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    I’m basically confused about how to set up Eform and make it look nice, for lack of a better word.

    In the template I’m using, the document code is this:

    [!eForm? &formid=`ContactForm` &subject=`[+subject+]` &to=`[(email_sender)]` &ccsender=`1` &tpl=`ContactForm` &report=`ContactFormReport` &invalidClass=`invalidValue` &requiredClass=`requiredValue` &cssStyle=`ContactStyles` &gotoid=`46`  !]
    


    And the eform snippet looks like this:

    <?php
    # eForm 1.4.4 - Electronic Form Snippet
    # Original created by Raymond Irving 15-Dec-2004.
    # Version 1.3+ extended by Jelle Jager (TobyL) September 2006
    # -----------------------------------------------------
    # local version: $Id: eform.snippet.tpl,v 1.2 2006/11/22 14:53:38 jelle Exp $
    # Captcha image support - thanks to Djamoer
    # Multi checkbox, radio, select support - thanks to Djamoer
    # Form Parser and extened validation - by Jelle Jager
    #
    # see eform/docs/eform.htm for history, usage and examples
    #
    
    # Set Snippet Paths
    #new in 1.4.4 - sub-folder set by parameter
    $snipFolder = isset($snipFolder)?$snipFolder:'eform';
    $snipPath = $modx->config["base_path"].'assets/snippets/'.$snipFolder.'/';
    
    
    # check if inside manager
    if ($modx->isBackend()) {
    return ''; # don't go any further when inside manager
    }
    
    //tidying up some casing errors in parameters
    if(isset($eformOnValidate)) $eFormOnValidate = $eformOnValidate;
    if(isset($eformOnBeforeMailSent)) $eFormOnBeforeMailSent = $eformOnBeforeMailSent;
    if(isset($eformOnMailSent)) $eFormOnMailSent = $eformOnMailSent;
    if(isset($eformOnValidate)) $eFormOnValidate = $eformOnValidate;
    if(isset($eformOnBeforeFormMerge)) $eFormOnBeforeFormMerge = $eformOnBeforeFormMerge;
    if(isset($eformOnBeforeFormParse)) $eFormOnBeforeFormParse = $eformOnBeforeFormParse;
    //for sottwell :)
    if(isset($eFormCSS)) $cssStyle = $eFormCSS;
    
    # Snippet customize settings
    $params = array (
       // Snippet Path
       'snipPath' => $snipPath, //includes $snipFolder
    	 'snipFolder' => $snipFolder,
    
    // eForm Params
       'vericode' => isset($vericode)? $vericode:"",
       'formid' => isset($formid)? $formid:"",
       'from' => isset($from)? $from:$modx->config['emailsender'],
       'fromname' => isset($fromname)? $fromname:$modx->config['site_name'],
       'to' => isset($to)? $to:$modx->config['emailsender'],
       'cc' => isset($cc)? $cc:"",
       'bcc' => isset($bcc)? $bcc:"",
       'subject' => isset($subject)? $subject:"",
       'ccsender' => isset($ccsender)? 1:0,
       'sendirect' => isset($sendirect)? 1:0,
       'mselector' => isset($mailselector)? $mailselector:0,
       'mobile' => isset($mobile)? $mobile:'',
       'mobiletext' => isset($mobiletext)? $mobiletext:'',
       'autosender' => isset($autosender)? $autosender:$from,
       'autotext' => isset($automessage)? $automessage:"",
       'category' => isset($category)? $category:0,
       'keywords' => isset($keywords)? $keywords:"",
       'gid' => isset($gotoid)? $gotoid:$modx->documentIdentifier,
       'noemail' => isset($noemail)? ($noemail):false,
       'saveform' => isset($saveform)? ($saveform? true:false):true,
       'tpl' => isset($tpl)? $tpl:"",
       'report' => isset($report)? $report:"",
       'allowhtml' => isset($allowhtml)? 1:0,
       //Added by JJ
       'replyto' => isset($replyto)? $replyto:"",
       'language' => isset($language)? $language:$modx->config['manager_language'],
       'thankyou' => isset($thankyou)? $thankyou:"",
       'isDebug' => isset($debug)? $debug:0,
       'reportAbuse' => isset($reportAbuse)? $reportAbuse:false,
       'disclaimer' => isset($disclaimer)?$disclaimer:'',
       'sendAsHtml' => isset($sendAsHtml)?$sendAsHtml:false,
       'sendAsText' => isset($sendAsText)?$sendAsText:false,
       'sessionVars' => isset($sessionVars)?$sessionVars:false,
       'postOverides' => isset($postOverides)?$postOverides:0,
       'eFormOnBeforeMailSent' => isset($eFormOnBeforeMailSent)?$eFormOnBeforeMailSent:'',
       'eFormOnMailSent' => isset($eFormOnMailSent)?$eFormOnMailSent:'',
       'eFormOnValidate' => isset($eFormOnValidate)?$eFormOnValidate:'',
       'eFormOnBeforeFormMerge' => isset($eFormOnBeforeFormMerge)?$eFormOnBeforeFormMerge:'',
       'eFormOnBeforeFormParse' => isset($eFormOnBeforeFormParse)?$eFormOnBeforeFormParse:'',
       'cssStyle' => isset($cssStyle)?$cssStyle:'',
       'jScript' => isset($jScript)?$jScript:'',
       'submitLimit' => (isset($submitLimit) &&  is_numeric($submitLimit))?$submitLimit*60:0,
       'protectSubmit' => isset($protectSubmit)?$protectSubmit:1,
       'requiredClass' => isset($requiredClass)?$requiredClass:"required",
       'invalidClass' => isset($invalidClass)?$invalidClass:"invalid",
       'runSnippet' => ( isset($runSnippet) && !is_numeric($runSnippet) )?$runSnippet:'',
       'autoSenderName' => isset($autoSenderName)?$autoSenderName:'',
       'version' => '1.4.4'
    );
    
    # Start processing
    
    include_once ($snipPath."eform.inc.php");
    
    $output = eForm($modx,$params);
    
    # Return
    return $output;
    ?>


    I can’t seem to find any simple documentation that tells me where I’m allowed to put in line breaks, formatting, etc. There’s a class .contactform in the css, but I don’t know if that applies, either.

    Anyone have an example they can share, or just some helpful background info?

    Thanks!
    John
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      &tpl=`ContactForm`

      in the snippet call is referring to a "chunk" of HTML, in this case the basic form template.
      Find it from the Manager : Resources => Manage Resources => Chunks => Forms and Mail
      You can style the form in any way you want using css etc.
        • 25883
        • 128 Posts
        Thanks... great... I appreciate it.

        John