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Add Form Template to a Page Template

Hi, Is there away to select a form template already created and used else where and dynamically add it to a page template?

My client has page templates created by me to create there web content. They would like to add forms to them. Is this possible?

Cheers

Dennis Pickworth 0 points

6 years ago

Robert Ketter 103 points

6 years ago

Yes. Using template includes.

Includes One template can be included inside another:

<perch:template path="content/another_template.html" />

At runtime, the included template is inserted before any further processing is done. It’s as if the inner template was always part of the outer.

The path is relative to the perch/templates directory.

https://docs.grabaperch.com/docs/templates/includes/

Dennis Pickworth 0 points

6 years ago

Hi Robert, Can this be done dynamically?

Robert Ketter 103 points

6 years ago

Dennis Pickworth said:

Hi Robert, Can this be done dynamically?

There is a function to render templates at runtime. But it only works with content, not blog, events and others. I didn't get a chance to read back through this post so I may have missed something with my answer. Ask again if I did... :)

Dennis Pickworth 0 points

6 years ago

I have a page template that the user can use to create new pages.

I also have several forms in the template/forms. They use would like to use any of these forms on on any of the page templates. Is this possible?

Simon Clay 127 points

6 years ago

I think it could.

There's a few of ways I can think of :

1) Have a content region in your page template called 'Form' and let the client choose their desired template from the form templates you've created (the form templates would need to be stored in perch/templates/content).

But, I don't like the idea of clients having to choose region templates. I think this because I try to avoid requiring the client to perform anything other than the simplest tasks, plus the Content template list is likely to have quite a few templates in it that may confuse (though remember you can hide them from the list by naming them beginning with a _. Eg '_template.html).

So how about this idea:

2) Create a content region in your page template above called 'Form' as described above and use perch_content_create to assign to it a template that contains all of your forms. You could allow the client to choose which form (if any) they would like to show on that page by using a select list, like this:

<perch:content id="form_type" type="select" label="Display a Form" 
options="Application Form, Enquiry Form, Booking Form" suppress="true" />

<perch:if exists="Application Form">
  <!--Put your Perch 'Application Form' code here-->
</perch:if>

<perch:if exists="Enquiry Form">
  <!--Put your Perch 'Booking Form' code here-->
</perch:if>

<perch:if exists="Booking Form">
  <!--Put your Perch 'Booking Form' code here-->
</perch:if>

3) Or you could do similar to 2) but use Perch blocks

Dennis Pickworth 0 points

6 years ago

Many Thanks Folks. Your the best!