ok, im a real newbe to this. i can get to the stage where i download the zip file. after i unzip the file i open the form.html file. it opens inte my internet explorer. now im lost. how can i add it into my web site? is there any ay for me to test that it works before uploading it to the net? pleast help, cuz it looks the business!!
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has anyone ever written some form of basic instructions on how to use this form? i can create the form, no problem. its just tryng to get it into my web site and working, that seems to be the hard part! i'm not a programmer. maybe thats the problem :)
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Given your appearent lack of knowledge I would not attempt to test it as this would require setting up your own web server on your local PC.
IF you have a web site you must have load html code. You would load your form the same way. If you don't know how to do this then you are really going to have to learn a few things before you get started with forms. Either that or get someone to help you out.
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Hello,
Follow these steps:
1- make a new folder on your website server name it for example "myform".
2- Unzip the file "form.zip" which you got from "formgen.sourceforge.net" and copy all extracted files to "myform" folder on server.
3- change the permission of "myform" folder and also "files" folder inside it to permission "777" .
4- goto you browser and start running "install.php".
5- if you was select to send the data to email while you design your form, i think you will not get any questions while instillation.
If you was select send to database, you should enter your database info, such : host name, user name, database name, database password, and table name, do you know any thing about this?!!
i will may tell you about them later:)
with your FTP client program like Filezella or any ftp client program, press right click on the file or folder you want to change its permission and you will find the appropriate command to this, it is deffer from one program to other.
Essam
www.worldfavo.com
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Thanks, Essam - but, unfortunately, there is no such place for me to change permissions on my files using program WS_FTP running under Vista Home Premium. I think I'm just going to have to re-do the entire form and try it again. I've made a couple of short sample forms and uploaded them to the server, and they work fine. Something went wrong with this form at the time it was zipped or modified (I'm the one that had trouble with the builder not accepting apostrophes in the field text). It should be as easy as unzipping the files to a folder, uploading to the server, and it working. This is how simple this has worked for me in the past.
Thanks anyway. CC
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ok, im a real newbe to this. i can get to the stage where i download the zip file. after i unzip the file i open the form.html file. it opens inte my internet explorer. now im lost. how can i add it into my web site? is there any ay for me to test that it works before uploading it to the net? pleast help, cuz it looks the business!!
has anyone ever written some form of basic instructions on how to use this form? i can create the form, no problem. its just tryng to get it into my web site and working, that seems to be the hard part! i'm not a programmer. maybe thats the problem :)
If you can copy files, you can load and use this form. There are occasional issues but for th remost part it is load and go.
Given your appearent lack of knowledge I would not attempt to test it as this would require setting up your own web server on your local PC.
IF you have a web site you must have load html code. You would load your form the same way. If you don't know how to do this then you are really going to have to learn a few things before you get started with forms. Either that or get someone to help you out.
Hello,
Follow these steps:
1- make a new folder on your website server name it for example "myform".
2- Unzip the file "form.zip" which you got from "formgen.sourceforge.net" and copy all extracted files to "myform" folder on server.
3- change the permission of "myform" folder and also "files" folder inside it to permission "777" .
4- goto you browser and start running "install.php".
5- if you was select to send the data to email while you design your form, i think you will not get any questions while instillation.
If you was select send to database, you should enter your database info, such : host name, user name, database name, database password, and table name, do you know any thing about this?!!
i will may tell you about them later:)
thank you
Essam
www.WorldFavo.com
you can see this post also
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=3132018&forum_id=149299
How do you change the permission to "777" in step 3 above? How do you do that? Thanks - CC
with your FTP client program like Filezella or any ftp client program, press right click on the file or folder you want to change its permission and you will find the appropriate command to this, it is deffer from one program to other.
Essam
www.worldfavo.com
Thanks, Essam - but, unfortunately, there is no such place for me to change permissions on my files using program WS_FTP running under Vista Home Premium. I think I'm just going to have to re-do the entire form and try it again. I've made a couple of short sample forms and uploaded them to the server, and they work fine. Something went wrong with this form at the time it was zipped or modified (I'm the one that had trouble with the builder not accepting apostrophes in the field text). It should be as easy as unzipping the files to a folder, uploading to the server, and it working. This is how simple this has worked for me in the past.
Thanks anyway. CC