On Oct 1, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Ian MacGregor <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've never been good with forms so I'm hoping someone can offer some > assistance. > > I have a page which I use as a daily journal. This page contains entries in > the following form: > > [[#mmmYYYYDD]] > !!!$title > %stimestamp%MMMM DD, YYYY at HH:MM AM/PM%%[[<<]] > $entry > [[#endmmmYYYYDD]] > > Explanation: > Line 1: beginning anchor in the form "jan201321" > Line 2: The title of the entry such as "Went shopping today" > Line 3: Timestamp in the form "January 21, 2013 at 12:00 PM" (timestamp is > already defined in a groupheader) > Line 4: The body of the entry such as "Today I went shopping and saw an old > friend.." > Line 5: End anchor in the form "jan201321" > > I would like to create a form at the top of that page that will allow me to > post an entry to the page without having to memorize all of the syntax. I > read http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Forms but it's all a bit overwhelming. > I know I need the following: > > (:input form:) > (:input hidden name=n value={$FullName}:) > (:input for beginning anchor?:) > (:input for $title?:) > (:input for timestamp?:) (separate text boxes for date and time and AM/PM?) > (date picker?) > (:input for text body?:) > (:input for end anchor?:) > How to get the form to post to the page? > (:input end:) > > Can someone help me build this form? How do I specify markup syntax? How do I > specify to which page to add the post? I'm not sure if I need specific > cookbook recipes. I know there is commentboxplus but I would like to learn > how to build this form to help me understand how forms work. I have a feeling > I'll also learn how to create a nice looking date picker :) > > Regards, > Rev. Ian MacGregor Dear Ian, I don't have time to delve into this right now with you, but I would suggest you take a peak at the Fox form stuff Hans has put together. I am pretty sure he's got some examples that show just what you want (well, maybe with a bit of tweaking)… http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Fox http://softflow.co.uk/design/FoxDocumentation/FoxDocumentation best of luck with it, Tamara _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
