Snippet newbie question

I have read the documentation and information on snippets however I can’t seem to get a basic contact page to work. Can someone please help?

In addition, where should the source code for snippets be placed when adding it to a page?

Thank You,

Pat

Have you tried the built-in contact page that ships with MODx 0.9.0?

Quote from: agape25 at Nov 22, 2005, 12:35 AM

In addition, where should the source code for snippets be placed when adding it to a page?

The source code for a snippet is placed in a new Snippet in the Manager. The [[SnipppetName? &options=value]] tags are placed wherever you want the snippet’s output to occur.

Thank you for your quick reply and please excuse my ignorance but how do I install the built in contact page that came with the program?

PS sorry for posting to the wrong section of the forum. Is there a way to remove this message from this section and place it in the correct section?

Zi will move it if he’s not happy with where it is

When you unzipped the MODx package, in the Install folder you will find .tpl files with all of the default snippets. Just create a new snippet in the Manager, and copy/paste the text from the .tpl file you want. The names are case-sensitive; it has to be the same when you call the snippet. The contact form is snippet.contactform.tpl.

If the snippet’s already installed, you don’t have to do that.

Now, in the document you’re using as the Contact Us page, just call the ContactForm snippet: