SMCF 1.1 includes the following changes:

• Fixed image pre-loading to actually pre-load
• Added new effects on form open and close
• Added a security feature
• Added optional subject and cc sender form elements
• Added common classes to form elements
• Renamed all classes and ID’s to prevent collisions
• Added WordPress translation ability on text elements (__() and _e() functions)
• Upgraded to SimpleModal v1.1.1 and jQuery 1.2.3
• Moved SimpleModal and SMCF JavaScript file loading to the footer

For more information and the download, please visit the SMCF WordPress Plugin Page.

SimpleModal Contact Form (SMCF) is an Ajax powered modal dialog contact form for WordPress.

The project and all of the information about it is hosted on WordPress.org.

If you have any feedback regarding the plugin, please let me know.

There are three new options and the handling of data has been revamped. For more details, including documentation, demos, tests and downloads, visit the project page.

I’m finishing up a WordPress plugin based on SimpleModal, which should be ready soon. The Contact link above is powered by the new WordPress plugin.

In jQuery 1.2.1, when using the $.ajax function with cache: false, jQuery appends a parameter with the current timestamp to the URL. This parameter makes the URL unique and therefore prevents subsequent request from being retrieved from the browser cache.

However, the code that adds this ‘no-cache’ parameter does not check to see if it already exists and so under certain circumstances you can end up with URL’s that look like:

http://mysite.com/file.html?_=1196716041523&_=1196716462963&_=1196716464245

It certainly makes the URL unique

I opened a ticket and submitted a patch, which was quickly optimized by a jQuery developer, davidserduke.

It’s nice to see a project with responsive, helpful developers.