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Help creating distributor application form

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21 Sep 2012, 16:08
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Help creating distributor application form

I've never created a form and would like to make a page ( I am assuming it will be an EZ page) that will have a distributor app form which then emails us the information for review. Can I create a new category of customers called dealers or distributors.

Can anyone give me some advice on creating the app?
21 Sep 2012, 16:27
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Re: Help creating distributor application form

Zencart has the ability to separate customers into what it calls 'groups', and there are mods in the Plugins area that will allow you to assign pricing by group (which i assume is where you're headed).

As for the form, if you're really good with HTML forms and the code necessary to email the results, you could do it yourself, but I strongly recommend spending a few bucks on Machform. Either way, yes, it would go into an EZ page.
21 Sep 2012, 16:35
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Re: Help creating distributor application form

stevesh:

Zencart has the ability to separate customers into what it calls 'groups', and there are mods in the Plugins area that will allow you to assign pricing by group (which i assume is where you're headed).

As for the form, if you're really good with HTML forms and the code necessary to email the results, you could do it yourself, but I strongly recommend spending a few bucks on Machform. Either way, yes, it would go into an EZ page.


Thanks SteveSh, yes that is where I was headed, I wil look for those plugins. As far as the actual form, no I am not good with HTML forms, it is too bad that the CKeditor module cannot be used with easy pages. I will also look into Machform or other form creators
21 Sep 2012, 18:01
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Re: Help creating distributor application form

stevesh:

I have used this one:

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=154



thanks again, I downloaded that an will check it out when I get the form created. ANy advice on creating it will be great. I did see that the HTML box in EZ pages did change to use CKeditor which has form components incuded in it.
21 Sep 2012, 18:17
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Re: Help creating distributor application form

Not really a Zencart question. There are a lot of HTML tutorials on the Web - these are considered some of the best:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/

I'll recommend Machform again. If you place any value on your time, you'll burn through a lot more than $49 worth learning HTML forms and building one. (I don't have any connection with Machform - just a very satisfied customer.)
21 Sep 2012, 18:37
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Re: Help creating distributor application form

stevesh:

Not really a Zencart question. There are a lot of HTML tutorials on the Web - these are considered some of the best:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/

I'll recommend Machform again. If you place any value on your time, you'll burn through a lot more than $49 worth learning HTML forms and building one. (I don't have any connection with Machform - just a very satisfied customer.)


thanks again, your advice has always been valued.
22 Sep 2012, 17:36
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Re: Help creating distributor application form

I was using a local test site I am now going to use before making changes to my client's live site to create a form and then when submit is cicked send an email to the admin of the site. When I clicked the submit button I got the following error message page

Object not found!

The requested URL was not found on this server. The link on the referring page seems to be wrong or outdated. Please inform the author of that page about the error.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404

1derfulland.com
Apache/2.4.2 (Win32) OpenSSL/1.0.1c PHP/5.4.4

And when I clicked the referring page I get the following results:
Access forbidden!

You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.

with another Error 404 page.

It looks like I can create the form but have a problem with the action taken
I used the CKEditor module to edit my page and create my form.
Can someone help me with the backend of the form?