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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 03:33:38 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Event Registration</title>
          <link>https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2237683#post2237683</link>
          <description><![CDATA[<p>Well, as I stated before, I have not found a need to post back to CMSB since Machform has it's own database but have many cases where I pass info from CMSB to a form.  For instance, I developed an order system some years ago for a printing/document management company that allows their customers to re-order various corporate business forms.  Some were very simple such as business cards for their employees and others were very elaborate forms or periodic flyers with many variable edit fields.  Each customer has his own login creds on the website (using membership plugin) and can have multiple jobs and each job has a corresponding order form for it that is set up in Machform Admin and has a form number.  That form number is entered in the job setup info in CMSB so that when a job is picked by the customer for re-order, all I do is call the form and pass the company, user and other info to it.  The user enters the quantity and hits Submit and Machform does all the work from there ... notifications,auto confirmation and saving the data.  (See uploaded file)</p>
<p>I also use it to use one form for each staff member contact email.  When someone clicks on the "contact this person" button on their staff listing, I pass their employee number to the form which can be used in the Machform notification logic to send the email to that person.</p>
<p>Maybe this will help someone out there!</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2015 08:29:40 -0800</pubDate>
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          <title>Event Registration</title>
          <link>https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2237672#post2237672</link>
          <description><![CDATA[<p>For many years, I have been using Appnitro's Machform as a companion to CMSB.  In most all cases, it is not necessary to write to the CMSB database.  Machform has it's own data management and now interfaces with PayPal and other payment gateways if necessary.  It is the best self hosted solution that I have found that is brain dead simple to install and manage.  The forms simply embed into a CMSB page using javascript or PHP code that is generated for you or you can call it as a pop-up form or it's own page.  It is transparent to the user.  In some cases, I have passed data from the CMSB database to the form.  I have an unlimited license but it is only 39.00 for a single site and well worth every penny of that. Check it out at <a href="http://www.appnitro.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.appnitro.com/</a></p>
<p>I have been wishing for a forms plugin for CMSB like Machform.  It would be a welcome addition to the add-ons!</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2015 06:37:50 -0800</pubDate>
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          <title>PHP Upgrade Issues?</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>I have held off on upgrading the PHP version for a bit because I cannot do each account individually.  The PHP version upgrade is serverwide so I need to make sure that none of the sites will have a problem when I do it.  I just spun up another server and upgraded the PHP version to 5.5.  I am going to move a site to it and make sure there are no problems with it before I do the other one.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input!</p>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:45:30 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>PHP Upgrade Issues?</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>I have a cloud server on which I intend to upgrade the PHP version from 5.4.40 to 5.5 this weekend.  I have 17 CMSB sites on that server that will be affected by the upgrade.  Are there any known issues that I should be aware of before I pull the trigger on the upgrade.  I would certainly hate to break 17 sites at once.  That could make for a very interesting weekend indeed!</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 06:33:24 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Temporarily Suppress Security Warning</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Damon!  That did it.</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:37:31 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Temporarily Suppress Security Warning</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>How can I suppress the big red security warning in General Settings in order to keep my client from freaking out until I get the PHP version upgraded to 5.5 on his server.  He is wanting to make some edits tomorrow and I know he will be alarmed since I cannot do the PHP upgrade until the weekend.  Anything that is big, red and contains the word "Security" would spark an unreasonable paranoid reaction.   He needs access to that section or I would lock him out.</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:57:23 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Just a little function humor.</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>Yep ... the killing of the orphans!<br /><br />On a serious note while on the topic, I need to take this opportunity to see if there is a solution to a parent/child problem that I am currently having.  <br /><br />The WYSIWYG editor being a designer's nemesis, I am trying to create a tightly controlled structured situation for a client that cannot seem to grasp even the most basic design rules and creates the most hideous HTML that totally breaks a responsive design.  