[Pmwiki-users] Forms / KnowledgeBase
John Feezell
JohnFeezell
Thu Jul 15 10:35:43 CDT 2004
Ok. Sorry about the trouble but hopefully we can get it fixed.
Please look in your wiki.d folder and let me know if you have
any files of the following form.
PageName.form.guide
Thanks.
/JF
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:16:17 +0100, Ciaran <ciaranj at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm afraid that after putting those words in to my local/config.php
> (correcting the curly braces mistake, doh! ) my home page now hangs
> :( For testing I've just now put it in Knowledge.php and set the form
> to point at Knowledge rather than KnowledgeBase ....however it still
> doesn't work :(
>
> Unfortunately this is for use on an internal wiki, but I've added the
> modifications to one of my websites to show you what I have :
> http://www.wombatinvasion.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Forms/TestForm
>
>
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:55:55 -0500, John Feezell
> <johnfeezell at 3wplace.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I've uploaded a new version of FTS to the cookbook. Please download
>> it so that you have the latest code. Then do the following:
>>
>> 1. Place the FTS-0.2.2.php file in your local directory.
>> 2. Add the following lines to bottom of your config.php
>> file in the local directory.
>>
>> $EnableXHTMLinFTS=1;
>> $TemplateDir = "wiki.d";
>> include_once("local/FTS-0.2.2.php"};
>>
>> 3. Edit http://po.3wplace.com/wiki6/Forms/Design-CiaranKnowledgeBase
>> and copy its content to a page on your system and save your page.
>>
>> 4. Use the "prepform" link in the page on your sustem.
>>
>> 5. Start a new page on your system in the KnowledgeBase group.
>>
>> If all goes as planned, you should get a form for data entry.
>>
>> Let me know if this does not work.
>>
>> If it does work, then you might want to do the following for
>> the KnowledgeBase/HomePage
>>
>> Point your browser to
>> www.your.site/wherePmwiki/KnowledgeBase?template=none&auth=yes
>>
>> This should give you an standard edit page for only the HomePage
>> that you can edit as you like.
>>
>> /JF
>>
>> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:45:21 +0100, Ciaran <ciaranj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > OK that looks like a great starting point, my problem is setting up
>> > the default template I think, at the minute in the local folder I
>> > have a knowledge.php file for the knowledge group that contains the
>> > following :
>> >
>> > <?php
>> > $FormTemplatePage = '$Group.Template';
>> > if ($action=="edit") {
>> > $formpage = ReadPage(FmtPageName($FormTemplatePage,$pagename));
>> > $DefaultPageTextFmt = $formpage['text'];
>> > }
>> > include_once("local/FTS-0.2.1.php");
>> > ?>
>> >
>> > And Knowledge/Template contains a form definition page, but when I
>> > edit any new pages, nothing seems to happen, I suspect its in the
>> > definition fields where I've gone wrong,
>> >
>> > My 'Template page' at the start contains :
>> > <--------------------------------------------
>> > /* This page is used to design a form for a Pm Wiki page. Comments,
>> > such as this one, may enclose multiple lines or be placed at the last
>> > of a line. A page like this one, when used in conjunction with the
>> > Form Template System will define and attach a form to a PmWiki page.
>> > */
>> >
>> > ThisPage:?action=prepform <= click to prepare form
>> >
>> > First, associate a "name" with the field type "template".
>> > And then, attach the new template called "name" to "Group.PageName" */
>> > /* EDIT "TemplateNameYouChoose" IN THE NEXT LINE */
>> >
>> > * Define "Knowledge Base Template?" as "template"
>> > * Show "fields"
>> >
>> > /* EDIT "TemplateNameYouChoose AND "SampleForm" IN THE NEXT LINE */
>> >
>> > * Attach "Knowledge Base Template?" to "Forms.Sample Form"
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------------------- >
>> >
>> > Is this correct?
>> >
>> >
>> > Also I have to include the FTS in the knowledge.php or else if I
>> > include it in local/config.php my wiki hangs on the front page :( Is
>> > this normal behaviour ?
>> >
>> > Thank you very much for you help !
>> > -Ciaran
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:12:33 -0500, John Feezell
>> > <johnfeezell at 3wplace.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 07:25:06 +0100, Ciaran <ciaranj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi, I'd like to write some sort of simple KnowledgeBase as part of
>> my
>> >> > PMWiki. I'd hoped that I could use the FormTemplateSystem to do
>> >> > this, but seem to have some problems with it, For starters if I put
>> >> > the main .php in local/config the wiki home page just timesouts
>> but if
>> >> > I put it in a group specific config its fine and secondly it just
>> >> > doesn't seem to do what I expected. Is it possible to use it
>> provide
>> >> > a default form for users to input information into for a Group of
>> >> > pages ?
>> >> >
>> >> > I.e. whenever a page is created in my 'Knowledge' Group I'd like
>> the
>> >> > user to be shown a form that asks roughly :
>> >> > What is the problem ? [ ]
>> >> > What is the solution? [ ]
>> >> > What OS is this for ? Windows/Linux/Other
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Hi Ciaran,
>> >>
>> >> Sorry you're having trouble with the FTS. It does have a bit of
>> >> a learning curve. I'll see if I can help you.
>> >>
>> >> First, I've created a form guide that you can check out at this URL:
>> >> http://po.3wplace.com/wiki6/Forms/Design-CiaranKnowledgeBase
>> >>
>> >> This form guide is the way to define a form.
>> >>
>> >> Second, this form guide is set as the default form for the group
>> >> KnowledgeBase (you can access it via the menu). Any new page
>> >> for this group will use the form guide defined in the page
>> >> at the above URL. So if you make changes in that page, click
>> >> prepform, and then access an old page in KnowledgeBase group or
>> >> create a new form in that group and the updated form guide will be
>> >> applied.
>> >>
>> >> Please feel free to experiment with the setup and let me know if you
>> >> have questions. When you have it the way you want it, I'll work with
>> >> you to get it working on your setup.
>> >>
>> >> Because the FTS includes a number of options, there is somewhat of
>> >> a learning curve with it. But, once you understand the system you
>> >> can create and modify forms quickly. I haven't created a form in
>> >> sometime
>> >> but it only required about 15 minutes to set this one up.
>> >>
>> >> BTW, if you want to be the only person who can change the form, then
>> >> you simply password protect the page that defines the form guide.
>> >>
>> >> Also, please understand that the FTS is still being changed and
>> >> developed
>> >> and should probably be consider experimental.
>> >>
>> >> /JF
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>> --
>>
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