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Chrono looks great and Ive been through the forums etc and read some tutorials...

i just wanted to double check i can do these things (which im pretty sure you can !)

I want to set up a Booking form.
(i think i can modify your registration tutorial for this?)
I want the user to first radio click if he is a member (yes or no)
if yes taken to form1.
if no taken to form2.
(i think i do this with the multi forms plugin?)
Then have multiple options in form1 and form2 for different course and fee amounts and for some extra info entered.
(i think i can do this with a piece of code i found with hidden fields and option boxs you guys delt with before?)
Then i want the information emailed to the admin and for the user to goto paypal to pay.
(i think i do this with the paypal plugin and doing a standard email setup?)

is it really as easy as it sounds ?
i dont have to create any tables,as i dont need to save it to database or do any major coding , just create the forms and let the plugins do the work ?

thanks !!

Hi barnfold,

When you say 'Are they a member' is this site membership or some other membership?

Yes you can do all the rest. I'd start out with very simple forms to check the process flow, then go back and buidl the full versions.

For PayPal you can probably use the ReDirect plugin (the Paypal one uses an advanced PayPal API).

Bob

When you say 'Are they a member' is this site membership or some other membership?

it is a membership site but im not going to link the form to membership within the site.(if that makes sense)

once we know if they are a member or not they are just sent to the appropriate form to show the appropriate fees (members pay less) enter there membership number and enter some survey data i.e what experience have you got.
1. are you a member
yes = 2a
no = 2b

2a. member number. name. address. have you worked with us before etc. list of courses and fees

2b. name. address. have you worked with us before. list of courses and fees

3. send to paypal to pay for relevant course and information emailed to admin.

ive not looked ta the redirect. will it send the person to the right payment option selected ?

Hi barnfold,

Yes - probably the multi-page plugin for the form steps.

And the ReDirect Plugin will build whatever PayPal URL you need.

Bob

hi again

ive just looked at the redirect plugin.

how do i go about setting up the redirect to send the user to the correct payment page for paypal.?

as stated above i have several drop down choices for courses each with a different price how do i make sure they are sent to paypal with the right payment option or are drop down boxes not the best option ?

so on form2a, for example, the user selects course A with the drop down option of eveningclasses1 i then need them sent to paypal to pay for course A and eveingclasses1 not Course A dayclasses1

thank you

Hi barnfold,

Make sure that all the 'variable' parts of your PayPal url - like the 'amount', 'product name', 'invoice number' etc. are in form fields. Then you can include those fields in the ReDirect Plugin and the values will be included in the url and sent to PayPal.

How you get them into the field values doesn't really matter, that's a question for your interfacer design.

Bob