Thank you. Did that. Is there any examples or documentation as how to use this? Such as when creating a form to sub to or unsub from a newsletter. What fields you might put in or how that would be done with this? Just a few simple examples and directions might be nice. I can practice and learn by trial and error but it would be nice to have a few simple examples.
Thank you,
Marie Alline
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well, the documentation that we're currently compiling will have a couple of step by step tutorials. The newsletter situation that you are describing is a little "strict". The subscribe and unsubscribe forms are normally a part of the newsletter software that you are using. If you are not using any such software, then what you can do is create a subscription form with phpFormGenerator. Ask it to create a form with all the fields that you require (such as name, email address, sex, age, interests, etc) and then have this info stored (chose the option of either MySQL DB, or our file-based db). A person would come and enter the form to subscribe. He/She will be thus added to your list. Now you can go to your database of users (can be viewed in the administration portal), and use the email addresses entered to send them yout newsletter. To delete them from the list, go to the administration portal (provided with phpFormGenerator) and click on the delete link to delete that record from your database.
I'm sure there are other ways to tackle your situation too... that was just one suggestion on what you can do. There are various other things you can create with this program. One good example is a feedback form. Or a signup form for some service. Or perhaps if you are gathering pictures of cars (for example), you can create a form that lets people come and upload pictures. The possibilities are endless.. be creative :)
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There is no documentation included. Do I have to chmod anything, modify anything or install anything other then uploading the files and using them?
Thanks,
Marie Alline
Yes. You need to chmod 777 the entire forms directory and all its contents. Change to the 'phpforms' directory and then type:
chmod -R 777 forms
That should recursively change permissions in the forms directory.
The actual documentation is being compiled yet.
Thank you. Did that. Is there any examples or documentation as how to use this? Such as when creating a form to sub to or unsub from a newsletter. What fields you might put in or how that would be done with this? Just a few simple examples and directions might be nice. I can practice and learn by trial and error but it would be nice to have a few simple examples.
Thank you,
Marie Alline
well, the documentation that we're currently compiling will have a couple of step by step tutorials. The newsletter situation that you are describing is a little "strict". The subscribe and unsubscribe forms are normally a part of the newsletter software that you are using. If you are not using any such software, then what you can do is create a subscription form with phpFormGenerator. Ask it to create a form with all the fields that you require (such as name, email address, sex, age, interests, etc) and then have this info stored (chose the option of either MySQL DB, or our file-based db). A person would come and enter the form to subscribe. He/She will be thus added to your list. Now you can go to your database of users (can be viewed in the administration portal), and use the email addresses entered to send them yout newsletter. To delete them from the list, go to the administration portal (provided with phpFormGenerator) and click on the delete link to delete that record from your database.
I'm sure there are other ways to tackle your situation too... that was just one suggestion on what you can do. There are various other things you can create with this program. One good example is a feedback form. Or a signup form for some service. Or perhaps if you are gathering pictures of cars (for example), you can create a form that lets people come and upload pictures. The possibilities are endless.. be creative :)