FormBuilder 0.3 and Pretty URLs: possible or not?

[RonnyK]

The Help of FB 0.3 states:

FormBuilder does not yet support pretty urls, although that shouldn't matter since the user side is pretty simple.

Is that still applicable, or is the help outdated. If this is the case, why so and how to fix (the second part of the sentence).

Ronny

[calguy1000]

Formbuilder 0.3 and even the latest 0.4 version don't support pretty urls.  I just checked the code.
Because of the permutations and combinations of parameters that can be given to the module, and that it passes around on multi page forms, etc.  it probably won't support pretty urls.

[redcrew]

Thanks for the response. I originally asked the question in the General Forum. Kenny was kind enough to post it here for an answer.

Forgive my ignorance, I've just installed CMSMS for the first time. When you say FormBuilder doesn't support pretty urls, that means the module can't be used in any installation where pretty urls exist, is that correct?

If yes, what options exist in CMSMS for form processing with an installation that has been set up with pretty urls? What have other people used for form processing? Is everyone creating their own php script to manage form processing on their pretty url sites?

[calguy1000]

Formbuilder can be used in any CMSMS installation, it's just that the URLS it produces will not be prettified, and there's no way to navigate to a particular record in formbrowser.  The module will still work but you'll probably see urls from it like index.php?mact=x,y,z,...&variable1=value1&variable2=value2&...

The module wil still continue to work in any CMS installation.

[redcrew]

Thanks for the quick response.

My requirements are pretty basic. I need to use a form processing script to

• check that all required fields are filled in
• validate the form fields, including email address
• hopefully restrict spam bots
• redirect the user to another page, or the same page, to thank the user for submitting their contact message
• email the contents of the form to a specific email address

From the quick review I did of FormBrowser, I'm not sure I need FormBrowser for managing a simple contact form. I'm not  building an application. But perhaps, I'm not understanding the functionality of FormBrowser.

Based on your response, I understand the page the user is redirected to after submitting the form won't have pretty urls, is that correct?

[calguy1000]

That's correct.  I think.

[Pierre M.]

From the quick review I did of FormBrowser, I'm not sure I need FormBrowser for managing a simple contact form. I'm not  building an application. But perhaps, I'm not understanding the functionality of FormBrowser.

I like webforums when they can replace email flows.
You want to collect "wild random" information from the net. You think a form is way more efficient than email and you are right. So why would you like form data to be emailed ? Would you like to reprocess data separation by hand ? FormBrowser is here for this : don't mess with emails, manage your data.
BTW : I don't know if it features it, but it would be cool if FormBrowser could export a selected list/set as say CSV.

Pierre M.

[calguy1000]

Formbuilder supports saving data in a csv file....

[Pierre M.]

So this cool CSV export feature of Formbuilder renders Formbrowser rather useless for "admin only" data
Pierre M.

[calguy1000]

Yeah, if it's data only for the admin, you don't really need formbrowser.  formbrowser is useful for data you want the users to be able to browse.

[redcrew]

Thanks for the followup.

I'll look into FormBrowser more to understand it's functionality, though it's not something I will use for this specific website.

This site is for an organization's first website. The site has no interactivity, other than the contact form. Very basic site, with content that will not change regularly.

[sonictrip]

Formbuilder supports saving data in a csv file....

How do i do that exactly? I see the option to store the results in the db but then do you need to use phpMyAdmin to export from the db as CSV or is there a quicker and easier way to do it?

[sonictrip]

Also, would it be possible to build a search form with formbuilder that had checkbox options in it with words that it can add onto the search string selectable through checkboxes? Look at the kitchen finder on the page www.sonictrip.net/cck
How would i go about making a search box like that? Can formbuilder do it?

[calguy1000]

Formbuilder supports saving data in a csv file....

How do i do that exactly? I see the option to store the results in the db but then do you need to use phpMyAdmin to export from the db as CSV or is there a quicker and easier way to do it?

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There's an option to store the results to a file.