General Questions

[Olga Pavelko]

Does each form created require its own individual database to be setup?

Does this software need to be connected to your server or does it create forms that will process solely on my server?

I do not see icons (graphics) within the admin panel after the installation of PHPForms.

I have set up a couple of forms and have certain fields marked compulsory information required with an asterix (*), but the fields do not have any validation. What I am doing wrong?

I want to add a logo to my form. How can I do that?

Viewing the online submission in the interface, no data from Check Boxes or Selects is appearing. Only data from text fields.

I wish to use the php forms installed in my webserver and create and upload the forms into 2 web pages (different domains) i am building for my client. Does the script license allow this?

How to I set the default colors in the forms from gray to white, change the button style and the way the form looks in the preview mode?

[Olga Pavelko]

Q: Does each form created require its own individual database to be setup?

A: To install PHP Forms you need one database only. This can be any of the existing databases on your server. PHPForms will create its own tables in this database and keep records about your forms, fields, email templates, etc. in this database. There's no need to create additional databases unless you want to export submissions from an individual form to another database or table.

[Olga Pavelko]

Q: Does this software need to be connected to your server or does it create forms that will process solely on my server?

A: Once PHPForms is installed on your server, it doesn't have any connection to our server and it creates and processes forms solely on your server.

[Olga Pavelko]

Q: I do not see icons (graphics) within the admin panel after the installation of PHPForms.

A: If after the installation you do not see any icons in the command column within the admin interface, you should check permissions for the folders "cnk-admin/idx/display" and "cnk-admin/idx/display/i" . They must be 755 or 777 depending on your server settings.

If the change of permissions doesn't solve the problem, you'll need to remove all the .htaccess files within the folders "cnk-admin", "cnk-admin/idx/display" and "cnk-admin/idx/display/i". If this doesn't help, please email us (support at phpforms.net) and provide us with a temporary FTP access to the script's folder to solve the problem.

[Olga Pavelko]

Q: I have set up a couple of forms and have certain fields marked compulsory information required with an asterix (*), but the fields do not have any validation. What I am doing wrong?

A: When you check in the field options a Required Mark box, this only adds an asterix (*) to the field. To make the fields required, you should select an appropriate check rule. 

[Olga Pavelko]

Q: I want to add a logo to my form. How can I do that?

A: There are two possible options to add logos or other images to the form:

1. Via the admin interface, create a field with an HTML field type. Then in the Default Value text box in the field options enter HTML tags to call the image (e.g. <img width=99 height=93 src="http://yoursite.com/image_folder/image001.gif">.)
2. The changes can be done in the generated HTML form code. You can copy the code and paste it to any HTML editor to make the form look as you need.

[Olga Pavelko]

Q: Viewing the online submission in the interface, no data from Check Boxes or Selects is appearing. Only data from text fields.

A: You should make sure that you specify both Title and Value for each item in your drop down field. When you enter Title only, this will display the item name in the form, but won't send any value to email or database. You should enter Value, too, - this will be seen when this or that item is selected in the form and is submitted.

[Olga Pavelko]

Q: I wish to use the php forms installed in my webserver and create and upload the forms into 2 web pages (different domains) i am building for my client. Is this possible?

A: Yes, you can upload the forms to any web page. There's one limitation however: the PHPForms script must be installed on one domain only (you can use its admin interface only on one domain. However the forms you generate can be located anywhere with no restrictions).

[Olga Pavelko]

Q: How to I set the default colors in the forms from gray to white, change the button style and the way the form looks in the preview mode?

A: There are several ways to change forms color:

1. You can change the form color in the generated HTML code. For this, you'll need to click "Get code" next to the form name in the Forms List section, copy the code and put it to any HTML editor. Then make any modifications you need.

2. There's also a possibility to change the default color used for all forms. If you give me a temporary FTP access to the phpForms folder on your server, I can change the colors used in the script by default. This will effect all the forms you create in the admin interface. Or you can try and change this by yourself, but please make a back-up copy of the files before you do any changes:
You can change the default color for the background of all the forms you create with PHPForms in the file cnk-mods/idx/idx.mod.php. The buttons style can be changed in the file cnk-mods/idx/display/pg_button.htm. The way the form looks in the preview mode can be changed in the file phpforms/cnk-mods/idx/display/preview.htm.