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editing machform
Started 16 years ago by ademolaabayomi | 13 posts |
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i have many questions that requires urgent answers
1.how can i change and edit the background colour of machform,for example i want to change the blue background to yellow or green
2.i want the edit form,edit css,embedded code,view form to be hidden in the manage_form.i only want the entries and email files to appear there,how can i hide this files please
3.i got attracted to your form software because of its capability to generate reference numbers and forward same to the users email address.this i discovered could be used by the user to know the level of his transaction.you have it working on appnitro.com-i cant see such enablement in the form i purchased.can u please tell me how to go about getting such configurationplease help
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in addition how can i get spam protection for visitors to my website
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furthermore,is it possible to have the message after submission display the name of the user.something like,--"thank you yunair ademola for completing our online form"
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more questions please,you have a username and login on this forum page.it was configured in such a way that if you do not log in you cannot post a topic
is it possible to create such with appnitro machform--in similar form like what you have on this forum pagePosted 16 years ago # -
Here's some answers to your questions, I hope you find them useful.
SPAM PROTECTION - can be done as easily. Select the form you want from Form Manager, then click Form Properties (near top right of the screen)in Form Editor.
Click the check-box the box further down the screen Turn on Spam Protection (CAPTCHA)
Save the form.From Form Manager, click View Form and Machform will load a functioning view of your form and you will see it with the Captcha code feature included - automatically generates the code to be typed in and includes the field to type the code.he code already generated and a field to type in the code.
**The only other thing to do is check with your host that the "GD Extension" (for PHP) component is installed/enabled on your hosting server.**
PASSWORD PROTECTING A FORM can be done by clicking Form Properties in the Form Editor and then click the check-box labeled Turn on Password Protection.
You then set a password in the field which appears after checking the "turn on" box. All users must know that password (and only that password) to use the form. Machform provides the basic password protection - it can't be done in the way you're asking with registered users loggin on to use the form etc as with this forum.
You'd need a membership/user management solution for that, and I'm not sure how integrating it into Machform would work.
CHANGING FORM PAGE STYLES is done through the CSS file for that particular form.
If you're not familiar with CSS it might be a bit difficult, but this forum is very helpful and Yuniar or other members will no doubt give you some very useful tips.
SUCCESS MESSAGE - add a "Thank you message by clicking Form Properties and then further down the page select the option Show Text and type in a short thank you message.
You can alternatively create a redirection to another web page with the "thank you message" - although this can be a redirection to any page in your site.
** Just curious -- if you did remove the "edit form", "edit Css" etc, how do you expect to actually edit the forms if you need to change them?
They have to be edited through the Machform editor since they are linked to the server hosting the Machform software, and generated from a MySQL database "on the fly" They are not pages residing on the server as such.
If you want a run-down on all the features, then read this page:
http://www.appnitro.com/machform/version2_whats_newPosted 16 years ago # -
yuniar
Andrew, you are just amazing!
MachForm Founder
Posted 16 years ago # -
Just realised some of ademolaabayomi's questions were about Machform itself, and my answer was about the forms produced by the software.
Changing the "look and feel" (colours, and layout of the form primarily) of a *form* is easily done by editing that form's CSS file but changing the actual Machform interface is not so easy, however if you dig into the CSS somewhere, I'm sure you could change it to your liking. I think it actually uses a background image rather than a solid colour.
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Yes it uses an image and the view.css is on the root (I believe).
Saghalie
http://www.beautiful-beginnings.orgPosted 16 years ago # -
can i take you back to my previous questions""""(1.i want the edit form,edit css,embedded code,view form to be hidden in the manage_form.i only want the entries and email files to appear there,how can i hide this files please
2.i got attracted to your form software because of its capability to generate reference numbers and forward same to the users email address.this i discovered could be used by the user to know the level of his transaction.you have it working on appnitro.com-i cant see such enablement in the form i purchased.can u please tell me how to go about getting such configuration)
the first question raised was attended to partly.the challenge i am having is that my client doesnt want the edit form,edit css,embedded code,view form to be visible.he wants them hidden.is that possible.he only wants the entries and email files to be visible.
he doesnt want to have anything to do with editing,embedded code ----------
i hope you understand.he only wants the entries and email visible--thats alland please attend to the second question on reference number generation
Also,is there a way i can create time out for log-in sessions
as in after there is a log-in and the admin user doesn't work on the site for about 15minutes--can i set a time out that will require the admin user to log-in again to regain access to the site
in addition to that i said something previouslyPosted 16 years ago # -
yuniar
1) Edit your manage_form.php and remove any links to those files (edit form, edit css, etc)
2) Reference number, I'm not really sure with this one. Do you mean the number generated within your form receipt? If so, you can set this from your "Emails" menu.
Simply add the email field into your form and then go to your "Emails" menu to set the autoresponder.
3) Session time out. Try to insert this into your config.php file:
session_cache_expire(30);that would set your session to be expired after 30 minutes.
If that doesn't work, you'll need to modify your php.ini file and adjust the value of session.cache_expire there.MachForm Founder
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thanks yunair
for the second question i am referring to what you have on your site
if you submit a question on your site--it kind of generate a reference number which is forwarded to the users email
then the user inputs the reference number which automatically refers the user to the status of their submitted requestPosted 16 years ago # -
I assume you mean the "Support Request" form.....?
I don't know if it's done with Machform specifically it's probably a purpose-built support/ticket system - although the initial form looks much like the forms Machform produces, but behind the scenes could be quite different.
Posted 16 years ago # -
yuniar
Ahh.. I think you are referring to reference number generated by our helpdesk system, which is not part of MachForm.
Our contact form is using MachForm indeed. However, it send the email notification to our helpdesk system. Then our helpdesk generates the reference number and send it back to your email.
If you need to have the same setup as ours, you can purchase the helpdesk separately and do the same thing.
It's not our product, it's a great helpdesk system called HelpSpot.
http://www.userscape.com/products/helpspot/MachForm Founder
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