Stacks - embedding the contact form
22/07/11 10:36 Filed in: Rapidweaver tutorials
I have joined the RapidWeaver Classroom and am working my way through the many tutorials they have available there. Eventually I hope to work my way into the Grad School and learn the CSS programming I’ll need to totally customize the themes for my websites. But, one thing at a time!
Today, I’m still learning all about Stacks. And the best way that I learn is to watch the video, write down my notes (which I’m doing here on this blog), and then do it!
I found out that with a plug in called “PlusKit”, I can import a web page into a stack on another page! I want to put a little Contact me form on my About Me page (and eliminate that whole Contact Me Page).
So - I downloaded the PlusKit from Loghound.
Then I put
into a text Stack. Whoa! - it went right into this blog post!
Contact was the name of a Styled Text Page already on the site. (Hmmm. I wonder if I have to disable that or if I can delete it, now that I have the form embedded in the About Me Page) UPDATE, I didn’t disable, just prevented it from showing in the menu.
Went to the Inspector for that Stack and clicked the RENDER PLUSKIT box.
All worked well except for the coding still showing in the form fields.
To clean this up, I changed the extension of the page from index.html to index.php (under the General Tab)
Then I had to go the HEADER Tab, and under PREFIX put some coding found on the Loghound site (and saved as a snippet)
And it works! But what about that form that got imbedded in this blog post??? Will it work??? I’ll have to try it to see.
Today, I’m still learning all about Stacks. And the best way that I learn is to watch the video, write down my notes (which I’m doing here on this blog), and then do it!
I found out that with a plug in called “PlusKit”, I can import a web page into a stack on another page! I want to put a little Contact me form on my About Me page (and eliminate that whole Contact Me Page).
So - I downloaded the PlusKit from Loghound.
Then I put
into a text Stack. Whoa! - it went right into this blog post!
Contact was the name of a Styled Text Page already on the site. (Hmmm. I wonder if I have to disable that or if I can delete it, now that I have the form embedded in the About Me Page) UPDATE, I didn’t disable, just prevented it from showing in the menu.
Went to the Inspector for that Stack and clicked the RENDER PLUSKIT box.
All worked well except for the coding still showing in the form fields.
To clean this up, I changed the extension of the page from index.html to index.php (under the General Tab)
Then I had to go the HEADER Tab, and under PREFIX put some coding found on the Loghound site (and saved as a snippet)
And it works! But what about that form that got imbedded in this blog post??? Will it work??? I’ll have to try it to see.