best way to handle forms and recipes? possibly stupid questions
I'm working on a site for a company that delivers organic groceries. On their (quite rudimentary) existing site (www.urbanorganic.com) they have an order form that emails to them. I'd eventually like to get them into an e-commerce setup, but that is not part of the current site revamp project ( http://urbanorganic.jeangazis.com), so for now, I just need to put in place a form that will email to them. Is the forms module the best way to go for the ordering? For new customers, should I use another form or can I use user profiles? I want to move them in the direction of a customer community, so I'd like the sign up for the service and the site to be the same. I want to set up a recipe swap forum/area. There's a recipe module, but no info on its features. I started to create a custom content type, but I am missing something - a fields module? Where do I do more than give it a name and a title field? I feel dumb! I want this to be as simple for the end users as possible. The theme I'm using is Golden Hour which I like a lot. -- Jean Gazis www.jeangazis.com www.boxofrain.us "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." - André Gide
Jean Gazis wrote:
I'd eventually like to get them into an e-commerce setup, but that is not part of the current site revamp project, so for now, I just need to put in place a form that will email to them.
Is the forms module the best way to go for the ordering?
Just an idea... Why don't you use directly the ecommerce module as your order form? If you don't want to bother with pricing at this point, leave all prices to $0 and theme your products/cart so the prices don't show up. The last bit you need to sort out is to skip the payment gateway. You probably can do this easily by creating a simple custom "fake" payment gateway module that simply redirects users to a thank-you page. F
On Wednesday May 16 2007 8:53 am, Jean Gazis wrote:
I'm working on a site for a company that delivers organic groceries. On their (quite rudimentary) existing site (www.urbanorganic.com) they have an order form that emails to them. I'd eventually like to get them into an e-commerce setup, but that is not part of the current site revamp project ( http://urbanorganic.jeangazis.com), so for now, I just need to put in place a form that will email to them.
Is the forms module the best way to go for the ordering?
I'm not real familiar with this module, so I cannot say.
For new customers, should I use another form or can I use user profiles?
You could do that. I have site setup that makes heavy use of the profile module to keep track of employee information. Some of the fields are filled in at account creation time and some are filled in later. Then I created a few different code snippets that display that information in different ways. However, if you don't want to invest a lot of time and coding at this point, then you may want to look at doing it slightly differently: you could also add to the profiles the option of using CCK and the Node Family, Node Profile, Usernode set of modules, which would allow additional functionality. You would still create user profiles, but then you can use any module that makes use of CCK and/or Views and add, change, display that information in other ways. See the very recent thread where Larry talks about displaying musicians using CCK and Views for ideas.
I want to move them in the direction of a customer community, so I'd like the sign up for the service and the site to be the same.
That should be totally possible, even if you simply use a basic checkbox on registration to sign people up.
I want to set up a recipe swap forum/area. There's a recipe module, but no info on its features. I started to create a custom content type, but I am missing something - a fields module? Where do I do more than give it a name and a title field? I feel dumb! I want this to be as simple for the end users as possible.
When you edit a content type, there is a tab labeled "Add field", usually up near the title. The path is: admin/content/types/<name-of-content-type>/add_field
The theme I'm using is Golden Hour which I like a lot.
I'm not familiar with the theme, but maybe it's not showing the tabs. If that's the case, you may want to specify a different administrative theme at: admin/settings/admin -- Jason Flatt http://www.oadaeh.net/ Father of Six: http://www.flattfamily.com/ (Joseph, 13; Cramer, 11; Travis, 9; Angela; Harry, 5; and William, 12:04 am, 12-29-2005) Linux User: http://www.kubuntu.org/ Drupal Fanatic: http://drupal.org/
I don't see any add field option on the content type edit page in any of 3 themes I tried, including Garland. Do I need to have a separate CCK module installed? Isn't the core supposed to have that functionality in Drupal 5? On 5/17/07, Jason Flatt <drupal@oadaeh.net> wrote:
On Wednesday May 16 2007 8:53 am, Jean Gazis wrote:
I'm working on a site for a company that delivers organic groceries. On their (quite rudimentary) existing site (www.urbanorganic.com) they have an order form that emails to them. I'd eventually like to get them into an e-commerce setup, but that is not part of the current site revamp project ( http://urbanorganic.jeangazis.com), so for now, I just need to put in place a form that will email to them.
Is the forms module the best way to go for the ordering?
I'm not real familiar with this module, so I cannot say.
For new customers, should I use another form or can I use user profiles?
You could do that. I have site setup that makes heavy use of the profile module to keep track of employee information. Some of the fields are filled in at account creation time and some are filled in later. Then I created a few different code snippets that display that information in different ways. However, if you don't want to invest a lot of time and coding at this point, then you may want to look at doing it slightly differently: you could also add to the profiles the option of using CCK and the Node Family, Node Profile, Usernode set of modules, which would allow additional functionality. You would still create user profiles, but then you can use any module that makes use of CCK and/or Views and add, change, display that information in other ways. See the very recent thread where Larry talks about displaying musicians using CCK and Views for ideas.
I want to move them in the direction of a customer community, so I'd like the sign up for the service and the site to be the same.
That should be totally possible, even if you simply use a basic checkbox on registration to sign people up.
I want to set up a recipe swap forum/area. There's a recipe module, but no info on its features. I started to create a custom content type, but I am missing something - a fields module? Where do I do more than give it a name and a title field? I feel dumb! I want this to be as simple for the end users as possible.
When you edit a content type, there is a tab labeled "Add field", usually up near the title. The path is: admin/content/types/<name-of-content-type>/add_field
The theme I'm using is Golden Hour which I like a lot.
I'm not familiar with the theme, but maybe it's not showing the tabs. If that's the case, you may want to specify a different administrative theme at: admin/settings/admin
-- Jason Flatt http://www.oadaeh.net/ Father of Six: http://www.flattfamily.com/ (Joseph, 13; Cramer, 11; Travis, 9; Angela; Harry, 5; and William, 12:04 am, 12-29-2005) Linux User: http://www.kubuntu.org/ Drupal Fanatic: http://drupal.org/ -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
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On May 16, 2007, at 9:53 AM, Jean Gazis wrote:
I'm working on a site for a company that delivers organic groceries. On their (quite rudimentary) existing site (www.urbanorganic.com) they have an order form that emails to them. I'd eventually like to get them into an e-commerce setup, but that is not part of the current site revamp project ( http:// urbanorganic.jeangazis.com), so for now, I just need to put in place a form that will email to them.
Is the forms module the best way to go for the ordering? For new customers, should I use another form or can I use user profiles? I want to move them in the direction of a customer community, so I'd like the sign up for the service and the site to be the same.
It's not the most elegant solution, but for a quick and temporary solution, try the webform module. You define the fields, and it will send an email to the address you designate. It also stores the info in a table you can export for reference later. If the user is logged in, webform can also pull in profile info, so the person doesn't need to fill that in over and over. No coding needed. Bear in mind, I don't know what the future plans are for the webform module, whether there will be a version for Drupal 6 or what.
I want to set up a recipe swap forum/area. There's a recipe module, but no info on its features. I started to create a custom content type, but I am missing something - a fields module? Where do I do more than give it a name and a title field? I feel dumb! I want this to be as simple for the end users as possible.
I would use CCK for this and create the recipe structure to my own liking. Laura
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