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hi everybody!

I try to create a simple form with:
a field for the title of the article (title of the book)
a field for writing a summary

So I want that these two fields display in an article.


I found in this forum a form to display information and image into an article.

But I don't understand how it works and so I can't alter it for what I want to do.

here is the on submit code

    <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Thank you for submitting your article!</strong><br /><br /><a href="cm">Go back to my profile</a></span></p>

    <?php 

    $fulltext_template = "<br /><br /><strong>{file_1}</strong><br /><br /><strong>{file_2}</strong>";
    $fulltext_template = str_replace("{file_1}", '<p><img style="max-width:500px;border:5px solid #eeeeee;" src="/Portail/images/form/{form_name}'.JRequest::getVar("file_1").'" target="_blank" ></p>', $fulltext_template);
    $fulltext_template = str_replace("{file_2}", '<p><img style="max-width:500px;border:5px solid #eeeeee;" src="/Portail/images/form/{form_name}'.JRequest::getVar("file_2").'" target="_blank" ></p>', $fulltext_template);
    JRequest::setVar("fulltext", $fulltext_template);

    $_POST['catid'] = '44';
    $_POST['id'] = '';
    $_POST['sectionid'] = '8';
    $_POST['state'] = '1';
    $_POST['created'] = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");

        ?>

These code works, image are displayed in the article.

But I want to personalize this code.
For example, I want that the text (summary) displays in bold.
And I would like to display just above the text a message like "here the summary".

Could you tell me how to do that, because I have read a lot of tread and I don't find my answer.

thanks😉

Hi dee-pack,

To get a form to create an article please download the Submit Content form from the Downloads area here. That will give you a good start and the code you have found will make more sense.

Bob

I did it, but the code is not so clear.

<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Thank you for submitting your story, we will review it shortly and if approved it will be published!</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Cheers</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>ChronoEngine.com team!</strong></span></p>
<?php
$_POST['catid'] = '44';
$_POST['id'] = '';
$_POST['sectionid'] = '8';
$_POST['state'] = '1';
$_POST['created'] = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
?>

Which line decides that the text I wrote in the box has to be display in the article?
I think it's inside the <?php ?>, but where?


sorry for this noob question :/

Hi dee-pack,

Nothing there. The DB Connection saves the info to the Contents table in the database.

Bob

Hi Bob,
Ok I understand a little more.

But could you tell me how to display the text that I wrote in an article with bold style for example?

Hi dee-pack,

I'm not sure if you can. Possibly if you use a rich-text editor to create the post - there are insructions somewhere in the forusm for doing that.

Otherwise you would need to edit the article in the normal Joomla article editor; or use some fancy find and replace on the submitted text to add the <b>. . .</b> tags.

Bob

Ok I see. But it's not a real problem if I can't (Ok maybe I can, but I think it's a little too complex for me^^)

I have a bigger problem. In my form I have a heading (H3) and a text box.

what I have to do if I want that the heading keep his style (H3) when I submit it in a article?

Thanks for your help, I appreciate😉

Hi dee-pack,

Much the same as with the Bold, you'll need to add it to the text-area content. There is no H3 field for an article so everything has to be in fulltext or introtext.

Bob