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Is this possible...If so how can i do it ?

mrjohnson 09 Mar, 2010
Hey thanks for taking the time out to read this and help me. I'm a newbie in the process of building a website i have everything setup to go as far as the way i want it to look and all but i have one major hurdle to conquer and this is the main part or the most important key feature.

So the thing i need help with is that i'm trying or would like to create a page where registered users would have to fill out a form to find out information on a subject and after they complete the form. They either get sent to a new page where their the first and only entry or a page where someone else has entered info on the same topic. When they reach this page they can comment on it.

For Example:

If i wanted to find out about a dog named bob
the system want tell me what it has on file for bob until i tell it what i know about bob
so i enter everything i know into a customized form
when i hit submit
it either take me to a new page where im the first entry
or it takes me to a page where bob has already been entered into the system
on the page where bob has already been entered i can read what other people said about bob, view the comments and uploads that were left on post about bob and post comments
and for now on any new post made about bob will show up on my user profile without me having to fill out a new form everytime

Can someone point me in the right direction as to how i can accomplish this because right now im kind of lost. By the way i've installed joomsocial so hopefully i can intergrate it with this.
GreyHead 10 Mar, 2010
Hi mrjohnson,

What you are describing is quite a complex application. You could do this with ChronoForms but it wil require some PHP and MySQL knowledge and experience.

You would need to set up an input form, then write the code to search the Joomla site tables and bring up any relevant information; then display the results.

I'm not quite sure how this is different to the standard Joomla search box?

Bob
mrjohnson 11 Mar, 2010
Hey thanks for the response. I've created a form as stated and i've connected a database table to it. So i guess my next step would be to try to find away to search for the data and display it. You mentioned something about the standard Joomla search box. Could you tell me what you where trying to say? Thanks in advance.
GreyHead 11 Mar, 2010
Hi mr johnson,

Joomla has a search box that does more or less wht you describe. Similar to the one in the menu bar above.

Bob
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