2009/3/3 <[email protected]>: > I guess the subject is confusing.. here let me give this another try. > > The template hasn't changed, I just created a form associated the category > with the form, and went to edit some pages using the form, and what happened > was that the form was empty, and all the data was in the 'free text' field > at the bottom. I was just wondering if there was a way to get the data into > the form instead of having to enter it in manually for each page.
I think this should happen automatically. i.e. I think you are seeing a bug. Please give an example of two template calls, one that does not work with a form and one that does. Please try copying a template call created with a form to a new page and see if it gets picked up by the form correctly. It could be that I'm wrong, but I didn't think that a form was magically linked to the template calls that it creates. I thought it just 'picked up' the template call from the page. Or perhaps someone in the know can tell us if the reported behaviour is actually expected? Dan. > It happens with any template, it's just a matter of creating a template, > editing a page in a category, then associating that category with a new > form, then going back to that page and editing the page with the form, the > data won't be in the form, and I was wondering if there was an automated way > to get that data into the page. > > -Brendan > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Dan Bolser <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 2009/3/2 <[email protected]>: >> > Hmm really? Well that sounds fantastic if true. Let me clarify: I >> > created >> > a template that puts pages in a particular category, then a bunch of >> > pages >> > using this template. I then installed Semantic Forms, and made a form >> > for >> > that template. Now, when I go to edit the pages using that template, if >> > the >> > pages were created using the form all the data is in there just as it >> > should, but when I edit a page that was created simply created with a >> > template, but BEFORE semantic forms were installed, I get that error >> > message >> > I showed you in previous email. >> > >> > If you're still with me, then that is my basic problem. I was under the >> > impression the data MUST be entered into the form inputs in order for >> > semantic forms it to be displayed on a form somewhere. >> >> My guess was that there was a typo somewhere ... but reading the above >> seems to suggest not. Can you confirm that the imported template call >> and the newly created template calls have exactly the same name? Can >> you post an example of an imported template call and a newly created >> template call? Perhaps this is indeed a 'known feature'. But I thought >> it should not be like this. >> >> Can you also confirm that the category assigned by the template has >> the right "[[has default form::]]" setting? >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -Brendan >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Dan Bolser <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> That sounds like an error. >> >> >> >> If the pages include the template that the form was created for, the >> >> form should pick up the data correctly. I think you need to carefully >> >> check the name of the template that the form uses, and ensure it >> >> matches the template that you are actually using. Similarly you need >> >> to check that you are trying to use the right form to edit the page... >> >> how are you enabling the 'edit with form' functionality? are you sure >> >> you associated the page with the right form? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2009/3/1 <[email protected]>: >> >> > I'm sorry I wasn't very clear. I want to import the data from pages >> >> > using >> >> > existing templates into forms. I already have a number of templates >> >> > and >> >> > forms all ready to go, but I've got lots of pages that need to be >> >> > imported >> >> > into forms before they can be edited with the forms. Otherwise I get >> >> > the >> >> > "Warning: This page already exists, but it does not use this form." >> >> > error, >> >> > and I was hoping there might be an automated tool for importing data >> >> > from >> >> > pages. >> >> > Thanks, >> >> > Brendan >> >> > >> >> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Sergey Chernyshev >> >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> So you already have templates and you want to create forms for them? >> >> >> All you need to do is to go to /Special:CreateForm and pick the >> >> >> template >> >> >> you want to create form for. >> >> >> >> >> >> Or did you want to do something different? >> >> >> >> >> >> Sergey >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:55 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Is there a tool for importing existing templates into forms, and if >> >> >>> not, >> >> >>> would making a page to do this be feasible? I have a bunch of >> >> >>> templates >> >> >>> that I just recently switched over to using Semantic Forms, and >> >> >>> without >> >> >>> having to simply cut and paste tons of pages, would there be an >> >> >>> easier >> >> >>> way >> >> >>> to do this import? >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Thanks, >> >> >>> Brendan >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Sergey Chernyshev >> >> >> http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Semantic Forms" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/semantic-forms?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
