Introducing Pi 2.0: Smarter, Faster, and More Powerful Forms

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I’m excited to announce the release of Pi 2.0, a massive upgrade to the original Pi Stack designed to take your form-building capabilities to the next level. Whether you’re a long-time Pi user or discovering it for the first time, this release is packed with powerful new features to enhance how your forms work and perform.

🎉 What’s New in Pi 2.0

  • Pi Gauge Stack: Create interactive, real-time graphs and visual feedback based on your form inputs.
  • Pi Show/Hide Stack: Dynamically show or hide form inputs and other content based on calculated values—no custom JavaScript needed.
  • Pi Autosave: Never lose data again! Form inputs are saved in real-time and restored automatically, even if the browser is closed.
  • Real-Time Input Processing: No more waiting for users to hit “Enter” or leave a field—calculations and updates happen instantly.
  • Massive Performance Gains: Optimized for large forms, with lightning-fast calculations and streamlined settings.
  • Powerful New Helper Functions:
    • Pi.fetchJSON: Easily connect to external APIs and load their data into your forms.
    • Pi.updateInput and Pi.updateHTML: Update form inputs or page content directly without complicated workarounds.

💡 Why Upgrade?

Pi 2.0 isn’t just an upgrade—it’s a complete evolution. Whether you want to build smarter forms that react instantly to user input or connect to live external data, this release gives you unparalleled control while making setup faster and simpler. It’s the most powerful version of Pi yet, and your forms will thank you for it.

🔑 Special Upgrade Offer for Existing Users

If you already own Pi, you qualify for discounted upgrade pricing. Don’t miss out on the enhanced features that will make your projects even more powerful and efficient.

👉 Check out Pi 2.0 now

Thank you for your continued support. I’m confident Pi 2.0 will be a game-changer for your forms and projects.

Cheers,
Joe

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@joeworkman I was looking at Pi2, and I’m intrigued by the graphing capability, which looks interesting. Do you know if it has greater graphing capability than the Charter stack from @habitualshaker?

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Its different capabilities. Pi only has one style of chart at this time. The charts are only based on the data derived from a form. The Charter stack seems that it’s more for charts based on a data course.

I may build some other charting stacks in the future since I know users will want it with Total CMS 3.

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I just got Pi2 because I’m intrigued by this kind of live interaction on a website. For Pi1, I had some specific use cases in mind, but since I’m not a mathematician, I was never able to realize it. Pi is quite complicated if you’re not a mathematician. It would be really helpful to have a thorough, text-based manual on how to use it so I can finally bring some of those use cases to life. As it is now, it looks daunting to me.

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The demo file is filled with tons of examples. Some are complex but many are very simple. Have you looked through that and/or watched any of the tutorial videos? I do not have a written manual.

Maybe provide an example of what you are wanting and we can help you out.

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