Nov 28th, 2014, 3:11 PM
I don't think you'll be able to just pull the code from the search box, as I am guessing it is directly connected to the particular view, and gets data from the view settings such as what fields to search by, and what fields are searchable.
Of course I don't know much about what exactly you are trying to accomplish, but I know that it's mostly designed to be utilized by logging in as a user. You can customize what particular users see, what they can edit, etc.
I have successfully done some custom coding to use FormTools in many ways for which it was not designed, but sometimes it's just not possible without some significant coding. As for the themes, I have found them pretty easy to adapt. I have taken the default theme and adapted it for my website, and it worked out pretty well. Of course that may not be so easy if you have a more complicated design.
Maybe Ben or Joe can chime in and provide other suggestions for you.
Alex
Of course I don't know much about what exactly you are trying to accomplish, but I know that it's mostly designed to be utilized by logging in as a user. You can customize what particular users see, what they can edit, etc.
I have successfully done some custom coding to use FormTools in many ways for which it was not designed, but sometimes it's just not possible without some significant coding. As for the themes, I have found them pretty easy to adapt. I have taken the default theme and adapted it for my website, and it worked out pretty well. Of course that may not be so easy if you have a more complicated design.
Maybe Ben or Joe can chime in and provide other suggestions for you.
Alex
(Nov 28th, 2014, 2:49 PM)wychegnome Wrote: Hi again Alex.
Unfortunately I am not a PHP programmer and was hoping that Form Tools would avoid my going through the learning curve, especially as time is not on my side when there are many other tasks already on my desk to do. The filter and similar options offered as part of the 'view' designs all seem to require fixed criteria whereas the built in search bar allows full flexibility.
Is the built in code for the search bar easy to find, isolate, and adapt?
The alternative would seem to be to build a 'theme' so that the standard Form Tools offering looks as though it is an integral part of my web site. I had an initial look and this could be the way forward but the example theme mentioned on http://docs.formtools.org/theme_developm...eate_theme as the start point for development isn't there, or at least the files are zero bytes when downloaded (see http://themes.formtools.org/example/).
Do you know what has happened to the example theme or could you point me to a download that actually contains files relevant to Form Tools 2.2.6.
Thanks, John