Built a form and downloaded it in the zip file. I can't find any documentation explaining what I do with the contents of the zip file to install the form. I did find an install.php file in the zip file. When I activated it, the result was that a large html file was opened in my Dreamweaver code window.
While I have Dreamweaver, I am using Adobe Muse (beta name) to build my website. It has an Arbitrary HTML feature which allows you to paste html code on a page. The code and the graphic image the code creates becomes part of the page. I tried copying all of the html file generated by install.php and pasting it into the Muse page. All that appearred was my form title and Generatedby phpFormGenerator. Not much help.
What should I have done?
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Thanks Inteverett1, that worked. The problem is that I have to place a button on my page to give the user access to the form. Is there any way the form can be imbedded in an existing page? That is, I have my page design which includes the generated form?
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Hi iyhp, Sorry for the delay. I don't know if this will help, but here is how my site is set up: I put the unzipped folder as an immediate subfolder to the folder that contains all of my pages (html files). Then I created a button on my contact us page that links to the subfolder. Roger
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You need to understand how web sites and web pages work before you can understand how and where to insert your form into your web site. The form can go anywhere. The pages that use the form just need to point to where the form resides. Obviously the closer the form is to the page that uses it the easier it is to link to the form. I cannot give you exact instructions, nobody can without knowing details about your site and how you want to use the form.
To answer the question of how to copy files to your site, first you don't copy files to a "cpanel". The cpanel or Control Panel is nothing more than a set of tools you use to manage your site very similar to how the Windows control panel is a set of tools used to manage your computer. Think of your site just like you think of another disk on your computer or better, think of your site like you would another computer sitting right next to your computer. All you are doing is copying files from one computer to another. Your web site, the other computer, has the tools required to support file transfer so all you need is a tool that will allow you to transfer files from your computer. I use WinSCP. Startup WinSCP, connect to your site, copy form files to a folder where your site index.ntml file resides or a new folder if you want to keep the form files separate from your main site.
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Built a form and downloaded it in the zip file. I can't find any documentation explaining what I do with the contents of the zip file to install the form. I did find an install.php file in the zip file. When I activated it, the result was that a large html file was opened in my Dreamweaver code window.
While I have Dreamweaver, I am using Adobe Muse (beta name) to build my website. It has an Arbitrary HTML feature which allows you to paste html code on a page. The code and the graphic image the code creates becomes part of the page. I tried copying all of the html file generated by install.php and pasting it into the Muse page. All that appearred was my form title and Generatedby phpFormGenerator. Not much help.
What should I have done?
Unzip looks like this:
tmp/persistent/form####/{files and folders}
Copy all the files and folders to some folder where you want the form to reside.
Point your browser to http://YOURURL/form.html
That's it!
Thanks Inteverett1, that worked. The problem is that I have to place a button on my page to give the user access to the form. Is there any way the form can be imbedded in an existing page? That is, I have my page design which includes the generated form?
Put a button on your main page that points to (via hyperlink) the form.html page.
Example:
http://www.hyperlinkcode.com/button-links.php
Check theform HTML for the text box line that should look like this.
<textarea cols="50" rows="4" name="comment"></textarea>
By default, if you selected the "text box" option, the generator produces a textbox area that has the same size applied to both rows and columns.
How Exactly & What Folder On My Server Must I Put The Unzipped Folder
Hi iyhp, Sorry for the delay. I don't know if this will help, but here is how my site is set up: I put the unzipped folder as an immediate subfolder to the folder that contains all of my pages (html files). Then I created a button on my contact us page that links to the subfolder. Roger
Me too, I am lost! I unzipped the folder, but I do not know how to copy files and folders to the cpanel
You need to understand how web sites and web pages work before you can understand how and where to insert your form into your web site. The form can go anywhere. The pages that use the form just need to point to where the form resides. Obviously the closer the form is to the page that uses it the easier it is to link to the form. I cannot give you exact instructions, nobody can without knowing details about your site and how you want to use the form.
To answer the question of how to copy files to your site, first you don't copy files to a "cpanel". The cpanel or Control Panel is nothing more than a set of tools you use to manage your site very similar to how the Windows control panel is a set of tools used to manage your computer. Think of your site just like you think of another disk on your computer or better, think of your site like you would another computer sitting right next to your computer. All you are doing is copying files from one computer to another. Your web site, the other computer, has the tools required to support file transfer so all you need is a tool that will allow you to transfer files from your computer. I use WinSCP. Startup WinSCP, connect to your site, copy form files to a folder where your site index.ntml file resides or a new folder if you want to keep the form files separate from your main site.