I am using the CMS Lektor. I need to include a contact form.
What is the best method to include it?
It might not be the best method, but using 3rd party services is easy and fast.
Examples:
Mailchimp
Formspree
Google
I have used Formspree and it works very well. Below is code for the Lektor content.lr file I used for my contact form:
_model: page
---
title: Contact
---
body:
<form method="POST" action="https://formspree.io/whatever.email.you.want.to.use#gmail.com">
<div class="field">
<label class="label">Name</label>
<div class="control">
<input class="input" type="email" name="email" placeholder="Your email">
</div>
</div>
<div class="field">
<label class="label">Message</label>
<div class="control">
<textarea class="textarea" name="message" placeholder="Your message"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="field">
<div class="control">
<button class="button is-link" type="submit">Send</button>
</div>
</div>
My live contact form is here
Formspree have some nice samples too: https://formspree.io/library
Related
I added a google form, customized according to website's design, following the instructions from here. and used this package to post data to google form. It was working in first attempt both at local system and google bucket online, however i made few changes to the form (adding more input fields etc.) and it stopped working even when I reverted to when both the form and code were working, it does not work anymore..
I assume there maybe something wrong with the package or something, can anyone point me in the right direction or suggest an alternative to post to google form? thanks!
here is the form
<form className="uk-form contact-form" method="POST" action="LINK TO FORM" onsubmit="return window.submitGoogleForm(this);" >
// got the action link by doing inspect element on form page
<div className="uk-grid" data-uk-grid-margin="">
<div className="uk-width-medium-1-2 uk-row-first">
<div className="form-field">
<input type="text" placeholder="Your Name" name="entry.529281403" required="" />
</div>
<div className="form-field">
<input type="email" name="emailAddress" placeholder="Email Address" required="" />
</div>
<div className="form-field">
<input type="text" name="entry.550890690" placeholder="Subject" />
</div>
</div>
<div className="uk-width-medium-1-2">
<div className="form-field">
<textarea placeholder="Your Message Here" name="entry.699777486" rows="9" required></textarea>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div className="form-button mt30">
<button className="readon pill" >Send</button>
</div>
</form>
For form elements like options and select, the google form will have a hidden tag at the end of the form. Sometimes you will have to select an option in the form to see that hidden tag. Copy the name value from that tag to all the options and selects.
I am setting up a blog and have a contact form page (standard bootstrap blog template)
I have everything uploaded onto my host - hostgator, but I can't manage to get the contact form to send an email out properly.
I have tried both an external email account and an account on the same domain name with no luck.
Here is the original html source for the contact page from bootstrap: https://github.com/IronSummitMedia/startbootstrap-clean-blog/blob/gh-pages/contact.html
and the original source for the contact_me.php: https://github.com/IronSummitMedia/startbootstrap-clean-blog/blob/gh-pages/mail/contact_me.php
Is there a setting I need to change from the hostgator cpanel or something in the code I'm missing?
Edit: Here is my domain if you want to view the source I have in place:
www.decentralizeblog.com
I have made bit changes to the form
you have not used certain attributes in your form
link method, action and name attribute in text field
<form name="sentMessage" id="contactForm" action="mailer.php" method="post" novalidate>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Name" id="name" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your name.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Email Address</label>
<input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email Address" id="email" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your email address.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Phone Number</label>
<input type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control" placeholder="Phone Number" id="phone" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your phone number.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Message</label>
<textarea rows="5" name="message" class="form-control" placeholder="Message" id="message" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter a message."></textarea>
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div id="success"></div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Send</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
This may not be a problem with your code, have you checked that your hostgator plan supports the php mail() function? Some plans (I know from experience) have this disabled as an incentive for you to upgrade.
Hope this helps.
