Custom Contact form

[jfazar]

Hi, I wanted to have a secondary contact form on a page to let people sign up for a beta program. I haven't been able to find out if there is a way to do it within Miva 9 or ReadyThemes. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

[Matt Zimmermann]

There is nothing native to Miva, although you could duplicate and re-purpose the form on CTUS in a ReadyTheme to do what you want. There are a couple of Apps [http://apps.miva.com/] which could be installed to add this functionality as well.

[delcorsets]

I have a couple custom contact forms on my site that I created by embedding forms from JotForm - works perfectly for me to accept submissions for wholesale accounts, re-seller accounts, etc.

[RayYates]

Just be sure you don't expose the destination email address and fully qualify each form input before you submit the email so that you don't end up providing a way for spammers to send junk mail from your site.

[lesliekirk]

There is nothing native to Miva, although you could duplicate and re-purpose the form on CTUS in a ReadyTheme to do what you want. There are a couple of Apps [http://apps.miva.com/] which could be installed to add this functionality as well.

Hey Matt,

I'm trying to re-purpose the form on the CTUS page to work on another page. I have two issues. The red "You must javascript enabled to use this form." displays on the page and when I try to test the form I get the "Error: Form processing halted for suspicious activity!" message.

The form on the CTUS page does work.

Leslie

[lesliekirk]

LOL - nevermind. I remember to try changing the body id to js-CTUS.

[lesliekirk]

I'm trying to add the CTUS form to a CSSUI site that does not have any ReadyTheme applied to it. The 3 PHP files have been uploaded and I even changed the body id to js-CTUS. I am suspecting that I'm needing the scripts.js file? The site is using the Default CSSUI Framework.

[ids]

I haven't seen this without the Readytheme module installed. I'm stating the obvious here, Recheck to make sure the path(s) to the php scripts are correct. Obviously, copying the form needs to make sure the url in action points to the script specifically because the Readytheme version of the formis using a variable that points to a path/script that doesn't exist if the Readytheme isn't installed .

Another thought, if sticking with the Miva contacus php, you could always install a readytheme and simply not apply the framework. If I am right, you'll get all the dependencies needed.

Scott

[lesliekirk]

I haven't seen this without the Readytheme module installed. I'm stating the obvious here, Recheck to make sure the path(s) to the php scripts are correct. Obviously, copying the form needs to make sure the url in action points to the script specifically because the Readytheme version of the formis using a variable that points to a path/script that doesn't exist if the Readytheme isn't installed .

Another thought, if sticking with the Miva contacus php, you could always install a readytheme and simply not apply the framework. If I am right, you'll get all the dependencies needed.

Scott

Thanks Scott. I already have the 3 PHP files, but I am still getting the "You must javascript enabled to use this form." warning. I think there is something in the scripts.js file that comes with the ReadyThemes. I was hoping one of the Miva devs could confirm or deny it.

[lesliekirk]

I found the jsCTUS: function in the scripts.js file but I think I'm still missing something or my javascript foo is even weaker than I thought. Can I take just the function and place it in it's own js file? Does it need some other file to make it work? A jquery file perhaps?

[Matt Zimmermann]

Hi Leslie,

The contact form used in most of the ReadyThemes does require jQuery to work. If the site is not already using jQuery, I would recommend only loading it on this page or use a different set of form code/processor.

[lesliekirk]

Hi Leslie,

The contact form used in most of the ReadyThemes does require jQuery to work. If the site is not already using jQuery, I would recommend only loading it on this page or use a different set of form code/processor.

Hey Matt,

I need to update add a functioning Contact Us form on an MMUI site. It looks like they tried to add a PHP form (which no longer works). Is there any recommended form to use for MMUI?

Many thanks!
Leslie

[Matt Zimmermann]

Hi Leslie,

With a legacy theme on MMUI, I think the easiest solution might be to use one of the contact modules available on the Apps store. You could try to migrate the form used on Shadows to your site, but it will require custom styling and maybe some code modifications to work.