I need this function:
I have several pdf file with a request button on Joomla Static page, when customer click the button which forwards the user to a form in which she/he can enter an e-mail address. The script then fetches the corresponding file from a fileserver and sends it to the user via e-mail.
Can Chrono Engine do this? If not any other component can do this?
Thanks
I have several pdf file with a request button on Joomla Static page, when customer click the button which forwards the user to a form in which she/he can enter an e-mail address. The script then fetches the corresponding file from a fileserver and sends it to the user via e-mail.
Can Chrono Engine do this? If not any other component can do this?
Thanks
Giz,
I don't think that Chrono can do this out of the box, however:
You could load a differing form for each pdf with $get values, (details are in one of my posts), and embed that value on the form, then i would think that you could run a post submission script , using that value to mail out the pdf ?
Or if security is not such an issue, include a dedicated downloadlink to the form in the html email reply that the user gets ?
Of course someone here may know an easier way - and I could just be way off, but it seems to me that chrono provides a pretty good framework for most things!
Miz
I don't think that Chrono can do this out of the box, however:
You could load a differing form for each pdf with $get values, (details are in one of my posts), and embed that value on the form, then i would think that you could run a post submission script , using that value to mail out the pdf ?
Or if security is not such an issue, include a dedicated downloadlink to the form in the html email reply that the user gets ?
Of course someone here may know an easier way - and I could just be way off, but it seems to me that chrono provides a pretty good framework for most things!
Miz
Thanks Miz,
I am far from a PHP programmer, Can you tell me how to do that, I read your post about $get, But I still have no idea about how to do this.
I am far from a PHP programmer, Can you tell me how to do that, I read your post about $get, But I still have no idea about how to do this.
Hi, Miz
It seem included download link instead of attached .pdf is much easier, Can you tell me how to do this? thanks
It seem included download link instead of attached .pdf is much easier, Can you tell me how to do this? thanks
Hi gizmocn,
If you just want your users to be able to download files then an extension like DocMan (which Max uses here) will work better than messing about with separate forms. You can link to a DocMan download page from any other page easily enough.
If you need to capture email addresses then you could make the downloads available to registered users only.
If you really do need to send emails then you can do it with ChronoForms, though I'd be inclined to add a form into the static page (using the ChronoForms mambot) put checkboxes for the different pdfs, and have a required field for the email address. If you make users click through to a second page to put in their email address then quite a lot will quit.
Bob
If you just want your users to be able to download files then an extension like DocMan (which Max uses here) will work better than messing about with separate forms. You can link to a DocMan download page from any other page easily enough.
If you need to capture email addresses then you could make the downloads available to registered users only.
If you really do need to send emails then you can do it with ChronoForms, though I'd be inclined to add a form into the static page (using the ChronoForms mambot) put checkboxes for the different pdfs, and have a required field for the email address. If you make users click through to a second page to put in their email address then quite a lot will quit.
Bob
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