My form is as shown below. But on click of submit button the form is submitting with out validation...I am using spring security so xhr call won't allow to redirect on another page from server(so I have to give the url in action). If I remove "novalidate" page is taking default html validation
<form name="loginForm" id="loginForm" action="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/j_spring_security_check" novalidate>
<div class="panel-body">
<div class="form-group has-feedback">
<input type="email" name="j_username" ng-model="j_username"
class="form-control placeholder-color" placeholder="Email"
ng-pattern="/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+#[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}$/"
required autocomplete="off" />
<div class="form-devider"></div>
<div ng-messages="loginForm.j_username.$error"
ng-if="loginForm.$submitted">
<div class="has-error" ng-message="required">
<spring:message code="peak.email.required" />
</div>
<div class="has-error" ng-message="pattern">
<spring:message code="peak.enter.valid.email" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group has-feedback">
<input type="password" name="j_password" id="j_password"
placeholder="Password" class="form-control placeholder-color"
ng-model="j_password" required autocomplete="off" /> <%-- <input
type="hidden" name="url" id="url" placeholder="Password"
ng-model="link"
ng-init="link='${pageContext.request.contextPath}/j_spring_security_check'" /> --%>
<div class="form-devider"></div>
<div ng-messages="loginForm.j_password.$error"
ng-if="loginForm.$submitted">
<div class="has-error" ng-message="required">
<spring:message code="peak.password.required" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="login-error-box1" style="display: none"></div>
<button type="submit"
class="btn btn-block custome-btn-orange pbi-mt15">
<spring:message code="peak.login" />
</button>
</form>
Thanks in advance
Take a look at this plnkr : http://plnkr.co/edit/rZaKXEp7vspvEerFtVH8?p=preview
$scope.validate = function(isValid,$event){
console.log(isValid);
console.log($scope.loginForm);
if(!isValid){
$event.preventDefault();
}
}
You need to create an angular controller with a function to run on ng-submit. That function will look for if form is invalid and stops it from posting the form.
which allows you to see your error messages.
I am using CakePHP 3.x
I am trying to skin a themeforest theme into a CakePHP plugin.
Midway, I am deciding whether to skin a portlet into helper, element, or view cell.
The portlet html code looks something like this:
<!-- BEGIN SAMPLE FORM PORTLET-->
<div class="portlet box yellow">
<div class="portlet-title">
<div class="caption">
<i class="fa fa-gift"></i> More Form Samples
</div>
<div class="tools">
<a href="" class="collapse">
</a>
<a href="#portlet-config" data-toggle="modal" class="config">
</a>
<a href="" class="reload">
</a>
<a href="" class="remove">
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="portlet-body">
<h4>Inline Form</h4>
<form class="form-inline" role="form">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="sr-only" for="exampleInputEmail2">Email address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleInputEmail2" placeholder="Enter email">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="sr-only" for="exampleInputPassword2">Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPassword2" placeholder="Password">
</div>
<div class="checkbox">
<label>
<input type="checkbox"> Remember me </label>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Sign in</button>
</form>
<hr>
<h4>Inline Form With Icons</h4>
<form class="form-inline" role="form">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="sr-only" for="exampleInputEmail22">Email address</label>
<div class="input-icon">
<i class="fa fa-envelope"></i>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleInputEmail22" placeholder="Enter email">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="sr-only" for="exampleInputPassword42">Password</label>
<div class="input-icon">
<i class="fa fa-user"></i>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPassword42" placeholder="Password">
</div>
</div>
<div class="checkbox">
<label>
<input type="checkbox"> Remember me </label>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Sign in</button>
</form>
<hr>
<h4>Horizontal Form</h4>
<form class="form-horizontal" role="form">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEmail1" class="col-md-2 control-label">Email</label>
<div class="col-md-4">
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="inputEmail1" placeholder="Email">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputPassword12" class="col-md-2 control-label">Password</label>
<div class="col-md-4">
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="inputPassword12" placeholder="Password">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-4">
<div class="checkbox">
<label>
<input type="checkbox"> Remember me </label>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
<button type="submit" class="btn blue">Sign in</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
<hr>
<h4>Horizontal Form With Icons</h4>
<form class="form-horizontal" role="form">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEmail12" class="col-md-2 control-label">Email</label>
<div class="col-md-4">
<div class="input-icon">
<i class="fa fa-envelope"></i>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="inputEmail12" placeholder="Email">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputPassword1" class="col-md-2 control-label">Password</label>
<div class="col-md-4">
<div class="input-icon right">
<i class="fa fa-user"></i>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="inputPassword1" placeholder="Password">
</div>
<div class="help-block">
with right aligned icon
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-4">
<div class="checkbox">
<label>
<input type="checkbox"> Remember me </label>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-10">
<button type="submit" class="btn green">Sign in</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
<hr>
<h4>Column Sizing</h4>
<form role="form">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-2">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder=".col-md-2">
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder=".col-md-3">
</div>
<div class="col-md-4">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder=".col-md-4">
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder=".col-md-2">
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END SAMPLE FORM PORTLET-->
The look is like this:
My question is how do we know when we should use Element? When we should use Helper? and When should we use View Cells?
