Hi, I think that the best way to make a long form is structure it like a wizard.
Like was said, divide it into logical groups and make it sequential, using tabs to group the logical groups would be nice too. Just my 2 cents. Regards, PS On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Howard Fore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:46 PM, brucewhealton < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So, I'm wondering about some other ways of wrapping and presenting all >> of this. >> 1) The form tag is required, is it not? And the FormItem tag? I know >> there are other layout options but there must be these tags, or am I >> mistaken? > > > Um, required for what? The form/formitem/formheading elements are AFAIK > just there to give you some easy graphical structure for a form type screen. > That's it. > > > >> 2) Assuming that is true, then all the fields, labels, form elements >> and the submit button must be inside the same Form tag, correct? > > > I think FormItem and FormHeading have to be in a Form but that's it. > > >> 3) If the form is long, how would I use either Accordion features, or >> view states or something else to allow easier presentation of >> different segments of the form? In other words, I don't want this >> going on for 20+ items, including TextAreas, as that could be long. > > > Break the questions into logical groups, then put then in different > sections of the accordion. > > >> Lastly, would ColdFusion work better with this than PHP? > > > While I'm a ColdFusion programmer professionally, I'm certain that you can > do what you want with PHP. I'm unclear of the methods available to PHP to > pipe data back and forth (other than HTTPService, which would treat your PHP > page as a webservice I think). There are some neat things that you can do > with CF and the Flash Remoting capabilities that Adobe has built for it but > I don't see that those would be requirements for what you've set out here. > > > > > -- > Howard Fore, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don't push it." - Jeff Atwood > > -- /** * Pedro Sena * Systems Architect * Sun Certified Java Programmer * Sun Certified Web Component Developer * * Net Sar * www.netsar.com.br */
