Creating a New page

[philip937]

Hi,

I want to create a new form for my site.

The code is in two parts, the first is the submit page and the second is the form action etc.

What can I add to these pages so that they are part of the zen site? i.e the header footer etc,,???

at the moment the page is soley the form.

Please help

Phil

[schoolboy]

What information is this "form" going to capture?
Where is the information to be stored?
How is the information going to be used in your webshop?

If the data it captures is going to be used (either administratively or communicatively) as part of your store, then you will need to write/edit the php files so that the data is HANDLED properly.

If you just want a form to capture info, and don't need to use that data as an inherent component in the webshop, you could consider a nifty little tool like Appnitro's MachForm.

I use it HERE.

This captures data to a SEPARATE database, but in this case, it suits my client's needs.

[philip937]

What information is this "form" going to capture?
Where is the information to be stored?
How is the information going to be used in your webshop?

If the data it captures is going to be used (either administratively or communicatively) as part of your store, then you will need to write/edit the php files so that the data is HANDLED properly.

If you just want a form to capture info, and don't need to use that data as an inherent component in the webshop, you could consider a nifty little tool like Appnitro's MachForm.

I use it HERE.

This captures data to a SEPARATE database, but in this case, it suits my client's needs.

I litterally Just want the form to submit the info to my email nothing else. I have the files working but dont know how to implement them as part of the site.

I have the following:

competition_entry.php:-

<form action="competition_submit.php" method="post">

<h2 align="left">Competition - January Draw</h2>

<p>Enter Your details below to enter this months draw! </p>

<br />

Name: <input type="text" name="nameis" size="20" /> Email: <input type="text" name="visitormail" size="20" />

<br/> 

</p>

<p align="left">
Quesiton - Name the characters from The Wizard of Oz?

<br />
<h3 align="left">Answer</h3>
<p align="left">
<textarea name="feedback" rows="6" cols="30">Type your answer here..</textarea>
</p>

<hr />
<p align="left">
<input type="submit" value="Enter Draw" />
</p>

</form> 

competition_submit.php:-

<h3 align="center">Your entry has been submitted, Good Luck!</h3>
<!-- VIP: change YourEmail to your real email -->

<?php

$ip = $_POST['ip'];
$httpagent = $_POST['httpagent'];
$httpref = $_POST['$httpref'];
$nameis = $_POST['nameis'];
$visitormail = $_POST['visitormail'];
$feedback = $_POST['feedback'];
$rating = $_POST['rating'];
$emailvalidation = $_POST['emailvalidation'];
$fieldvalidation = $_POST['fieldvalidation'];
$htmlcontrol= $_POST['htmlcontrol'];
$phpform = $_POST['phpform'];
$htmlform = $_POST['htmlform'];
$attn = $_POST['attn'];

if (eregi('http:', $feedback)) { die ("Do NOT try that! ! "); }

if((!$visitormail == "") && (!strstr($visitormail,"@") || !strstr($visitormail,".")))
{
echo "<h2>Use Back - Enter valid e-mail</h2>\n";
$tellem = "<h2>Entry was NOT submitted</h2>\n";
}

if(empty($nameis) || empty($feedback) || empty($visitormail)) {
echo "<h2>Use Back - fill in all fields</h2>\n";
}

echo $tellem;

if ($emailvalidation == "y") {
$req1 = "Email format Validation \n" ;
}

if ($fieldvalidation == "y") {
$req2 = "Required Form Field Validation \n";
}
if ($htmlcontrol == "y") {
$req3 = "More intergratd HTML (in form) \n";
}
if ($phpform == "y") {
$req4 = "Improved PHP form script generator \n";
}
if ($htmlform == "y") {
$req5 = "A complete HTML form generator \n";
}
$req = $req1 . $req2 . $req3 . $req4 . $req5;

$todayis = date("l, F j, Y, g:i a") ;

$month = date("F");

$attn = $attn;
$subject = $attn;

$feedback = stripcslashes($feedback);

$message = " $todayis \n
Your Email: $nameis ($visitormail)\n
Your Answer: $feedback \n
";

$from = "From: $visitormail\r\n";

mail("[email protected]", "COMPETITION ENTRY - ".$month, $message, $from);


$screenout = str_replace("\n", "<br/>", $message);
?>


<p align="center">

<?php echo $screenout ?>

</p>

the code is messy as I pulled it from an example I found on the net and have stripped it down to what I need, but it works, just want it to appear in the area where main_page and EZ pages etc appear....

Any suggestions?

Cheers (im stuck)

[joez5374]

did you ever figure this one out?

I'm looking to add pages as well and can't figure it out.

thanks,

J

[philip937]

did you ever figure this one out?

I'm looking to add pages as well and can't figure it out.

thanks,

J

yep, albeit a messy solution but works fine.

I created an EZ page and put the form here, then the form action was post to a php file that did the processing info sending emails etc, then at the bottom of the php there was a redirect to a second EZ page for a confirmation message.

I am far from a programmer so tend to just try and chuck things together that do what I need them to do. Give it a go, hope it helps,

Phil
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[llynix]

Ok.. theres actually a really easy way to create new pages:

http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.p...ting_new_pages

Basically the first thing you'll want to do is create a new folder at /includes/modules/pages/MY_PAGE_NAME

Then include the header_php.php file included from the wiki.

Now this page is loaded via the template at /includes/templates/YOURTEMPLATE/templates/tpl_MY_PAGE_NAME_default.php

You can copy a simple page over to this filename to get you started.

The extra_datafiles and languages I found I didn't need, but if you have a multi-language cart you might want to pay attention there.