And which case should I use for the above? I am leaning towards Helper.
Element
Use it when you need to repeat presentation related stuff, usually HTML, a lot. For example I have a project in which three tables use records of an addresses table. The form part of all of these three that contains the address data is an element.
Helper
Use it to encapsulate view logik, don't put HTML in it if possible or other presentation related things. For example let it do something and depending on the result you can use an element of that result type to render the data: return $this->_view->render('items/' . $type . '_item');
If you look at the core helpers for example the HtmlHelper you'll see a property $_defaultConfig:
protected $_defaultConfig = [
'templates' => [
'meta' => '<meta{{attrs}}/>',
'metalink' => '<link href="{{url}}"{{attrs}}/>',
/*...*/
These are the template strings that are used to generate the HTML output. This separtes the markup pretty nice from the actual code that generates it. Take a look at the FormHelper as well, it's using widgets to render more complex output.
So this works fine with element like pieces of markup. By a rule of thumb I would say if your markup is longer than what you see there make it an element and call it from within the helper or make it a widget.
View Cells
Think of view cells as "Mini MVC" stacks that have a view and can load multiple models. They're IMHO similar to AngularJS directives if you're familiar with them. See this article for an example. I really suggest you to read it, it explains them and their use cases in detail.
I haven't done much with them yet but they can be used to replace requestAction() calls for example. You won't "pollute" your controller with methods that are not intended to be access by a request.
Taken from the linked article above:
One of the most ill-used features of CakePHP is View::requestAction().
Developers frequently use this all over their applications, causing
convoluted cases where you need to figure out if you are within a web
request or an internal action request, cluttering controllers. You
also need to invoke a new CakePHP request, which can add some unneeded
overhead.
Disclaimer
The above reflects my personal view on these things, there is no ultimate and final rule how you have to use these three things. The goal is always clean and re-useable code and proper separation of concerns. How you archive that is up to you, you've got the tools. :)
All,
I am working on an AngularJS form and am trying to see how the ng-messages directive works with ng-messages-multiple. I can't seem to get it to pick up multiple errors. I expect to see both the required and minimum errors at the same time but for some reason I only see required, then minimum. I posted the HTML below. I have the ng-messages included using bower, the script call in my index.html page, and I am injecting into my app.js module as required.
I am using AngularJS v1.3.2 in this project.
<div class="panel panel-default">
<div class="panel-heading">
<h1>Validation Test Form</h1>
</div>
<div class="panel-body">
<form class="form" name="form" role="form" ng-submit="submit(form)">
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group" show-errors>
<label for="name">Name:</label>
<input
class="form-control"
type="text"
name="name"
ng-model="formModel.name"
minlength="5"
required/>
<div ng-messages="form.name.$error" ng-messages-multiple class="has-error">
<div ng-message="required">Required!</div>
<div ng-message="minlength">Minimum length is 5</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group">
<button class="btn btn-success" type="submit">Save</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<div class="panel-footer">
{{formError}}
</div>
</div>
Try to use ng-minlength instead minlength
<input
class="form-control"
type="text"
name="name"
ng-model="formModel.name"
ng-minlength="5"
required/>
instead
<input
class="form-control"
type="text"
name="name"
ng-model="formModel.name"
minlength="5"
required/>
EDIT
It is normal behaviour for ng-minlength directive, this directive validate only when we have not 0 size of input, entered a value it must be at least 5 characters long, but it's ok to leave the field empty, and, unfortunately, in anyway you don't achieve, that you want. I offer you to create your custom directive or see in direction ng-pattern directive with need behaviour, if you very want that showing two message.