[support] Contact Form

[Bill Fitzgerald]

Hello, Chris,

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "sums up other fields" but you 
might want to look at the computed field module -- if you want to bring 
a few fields together into one field, you can write a snippet that will 
grab these values into the computed field.

Cheers,

Bill

Chris McCreery wrote:
> Nevermind figured it out, problem in my database and it's collation 
> needed to change it to utf8_general_ci. All set now.
>
> On another note you wouldn't know how to create a field that sums up 
> other fields?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> On 9/17/07, *Bill Fitzgerald* <bill at funnymonkey.com 
> <mailto:bill at funnymonkey.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello, Chris,
>
>     I would classify using the core locale module as a best practice for
>     changing the wording of text within the application -- I don't know of
>     another way of doing this that allows you to make the changes without
>     writing new code, and that will be supported via upgrade.php
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Bill
>
>     Chris McCreery wrote:
>     > Hi Bill thanks for the tip, is this a best practice for the type of
>     > thing I'm trying to do or would there still be a better way to
>     do it?
>     >
>     > Thanks
>     >
>     > On 9/17/07, * Bill Fitzgerald* <bill at funnymonkey.com
>     <mailto:bill at funnymonkey.com>
>     > <mailto:bill at funnymonkey.com <mailto:bill at funnymonkey.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hacking core code is a one way path to much pain, as all your
>     >     modifications will either prevent an upgrade (if you want to
>     keep your
>     >     changes in place) or will get wiped out during an upgrade
>     (as your old
>     >     codebase will be overwritten with the new codebase).
>     >
>     >     Use the locale module -- this allows you to translate/edit
>     strings to
>     >     change this type of value. The handbooks have pretty good
>     >     documentation
>     >     on this.
>     >
>     >     Cheers,
>     >
>     >     Bill
>     >
>     >     Chris McCreery wrote:
>     >     > Nevermind I was able to find it in the contact module code.
>     >     >
>     >     > Thanks
>     >     >
>     >     > On 9/16/07, *Chris McCreery* <chris.mccreery at gmail.com
>     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com>
>     >     <mailto: chris.mccreery at gmail.com
>     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com>>
>     >     > <mailto: chris.mccreery at gmail.com
>     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com>
>     >     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com
>     <mailto:chris.mccreery at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     Thanks Jason but I don't think I explained what I
>     needed. On the
>     >     >     actual form the header above the available categories
>     is the
>     >     title
>     >     >     "Category" and I need to change that to something
>     else. Do you
>     >     >     know where I would find that?
>     >     >
>     >     >     Thanks
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >     On 9/16/07, *Jason Flatt* < drupal at oadaeh.net
>     <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net>
>     >     <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net>>
>     >     >     <mailto: drupal at oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net>
>     <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net <mailto:drupal at oadaeh.net>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >         On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:04:43 Chris
>     McCreery wrote:
>     >     >         > Hi just wondering where I would rename the Category
>     >     title to
>     >     >         something
>     >     >         > different.
>     >     >         >
>     >     >         > Thanks
>     >     >
>     >     >         Administer >> Site building >> Contact form >>
>     edit (to the
>     >     >         right of the
>     >     >         category you want to change)
>     >     >
>     >     >         admin/build/contact/edit/<category_id>
>     >     >
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