I guess the subject is confusing.. here let me give this another try. The template hasn't changed, I just created a form associated the category with the form, and went to edit some pages using the form, and what happened was that the form was empty, and all the data was in the 'free text' field at the bottom. I was just wondering if there was a way to get the data into the form instead of having to enter it in manually for each page.
It happens with any template, it's just a matter of creating a template, editing a page in a category, then associating that category with a new form, then going back to that page and editing the page with the form, the data won't be in the form, and I was wondering if there was an automated way to get that data into the page. -Brendan On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Dan Bolser <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2009/3/2 <[email protected]>: > > Hmm really? Well that sounds fantastic if true. Let me clarify: I > created > > a template that puts pages in a particular category, then a bunch of > pages > > using this template. I then installed Semantic Forms, and made a form > for > > that template. Now, when I go to edit the pages using that template, if > the > > pages were created using the form all the data is in there just as it > > should, but when I edit a page that was created simply created with a > > template, but BEFORE semantic forms were installed, I get that error > message > > I showed you in previous email. > > > > If you're still with me, then that is my basic problem. I was under the > > impression the data MUST be entered into the form inputs in order for > > semantic forms it to be displayed on a form somewhere. > > My guess was that there was a typo somewhere ... but reading the above > seems to suggest not. Can you confirm that the imported template call > and the newly created template calls have exactly the same name? Can > you post an example of an imported template call and a newly created > template call? Perhaps this is indeed a 'known feature'. But I thought > it should not be like this. > > Can you also confirm that the category assigned by the template has > the right "[[has default form::]]" setting? > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > -Brendan > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Dan Bolser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> That sounds like an error. > >> > >> If the pages include the template that the form was created for, the > >> form should pick up the data correctly. I think you need to carefully > >> check the name of the template that the form uses, and ensure it > >> matches the template that you are actually using. Similarly you need > >> to check that you are trying to use the right form to edit the page... > >> how are you enabling the 'edit with form' functionality? are you sure > >> you associated the page with the right form? > >> > >> > >> > >> 2009/3/1 <[email protected]>: > >> > I'm sorry I wasn't very clear. I want to import the data from pages > >> > using > >> > existing templates into forms. I already have a number of templates > and > >> > forms all ready to go, but I've got lots of pages that need to be > >> > imported > >> > into forms before they can be edited with the forms. Otherwise I get > >> > the > >> > "Warning: This page already exists, but it does not use this form." > >> > error, > >> > and I was hoping there might be an automated tool for importing data > >> > from > >> > pages. > >> > Thanks, > >> > Brendan > >> > > >> > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Sergey Chernyshev > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> So you already have templates and you want to create forms for them? > >> >> All you need to do is to go to /Special:CreateForm and pick the > >> >> template > >> >> you want to create form for. > >> >> > >> >> Or did you want to do something different? > >> >> > >> >> Sergey > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:55 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Is there a tool for importing existing templates into forms, and if > >> >>> not, > >> >>> would making a page to do this be feasible? I have a bunch of > >> >>> templates > >> >>> that I just recently switched over to using Semantic Forms, and > >> >>> without > >> >>> having to simply cut and paste tons of pages, would there be an > easier > >> >>> way > >> >>> to do this import? > >> >>> > >> >>> Thanks, > >> >>> Brendan > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Sergey Chernyshev > >> >> http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/ > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Semantic Forms" 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/semantic-forms?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
