Jul 1st, 2011, 10:03 AM
Hi Braven,
Good question! If all your forms are POST forms, then you can just have a single installation for all of them. The one limitation is that you can't add server-side validation to your POST forms for any form that isn't on the same domain. But for API forms, they need to be on the same domain. The reason for this is that they need to reference the API, which can only be done if they're on the same server.
Exactly! Form Tools doesn't care where the information is submitted from, so you can have multiple identical forms dotted all over your site, all submitting to the same form in Form Tools. It's a little weird because then the "form URL" setting for the form is no longer accurate, but technically there's no problem with it at all.
Hope this helps!
- Ben
Quote:1. I have Form Tools installed on one domain. Can I create & use a form on a second domain or will Form Tools need to be installed on both domains?
Good question! If all your forms are POST forms, then you can just have a single installation for all of them. The one limitation is that you can't add server-side validation to your POST forms for any form that isn't on the same domain. But for API forms, they need to be on the same domain. The reason for this is that they need to reference the API, which can only be done if they're on the same server.
Quote:2.I have a form created which will be used on multiple pages of that domain. Am I right in understanding that I use one form in those two instances or does each instance of the form need to be created separately?
Exactly! Form Tools doesn't care where the information is submitted from, so you can have multiple identical forms dotted all over your site, all submitting to the same form in Form Tools. It's a little weird because then the "form URL" setting for the form is no longer accurate, but technically there's no problem with it at all.
Hope this helps!
- Ben