Managing Forms

Table of Contents

Getting Started
Managing Forms
Creating a Form
Editing a Form
Managing Form Recipients
Deleting a Form
Viewing Form Submissions
Adding a Form To Your Site
Create a Form Template
Adding the Form Container Rule
Adding CAPTCHA to Forms

Recite CMS allows you to manage forms that can be published on your web site. There are a number of pre-defined form types, each of which perform a different task.

For example, there is a form used for users to register on your site, a form for allowing them log in and another for letting them update their details. There is also a form that allows people to upload a file via their web site.

Tip

Custom form types can also be developed for Recite CMS. Refer to the Recite CMS developer documentation at http://docs.recite.com.au.

Getting Started

There are two different Control Panel widgets available to help you manage forms. These are as follows:

  • Forms. This widget lists all forms that exist for your site.

  • Form Viewer. This widget is for viewing the details of a single form. You cannot add this widget manually - it is automatically created when you click on a form in the Forms widget.

The forms widget can be added manually (from the Form Management category in the widget browser), or you can create a new tab using the Forms pre-defined layout.

The following figure demonstrates this layout. The tab is a two-column layout, with the Forms widget in the left column and a placeholder for viewing forms in the right column.

Figure 6.1. Sample tab layout for managing forms

Sample tab layout for managing forms

For the purposes of this chapter, I'll assume you're working with a tab having the same layout as the pre-built Forms tab.