[support] best way to handle forms and recipes? possibly stupid questions

[Laura Scott]

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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