I just had quite an argument with my wife about this issue :wink:
She changed a form this morning. I opened the form and saved it. Yesterdays version overwrote what she had changed. That did not make much sense to me as I just opened the form in the chronoform admin. Then an hour ago it happened again. So I watched what she did. We both login at the backend of the site, opening the same form. My form is the old version, while she can see the changes she made a few minutes ago. I logged out, logged in again (expecting this to have something to do with sessions), but no, still see the old data in the header text field (also when I open that modal window, the old text is there).
When viewing the form from the frontend, I DO see the changes she had made. But when I open the form in the backend, there is the old form again. 😲
She changed a form this morning. I opened the form and saved it. Yesterdays version overwrote what she had changed. That did not make much sense to me as I just opened the form in the chronoform admin. Then an hour ago it happened again. So I watched what she did. We both login at the backend of the site, opening the same form. My form is the old version, while she can see the changes she made a few minutes ago. I logged out, logged in again (expecting this to have something to do with sessions), but no, still see the old data in the header text field (also when I open that modal window, the old text is there).
When viewing the form from the frontend, I DO see the changes she had made. But when I open the form in the backend, there is the old form again. 😲
Ahum. 😶
It seems my dear wife editted the form using the code-field (in 'form manager' the link in the column 'name', second tab). After save, that code does not get recreated in the wizard (obviously). So when I save the wizard code, that overwrites whatever she did in the codefield.
(I so specifically wrote in the manual to ONLY use the wizard). 🙄
It seems my dear wife editted the form using the code-field (in 'form manager' the link in the column 'name', second tab). After save, that code does not get recreated in the wizard (obviously). So when I save the wizard code, that overwrites whatever she did in the codefield.
(I so specifically wrote in the manual to ONLY use the wizard). 🙄
Hi Karsten,
If you want to edit a form using the Code tab then you should set the Form Type on the same tab to 'Custom'. This will lock out the Preview box and prevent this kind of problem.
My preferred way of working is slightly different. If I can I put custom code into a Custom Element element from the Advanced element group. This lets me mix standard ChronoForms elements and custom HTML.
Bob
If you want to edit a form using the Code tab then you should set the Form Type on the same tab to 'Custom'. This will lock out the Preview box and prevent this kind of problem.
My preferred way of working is slightly different. If I can I put custom code into a Custom Element element from the Advanced element group. This lets me mix standard ChronoForms elements and custom HTML.
Bob
yes, that makes sense. thank you.
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