Useful App Converted to a Comment System

I spent time building a system that can run as a comment form because I was tired of looking for one outside of the forum topic. Thanks!

• 1.Create a page for the form
• 2.Create a partial that is going to load the back-end data
• 3.Set the where() method to specify what data is being queried
• 4.Add the ajax handler to refresh partial after submission to the component
• 5.Add the php call to the onRefreshTime()

1. Page Markup: Summarized

<div id="magicForms">{% partial 'testing/magicform' %}</div> <form data-request="{{ genericForm2 }}::onFormSubmit">...</form>

2. Partial Markup: Summarized

<ul> {% for record in records %} <li><strong>{{ record.form_data_arr.name }}:</strong> {{ record.form_data_arr.comment }}</li> {% endfor %} </ul>

3. Parital Code: This is where the the collection methods get handy. Using the where() method I can query for the specific group. Here I am searching for the forms with 'group' and 'testing-comments'; the reverse is to put the newest comment on top.

use \Martin\Forms\Models\Record as FormsRecords; function onStart() { $comments = FormsRecords::all(); $this['records'] = $comments->where('group', 'testing-comments')->reverse(); }

4. Generic AJAX Form Component: Add this in More Settings -> JS on Success

jQuery(document).ready(function($) { setInterval(function () { $.request('onRefreshTime', { update: { 'testing/magicform' : '#magicForms' } }) }, 300); });

5. Page Code: This is needed for the javascript to call the onRefreshTime.

function onRefreshTime() { return [ '#magicForms' => $this->renderPartial('testing/magicform') ]; }

Really simple to use once you know how. Having only just started using OctoberCMS, I was completely lost on how to get this working. But following the documents linked here, this is how I "got" it: create a folder called genericform containing a default.htm file in the theme's partials folder using FTP. Added the genericform component to a page and bingo - customised form. I hope this helps others just starting out with OctoberCMS.

Best Form plugin on the October marketplace.

Magic Forms is great!

There is only one demo for an example of its use.

But after reading the comments and documentation it was possible to get it to work.

All that I needed from the forms, I was able to implement with it!

Thank you very much, Martin!

Very poor documentation, didn't understand how to use the plugin. Do you have any quick video guide?

Hello, not sure what I'm messing I'm not receiving the emails?

[genericForm ContactForm] group = "ContactForm" rules[name] = "required" rules[email] = "required|email" rules[subject] = "required" rules[message] = "required" rules_messages[name.required] = "name is required" rules_messages[email.required] = "email is required" rules_messages[subject.required] = "subject is required" rules_messages[message.required] = "message is required" rules_messages[email.email] = "email must be valid" messages_success = "Your message was successfully submitted" messages_errors = "There were errors with your submission" mail_enabled = 1 mail_subject = "new contact message" mail_recipients[] = "[email protected]" mail_recipients[] = "[email protected]" mail_replyto = "email" mail_resp_enabled = 1 mail_resp_field = "email" mail_resp_from = "[email protected]" mail_resp_subject = "Thank you for contacting us!" reset_form = 1 inline_errors = "display" anonymize_ip = "disabled" recaptcha_theme = "light" recaptcha_type = "image" recaptcha_size = "normal"

Hi! Excellent plugin!! but I have some error occurs, it says:

Form session expired! Please refresh the page.

Can you please help me solve the problem?

im very thanksful there's plugin that's so useful like this plugins, btw i've asking the question about my problem to outputing the value from backend to the frontend, is that must using SQL query? or it become simple like {{ form.name }} ? i've try it to outputing the value but i dont have any idea how.

im glad if there's anyone tell me how to do that.

Great plugin, really useful and easy to use.

Some lack with file upload, but the support is really good and I'm sure this part will be improved over time.

Hi, plugin is cool but i want ask. When i send form, data dont clear from fields. Its my mistake or plugin?

THX

Great plugin! Easy to setup and customize!!

Thank you very much

Is it possible to have inline validation in the current version instead of a (possibly huge) alert-box?

Like it very much so far. Used the file upload and the empty form. Both worked liked a charm so far. Thank you for all the work.

Very nice plugin, really useful, easy to use, user friendly, flexible, regularly updated... By far the best form plugin for October.

I really want to use this plugin, but it's hard for me to understand due to the "generic ajax form" being all blank with no information in it. Am I missing something?

Thanks for your job! Can it attach file to backend/mail?

Excellent plugin!!

This is by far the best form plugin that I have used for October. Easy to use and very flexible.

Quick question: How can we create an auto-response email to the person submitting the form?

Thanks for this plugin!

A+++