Ajax calls in Modx Revo in general

@Bruno I'm sure it might be possible but that might break the form page if the user has JS disabled it's a tricky situation and this discussion is giving me ideas on other things to try so thank you all for the suggestions

but that might break the form page if the user has JS disabled

Not at all. You can still use the normal Form-submission, if js disabled.

That leads to a design philosophy called "unobtrusive Javascript". Your buttons should work as usual by loading a new page, and the Javascript disables that normal functionality and triggers the Javascript behavior instead. http://alistapart.com/article/behavioralseparation

thank you for your contributions. I will try to get more and more into it.

With the help of JQuery, AJAX is actually kind of fun. There's also this https://forums.modx.com/thread/79187/support-comments-for-ajax-revolution but I haven't been able to take the time to really get a good understanding of exactly what it's doing. I do know that it's pretty neat if you're doing a site heavy on the AJAX.

Hi! I am amazed. It's working now. Thanks again for your support.

Quote from: sottwell at May 02, 2013, 03:27 AM

Actually it's very easy to implement AJAX in MODx.

1. Create a snippet to generate whatever output you want to load with your AJAX request, if you need back-end PHP processing. It goes on a resource with no template. Or, if you're using JQuery's load() function, have the desired output in a specific HTML element; the load() function takes a parameter to indicate which HTML element you want to insert. So you can use one resource to handle a number of AJAX requests.

2. Use that resource's URL as the AJAX request's URL.

That's all, as far as MODx is concerned. Creating the triggers and setting up the structure is up to the developer.

I found that it's no longer required to use resource as the proxy in MODX Revo.
http://www.virtudraft.com/blog/ajaxs-connector-file-using-modxs-main-index.php.html

Quote from: goldsky at May 14, 2013, 04:40 PM

Quote from: sottwell at May 02, 2013, 03:27 AM

Actually it's very easy to implement AJAX in MODx.

1. Create a snippet to generate whatever output you want to load with your AJAX request, if you need back-end PHP processing. It goes on a resource with no template. Or, if you're using JQuery's load() function, have the desired output in a specific HTML element; the load() function takes a parameter to indicate which HTML element you want to insert. So you can use one resource to handle a number of AJAX requests.

2. Use that resource's URL as the AJAX request's URL.

That's all, as far as MODx is concerned. Creating the triggers and setting up the structure is up to the developer.

I found that it's no longer required to use resource as the proxy in MODX Revo.
http://www.virtudraft.com/blog/ajaxs-connector-file-using-modxs-main-index.php.html

thanks.

Quote from: goldsky at May 14, 2013, 04:40 PM

I found that it's no longer required to use resource as the proxy in MODX Revo.
http://www.virtudraft.com/blog/ajaxs-connector-file-using-modxs-main-index.php.html

It's never been required. But it has always been preferable in my opinion, as well as the intended approach, to use Resources to deliver content from MODX, regardless of the type or method. That certainly does not invalidate the external approach by including connectors/index.php or other methods, but there are likely to be some additional challenges to consider when choosing not to use Resources for your service URLs.