / XForms Professional increasingly becoming the de facto solution.
We found that the majority of our customers who still had the basic CMS forms module available to them did not make use of it due to its basic nature, using alternative forms packages instead.
Some of the issues with the standard CMS XForms Standard module that have lead to its de-support and now removal include:
- Insecure storage of personal data (non-compliant with GDPR)
- Data is retained indefinitely with no automatic data retention / removal capabilities
- Minimal Role Based Access Controls
What happens when XForms Standard is retired?
We will put out a release of the CMS (number to be defined and communicated closer to the time) which once patched onto your system will take the following course of action:
The XForms Standard module will be removed from the Jadu CMS Control Centre for all of your Administrators. From this point, you will not have any access to previous form submission or form definitions from this point on therefore. Previously submitted form data will be removed from the systems database if you haven’t upgraded XFS to XFP. Existing front end form URL’s will no longer be available for citizens or staff (a 404 will be thrown)
What’s next if you use XForms Standard?
If you don’t currently use XForms Professional, then we would recommend that you speak to your Account Manager to find out more details about the retirement and the option of upgrading to Jadu XFP in advance of August 2019.