This is a great tutorial, but would anyone be willing to give me some hints for accomplishing this in v4? Not sure where to put the javascript and HTML?
Thanks for the quick reply. I made the recommended changes and I still seem to be lacking a progress bar.
I tried in both Chrome and Safari, and same result.
I feel like I'm missing something as your suggestion should have at least done something. In the meantime, I'll keep at it and see what I can find. Thanks!
I updated the earlier post to fix some typos in the script and clean it up and I switched the action from the file load input to the submit button being clicked. This version is working.
Bob
ChronoForms technical support If you'd like to buy me a coffee or two, thank you very much
One note, I had to enable the "Dynamic File" under Load JS. Prior to that it wasn't working. (That's probably normal operation but just thought I'd mention it for future searchers)
So, I've come up with one other "little" issue that I'd like to resolve...
When my users click Submit, I'd like it to hide all the other form elements except for the "Your file is being uploaded" message with progress bar. So the end result is they end up with just a blank page with the progress bar loading. Which of course redirects after the upload to the "Thanks" message.
I'm not so good with javascript, so I'm looking for suggestions or perhaps some hints on where I could find out how to do this.
Bob, This is what I was looking for, however.... My forms are "CUSTOM", so I cannot drag Custom Element in the Preview tab an save it. So, wher do I leave this code?
<div id="loading" style="display: none">We are processing your upload, please wait!<img src="images/stories/ajax-loader.gif" alt="" /></div>
This is exactly what i was looking for thank you. Only problem is that (i use it for a text form not an upload form no problem there) if you click the submit button without any text in the field (required field) you get the message "This field is required." but also the loading div shows up and gets stuck there
Any help to avoid that?
I was a little quick on the trigger, posted before following the link If anyone else has the same problem follow the link in Bob's post above and read the 9th post.
As i said i use it and it works very good only problem i found is when the user clicks the back button in his browser. In that case the loading image appears and gets stuck again.
It isn't a big problem but is there a way to avoid that?
I had a quick search around and found a couple of threads that might help, I don't have time to try applying them right now so posting here for future reference.
Demo: http://www.fanaticsounds.com/upload-now
Step 1.
Create a processbar first, go to: http://www.ajaxload.info/ or http://preloaders.net/
Save the image somewhere, normally images/stories/.
Step 2.
Create a file upload form
Step 3.
Edit your form in Form Management
A) Go to: Tab - General
B) Form tag attachment add the code:
C) Go to: Tab - Form Code
D) Form HTML add the code:
E) Form JavaScript add the code:
Step 4.
Save, publish and test it.
Good Luck!
Rogier
Is it possible to set the image to display for a mimum amount of time, say 3 seconds?
Thanks again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Here's a quick re-write for CFv4. Not tested so will need debugging, please let us know how you get on.
Bob
How to create a File Upload with Progressbar form:
Step 1.
Create a processbar first, go to: http://www.ajaxload.info/ or http://preloaders.net/
Save the image somewhere, normally images/stories/.
Step 2.
Create a file upload form, adding an id to the submit button and noting what it is e.g. input_submit_1
Step 3.
Edit your form in Form Management
A) Add a Load JS action to the On Load event
B) Open the Load JS action and add the code:
C) Go to the Preview tab and drag in a Custom Element element
D) In the Custom Element add the code:
Step 4.
Save, publish and test it.
If you'd like to buy me a coffee or two, thank you very much
I made the recommended changes and I still seem to be lacking a progress bar.
I tried in both Chrome and Safari, and same result.
I feel like I'm missing something as your suggestion should have at least done something. In the meantime, I'll keep at it and see what I can find. Thanks!
I updated the earlier post to fix some typos in the script and clean it up and I switched the action from the file load input to the submit button being clicked. This version is working.
Bob
If you'd like to buy me a coffee or two, thank you very much
One note, I had to enable the "Dynamic File" under Load JS. Prior to that it wasn't working. (That's probably normal operation but just thought I'd mention it for future searchers)
Thanks again! You've got a beer coming your way.
Just FYI I didn't have 'Dynamic file' set for my test but that could be a result of using different templates.
Thanks for the beer.
Bob
If you'd like to buy me a coffee or two, thank you very much
When my users click Submit, I'd like it to hide all the other form elements except for the "Your file is being uploaded" message with progress bar. So the end result is they end up with just a blank page with the progress bar loading. Which of course redirects after the upload to the "Thanks" message.
I'm not so good with javascript, so I'm looking for suggestions or perhaps some hints on where I could find out how to do this.
Thanks!
This is what I was looking for, however....
My forms are "CUSTOM", so I cannot drag Custom Element in the Preview tab an save it.
So, wher do I leave this code?
The submit button in the forms have this code
I suppose I need to change the id to eg "input_submit_1"
There's an improved version of the Loading gif code here - it includes Luuk's request to hide the body of the form in a later post.
Bob
If you'd like to buy me a coffee or two, thank you very much
Only problem is that (i use it for a text form not an upload form no problem there) if you click the submit button without any text in the field (required field) you get the message "This field is required." but also the loading div shows up and gets stuck there
Any help to avoid that?
I was a little quick on the trigger, posted before following the link
If anyone else has the same problem follow the link in Bob's post above and read the 9th post.
Thanks again Bob
I think that's also in the FAQ about this.
Bob
If you'd like to buy me a coffee or two, thank you very much
It isn't a big problem but is there a way to avoid that?
Thanks again.
John
I had a quick search around and found a couple of threads that might help, I don't have time to try applying them right now so posting here for future reference.
There's a good short article on Mastering The Back Button With Javascript
And some potentially useful code and links in this StackOverflow post.
Bob
If you'd like to buy me a coffee or two, thank you very much
I ll have a look and post here if i find a solution.
It reloads the page and no loading div appears.
Thanks Bob
John