On Oct 2, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Ian MacGregor <[email protected]> wrote:
> I use some of Hans's recipes and they're wonderful, very talented he is. > > The reason behind my request is that I'd like to learn how to do this myself > using as few recipes as possible - I don't learn much with recipes. If I need > a specialized form later I'd like to be able to "code it out". > > Regards, > Rev. Ian MacGregor > http://ianmac.nfshost.com > >> On Oct 2, 2013, at 6:21 AM, Tamara Temple <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> 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 Hum, the point of using the Fox form handling is so you don't have to redo all the work yourself. However, if this is actually a learning exercise, that is something different, and I definitely don't have time to help with that, Sorry! _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
