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Updating Perch Forms through Perch CMS Console
Is there a way to configure a Perch Form so my customer can update the select menu options for the Perch CMS console?
Is there a way to configure a Perch Form so my customer can update the select menu options for the Perch CMS console?
Yes, you can use a
<perch:content />tag within theoptionsattribute in your template.Can you give me a quick example on how I use this in a form template.
Here is an example of one of my selects:
<perch:input type="select" id="date" label=" Date" required="true" placeholder="Preferred Tour Date..." options="Tues 1/5/16, Tues 1/12/16, Tues 1/19/16, Tues 1/26/16, Tues 2/2/16, Tues 2/9/16, Tues 2/16/16, Tues 2/23/16, Tues 3/1/16, Tues 3/8/16, Tues 3/15/16, Tues 3/22/16, Tues 3/29/16 " />
How would I update this with the <perch:content /> tag?
Also, is there a way to have the first item appear in the select input versus using the limited supported placeholder option?
It would be something like
This doesn't seem to work. How would I use two sets of "" in a single tag and not cause an error?
(e.g., options="<perch:content id="availability"")
Also, where would this editable region appear in the console?
They're parsed at different times, so the nesting isn't an issue.
If it appears in the control panel or not depends entirely on context. Can you tell me how this is being used?
You can see the form here: https://xraise.classe.cornell.edu/get-involved.html. My goal is to be able to give my client the ability to change the availability times from the Perch CMS console versus updating the HTML template.
How are you displaying the form? Is it in a
perch_content()region?I using the following: <?php perch_form('form.html'); ?>
Can I use a perch_content region to display a form?
Yes, as described in the documentation here https://docs.grabaperch.com/docs/form/page-functions/
This is a amazing! I've been doing it the hard way for so long ;) It was never clear to me in the documentation to use the perch_content for forms. I've updated my template and now I'm able to edit the select options with the CMS console. Thank you!