Frog CMS

I’m developing yet another plugin to manage contact forms, i try and play with every plugin i found, but no one “work”/fit my need/desire, so i try to explain my idea to know your opinion.

Al form solutions that i try doesn’t do any kind of error checking, some plugin even if fields are empty or logically incorrect (ex: numer on email field) accept input data and send me to another page, i think it’s not acceptable.

My idea is a “Form” controller that help to build forms definition, for example
field_type (number, email, etc..) and file_name…
After created a form from a page a people can call a function “render(form_name)” that create html code, and if submited show errors etc… or i can create a from by hand and call specific function to check or print errors.

The auto generated html code could be always personalized via css and probaly cover 99% of needs.

Yes, i know that i can write php code on the page, but on every site it’s always the same thing.. and i’m lazy and tired :P … also in this way event non coders (something like an editor ) could add form field or a new form.

What do you think about this approach?

Actually the plugin is already done, except for the Controller add/edit part that show a simple textarea where it’s possible to define the form in a sort of texttile way… my desire is to write a sort of form builder with a js interface, but don’t know prototype (i prefare jquery, sorry), so for my needs it is enough for now.

@David

I’ve tried “BDContact”, “Email template” and “Contact form”. Please let me know if other exists.

@david

sorry i read your previous message too fast :P
I tired tuupla’s jQuery plugin but i’had some problem with it (jQuery non UI) working with more files… i’m still playing with it btw.

I searched the plugin on my hd but i suppose to have trash it, sorry.

@tuupola

I had some problem using your jQuery wrapper, i don’t believe it depend of your mistake… but i’ve not investigated yet.

It seems that after loading some script, from a “page” i can’t call jquery function, for example.

I enclose the content of the script between:

file: foo.js
jQuery(function($) {
  functoin foo() {}
});

and when for another file or a “page” i try to call the function, it seems to have different scope.

<script src="foo.js" ...
jQuery(function($) {
  console.log(foo());
});

In my script i generate html code from js an bind some function on varius events etc… but for some reason that functions can’t found.

Why do not port Frog to jQuery instead of create wrapper, if many peoples seems to prefer them? :P
I’m joking, even if time ago i made this indecent propose to phillipe, i could have also a 80% ported tarball somewhere…

People that desire to try/test/help the plugin can be downloaded here

Anyway:

• it’s incomplete, working, but incomplete
• at this time the admin interface is manual, not js yet
• the help written in the sidebar, is fake, don’t trust it… i’m only plaing with frog’s api

The reply message and email template is inspired by tuupola’s plugin…in the next few days i hope to have time to finish it.

@Luuk

There was a problem on a table name, and a redirect link, i’ve uploaded a new version

Form example:

name|true|string|Name
email|true|email|Email
phone|false|phone|Phone
subject|false|choices|Subject|Foo,Bar
text|true|text|Message

In page editing, type Form

<?= $this->form->form('_name_of_your_form', '_name_tab_with_template', 'name_tab_with_success_message'); ?>

Email template

To: foo@example.com
Subject: [example.com] contact form
From: noreplay@example.net

Form data:

%form%