A word on auto templates in e-mail confirmation?

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CrystalFrontier 05 Oct, 2018

Dear forum

How exactly is the auto-template in e-mail confirmations produced? I can't find a suitable manual, nor a forum entry that explains to me the first step of this basic procedure. The only one I know from previous versions is that the HTML is produced by the press of a button. But when opening the Auto Template tab... there is no such button, and the boxes remain empty.

Thanks for your answers!
Christopher

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healyhatman 05 Oct, 2018

It pretty much just puts *all* of your form data in a table with [ name | value ] . The boxes in the email -> auto template tab are for overriding it. Or you can just manually put in the fields how you want them.

Cr

CrystalFrontier 07 Oct, 2018

Thank you for your answer!

After I edited header and footer a bit (not the main body), the main body table structure vanished, and all data was put into lines, making it very difficult to read.
I also don't understand why I need curly brackets for the labels?

Many thanks
Christopher

Cr

CrystalFrontier 07 Oct, 2018

Programming:

Result in e-mail:

I hope it can be avoided to not program the whole layout, just because I added 2-3 lines in header and footer😉

Christopher

Cr

CrystalFrontier 07 Oct, 2018

Also, the ordering of fields has changed in a later attempt:

This may be a clue to why it's not working the way I'm used to when layouting e-mails in V6 (from the migration guide):

'8. PHP is no longer supported in the email body, use a Php action or a Custom code action if you need this feature and then call the returned value in your email.'

...but I have absolutely no idea what you want me to do😉

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healyhatman 09 Oct, 2018

Just put your field values in manually and make it an HTML email.

So

<strong>Label: </strong>{data:field} <br>
<strong>Label 2: </strong>{data:field2} <br> etc etc etc.

That way you only include the data you actually want. Alternatively, in the body just put {section/template:one}

Cr

CrystalFrontier 10 Oct, 2018

Ah, right {DATA:sth_sth}!

I actually already used this somewhere else. Everything needs some getting used to, I guess.
These are all really good hints, I suggest you compile a very little FAQ manual on e-mail. Especially {section/template:one} - I had no idea where I would find this hint.

Best regards and thanks
Christopher

Cr

CrystalFrontier 10 Oct, 2018

One last question: I have entered {section/template:one} in the main body, and I get the data as wished, but exactly twelve times in a row. It is flanked by the top and footer, looking like this:[pre]<p><h2>Thank you for registering for EurOpen!</h2></p>
<p>We have received the following information:</p>[/pre]
and[pre]<p><h2>Please note!</h2></p>
<p>The amount shown is due on 30th OCT. Please transfer the fees to the following bank account:</p>
<p>Debating Society Germany e.V.</p>
<p>IBAN XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</p>[br]<p>BIC: DEUTDEDBSTG</p>[br]<p>Subject: YOUR SCHOOL TEAM EurOpen 2018</p>[br]<p>Thanks and see you soon!</p>[/pre]
See e-mail here:[br]

Any ideas why this is so? I can't find anything in the editing tabs.[br][br]Thanks![br]Christopher

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healyhatman 10 Oct, 2018

I won't be doing that I don't work here, check my sig🙂

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healyhatman 10 Oct, 2018

You haven't put it in a loop or something have you?

Cr

CrystalFrontier 10 Oct, 2018

Ah, ok sorry ... Let me say: ONE should write an FAQ. Or you write one and sell it to them😉

No, to my knowledge there is no loop anywhere in the form yet - I did, however, add a thank you message.

It's like this: I leave all three boxes empty -> I get an okay all-fields result.
But I need to add banking details that are not part of the form fields, so I need to use either header or footer for the additional info. Once I use either of the two, anything in the main body is multiplied by twelve.

I basically want to add this:

<html>
<body>
<h2>Thank you for registering for EurOpen!</h2>
<p>We have received the following information:</p>
<style>
table, th, td {
    border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
<table>
<tr><td><strong>Contact name: </strong></td><td>{data:contact_name}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>E-mail: </strong></td><td>{data:contact_email}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Phone: </strong></td><td>{data:contact_phone}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>School name: </strong></td><td>{data:school_name}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>School address: </strong></td><td>{data:school_address}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong># of debaters: </strong></td><td>{data:debaters}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong># of tickets: </strong></td><td>{data:vvs}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Debater names: </strong></td><td>{data:debater_names}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>ESL speakers: </strong></td><td>{data:ESL}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Native speakers: </strong></td><td>{data:native}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Dietary requirements: </strong></td><td>{data:dietary_requirements}</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Total fees: </strong></td><td><strong>{data:total}</strong></td><tr>
</table>
<p><h2>Please note!</h2></p>
<p>The amount shown is due on <strong>30th OCT 2018</strong>. Please transfer the fees to the following bank account:</p>
<p>Debating Society Germany e.V.<br>
IBAN XXX XXX XXX<br>
BIC: DEUTDEDBSTG<br>
Subject: YOUR SCHOOL TEAM EurOpen 2018<br>
<p>Thanks and see you soon!</p>
</body>
</html>

If I put it in the main body, I get the whole thing twelve times.

So I thought I'd put it *just* in the header - works, but if the main body is empty, I get the automated list again, and twelve times. So I put the main text in the header and just the last line in the main body with this ridiculous result:

🤣🤣

So, I emptied all the fields and just disabled Auto Add Fields entirely and just put the above programming in the body section. That seems to be working now. Luckily, I can do some HTML and it's not a long form.

Thanks for any ideas, still, and your help!

Christopher

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