Issuepedia:Form Templates
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{{#lst:Issuepedia:Technology|navbar}}: Form Templates
Overview
Form Templates is a tool (well, actually a combination of tools) which make it easier to enter data into Issuepedia in a useful way. The pilot form, Issuepedia:Form.link.news, simplifies the process of creating a page for storing data about a news or opinion link. The resulting pages are categorized in such a way that they show up, nicely formatted, on the pages for which they have been tagged. (The process is still a little awkward; improvements will be ongoing.)
The Form Templates tool is actually a combination of the following tools:
- the Simple Forms extension
- the CreatePage special page, written specifically for this purpose
- several other extensions which help with the automatic display of tagged pages
This will all be documented eventually at greater length on HTYP.
Demonstration
Fill in this form with made-up answers (think of MadLibs):
{{#form:target=newpage|method=GET| }}| Your name: | {{#input:name=who}} | |
| Your organization: | {{#input:type=select
| name=org |
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| Favorite topic: | {{#input: type = select
| name = what
| value = {{#request:what}}
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| An adjective: | {{#input:name=adj}} | |
Write some sentences: {{#input:name=comments|type=textarea}}
{{#input:type=hidden|name=title|value=Special:CreatePage}}
{{#input:type=hidden|name=tpltpage|value=Issuepedia:Form Templates/template demo 1}}
{{#input:type=hidden|name=nametplt|value=Sandbox - form demo - <<adj>> <<what>>}}
{{#input:type=submit|value=Preview}}{{#input:type=reset|value=-clear-}} | ||