[pmwiki-users] Fox : target and ptvtarget (form)

[Hans]

Saturday, April 10, 2010, 4:47:35 PM, ABClf wrote:

> 1/ how to get a working preview ? I tried different ways with no
> success : every time, the informations are posted and the new page is
> created, not previewed. I don't know whether I need a template (and
> what would be its content) or not, and I don't know where to write
> commands in my form ;

There was a bug in fox.php, which made Fox write PTVs even when
'Preview' was submitted. I fixed this with the latest (2010-04-12)
release.
For using preview please read here:
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Fox#preview
You need a Preview buton in the form, and a (:foxpreview:) or
(:foxdisplay:) markup in the page where the preview will be shown.
You also need a template which specifies what shall be shown.
You can set it in the form with markup
(:foxpreviewtemplate "template string goes here":)
just as you use (:foxtemplate "...":)
or with parameter previewtemplate=PageName in th e(:fox ...:) markup
directive, to use a template from a different page (it can also be an
anchored section of the template page, like
previewtemplate=Site.FoxTemplates#form1preview).
You probably could use as preview template the same display template
you use for displaying the PTV data from a posted page.


> 2/ how to make in sort that editing a page created with this form
> automatically use this form instead of the usual edit pages (ptv
> update ?).

You could use FoxEdit
http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/FoxEdit
and use a foxedit link which will call your custom form.
But you would need to adapt the form so it can be used as a foxedit
form. Please look at the form and templates of FoxContacts to see an
example. http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/FoxContacts


  ~Hans