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Forms

Forms are used within CommonSpot for the following purposes:

• Creating and editing metadata associated with CommonSpot pages, documents, and images. For detailed information on creating and managing metadata forms, refer to the Custom Metadata chapter in the CommonSpot Administrator's Reference.
• Creating and editing Custom Element data. For detailed information on creating and managing metadata forms, refer to the Custom Elements chapter in the CommonSpot Administrator's Reference.
• Simple Form Elements on CommonSpot pages. For details, see Simple Forms in the CommonSpot Elements Reference.

All three types of forms are built from the same collection of field types. Most of these field types (i.e., text fields, checkboxes, selection lists, etc.) will be familiar to all internet users and require no further explanation. The purpose of this chapter is to describe how the more advanced fields are rendered on forms, how their controls are used to enter data, and how the data that is entered is validated.

The following field types are covered in this chapter:

• Calendar Fields
• CommonSpot Page URL Field
• Date Fields
• Email Fields
• Formatted Text Block Fields
• Image Fields
• Floating Point Number Fields
• Integer Fields
• Taxonomy Browser Fields
• Tree Control Fields
• URL Fields

This chapter also covers Required Fields of any type.

 

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Calendar Fields

CommonSpot Page URL Fields

Date Fields

Email Fields

Formatted Text Block Fields

Image Fields

Floating Point Number Fields

Integer Fields

Taxonomy Browser Fields

Tree Control Fields

URL Fields

Required Fields

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You can download PDF versions of the Content Contributor's, Administrator's, and Elements Reference documents from the support section of paperthin.com (requires login).

The following guides are available locally on your CommonSpot Server:

• 5.1 to 6.0 Quick Reference
• Getting Started Guide
• Demo Site Guide
• Installation Guide
• Upgrade Guide
• Release Notes

You can also download these other guides from the support section of paperthin.com (with login):

• What's New in CommonSpot 6.0
• CommonSpot 6.0.0 Menu Quick Reference
• Developer's Guide
• Template Developer's Guide
• Style Sheet Reference Guide
• Shared Database Configuration Guide
• Replication vs Shared Database Guide
• Static Content Generation Guide
• Performance Recommendations Guide

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