Thanks Renato, After posting this question (before your reply) I _did_ see that wizard component ... that was encouraging.
I'm working my way through the 15 minute blog tutorial - which has now taken about an hour and I still haven't seen anything work right on the screen. That's DIScouraging. This is almost certainly because I don't have cakephp in the domain root, because I can't dedicate a domain just to fooling around with Cakephp ... so the framework keeps telling me I don't have what I need, even though I've done everything the tutorial has told me to do and I have made sure it's all uploaded. Argh - not a good start. Jeff On Oct 10, 11:15 am, Renato de Freitas Freire <[email protected]> wrote: > Its totally possible. > > There is a component for cakephp named wizard. > Just look for it in google. > Its very easy to use and it let you do your form into various steps > and jump between them. > To send emails, use phpmailer, its the best option too. > > There is a lot of content out there, but if u need some help, just ask here. > > Good luck. > > > > > > On Sunday, October 10, 2010, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am totally new to Cake and am seeking a tool that will help me > > develop a rather 'hefty' project. > > > This project would be a multi-step form wizard to accept reservations > > for events. A form for site visitor (name, address, etc), a consent > > agreement page, a form for activities (time, day, level of experience, > > other preferences), a page for billing calculation, and a handoff to > > PayPal or instruction on how to pay by mail. > > > The app would need to have looping capability and I would like to > > allow the visitor to 'jump to' various points in the process. > > Different events would have different steps and in some cases > > different forms depending on the type of event and organization > > sponsoring it. > > > When the site visitor says they are done, I would like to store the > > data in a MySQL database, send a verification e-mail to the site > > visitor, and notify the event organizer by e-mail as well: "You've got > > a participant!" > > > This seems me that it would be a rather ambitious project for a noob, > > but before I spend a lot of time climbing this learning curve, I'm > > hoping those of you experienced in this community can let me know if I > > can put together this type of app using Cake, or if I'm trying to use > > the appropriate tool for the job. > > > Thanks in advance for your insights! > > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://cakeqs.organd help others > > with their CakePHP related questions. > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "CakePHP" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] for more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en > > -- > > -- > Renato de Freitas Freire > [email protected] Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en
