Forums / Setup & design / Online Forms
David Foster
Wednesday 19 October 2005 2:27:06 am
As part of our intranet I want to include a variety of online forms to serve the internal business requirements of our organisation. Can anyone help me to understand how to do this.I know how to create and display forms in xhtml pages but am confused re ezpublish.
Arran Price
Wednesday 19 October 2005 3:09:31 pm
Hi David, depending on the complexity of the forms and where you want the data stored you have at least a couple of options. You can create normal forms with post/get and create code to handle them.
You can also create a new class type for your form to hold the details and have it stored in ezpublish. This can be quite an effective and easy way of going about things, but you may want to tailor the edit template to make the user experience nicer.
Using the new class approach is my recommendation depending on the complexity of your form (and what you are using it for).
Arran
Bruce Morrison
Wednesday 19 October 2005 5:31:50 pm
Hi David
We have developed a "form builder" addon to eZ publish that we hope to have available via the eZ online shop very soon.
It basically allows you to define forms and have them included in a content type via a datatype. Form results can be emailed and/or stored in the database where they can be exported in CSV format.
Let me know if this is something you might find useful or if you want to see it in action.
CheersBruce
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Thursday 20 October 2005 3:22:13 am
Thanks Arran I'll try out your suggestion. Hi Bruce I would be interested in finding out more about your Form Builder. Keep me posted please. My e-mail isdavid.foster@southyorks.pnn.police.uk
Kåre Køhler Høvik
Thursday 20 October 2005 5:24:50 am
It might also be worth to take a look at the survey module : http://ez.no/community/contribs/applications/ez_survey
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