So, I am taking away his WYSIWYG field so he has to create a post which consists of post elements ... Banner Image, Slider, H1, H2, Paragraph, Photo Array, Document, Form, Video ... etc.  So, the data structure is basically a header record "posts" with related children "post_elements".  This all works very well and produces very clean responsive posts since I control every aspect of the rendered code on the front end.<br /><br />The problem I am having is with the back end.  I cannot drag-sort the post elements from within the "posts" record where the preview button is.  I have to back out of the "posts" record and go to a filtered "post_elements" list in order to rearrange the elements' sort order.  Also, if I edit one of the related elements from within the "posts" record, it returns me to the "posts" listing rather than to the related "post_elements" list within the open post record.  I can manage it myself this way, but I am sure my client will never be able to.  There are probably some tweaks to the back end code to resolve this, but I haven't spent a lot of time playing with the editing environment so am at the "Ask Dave" point in this endeavor.  Is there something obvious that I am missing or would this require major surgery? </p>
<p>I attached a couple of screenshots.</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:07:05 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Just a little function humor.</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>I hope I am not breaking forum decorum but I just had to share this nugget with the CMSB community.<br /><br />The other day, I found myself in need of a function to replace an array of placeholders with an array of variables.  I knew I had written that very function for use on another site some time ago but could not remember which site.  I did remember that I had named the function something like "replace_token" or "swap_token" ... I knew it had "token" in the name so I did a search of my web projects directory for *token*.  <br /><br />Holy Smoke! (pun intended)  Ironically, there is was in a little quickie site I did for a client last year .... cannabiscrusades.com! </p>
<p>If you don't get it, it's probably a good thing!  LOL</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2015 06:57:25 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>I would like to use Swift Mailer.</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Dave for your prompt reply! </p>
<p>This looks very promising!</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:54:02 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>I would like to use Swift Mailer.</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>I have maoved some of my sites to a more secure server that requires SMTP authentication to send mail.  I have been using Machform embeded forms since it supports SMTP auth but would like to create some lighter forms with PHP using simple Bootstrap contact forms and use Swift Mailer that is now included with cmsb to send.  Do you have any examples or other information on how to accomplish this?</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:29:04 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Error when updating database fields: &quot;403 forbidden&quot;</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I had the same problem with Go Daddy hosting.  The problem would occur when I used info1 or info2 as a target URL for an image.  They finally fixed it but I discovered that I could get around it by dropping the http:// it would not trigger the error, so I appended it back to the address on the front end! LOL</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2015 06:07:11 -0700</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>You do not have to always use the record ID as the value for options.  Just make sure that the abbreviation field is not editable in the states master table. </p>
<p>In the locations table list, <strong>Get options from database (advanced)</strong></p>
<p>Section Tablename<strong> -states</strong></p>
<p>Use this field for option values -<strong> abbreviation</strong></p>
<p>Use this field for option labels - <strong>name</strong> </p>
<p>I tried to upload a screenshot but something is wrong.  It refuses to accept the file. </p>
<p>I am late for an appointment and can continue this later if you need more assistance.  I could send you the states table schema and data but the file upload is not working. LOL</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 06:34:27 -0700</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>Glad to see you got the join working.  I have always used the state abbreviation in the state validation table as a key field.  Then, instead of storing the state record number in the locations file, you could store the 2 character state abbreviation.  That would make the state available without the join to the state table. </p>
<p><code>SELECT num, CONCAT(city. ', ',abbreviation, ' - ', address)<br />  FROM `&lt;?php echo $TABLE_PREFIX ?&gt;locations`<br />  ORDER BY 'abbreviation, city'<br /></code></p>
<p>Just a thought.</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:50:45 -0700</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>OK, if I understand the first part of your question, it should be solved with the concatenation of the address to the city name in order to distinguish multiple locations for the same city, but without a better understanding of what you are trying to set the defaults to, I cannot offer a solution.  I guess I am not understanding why there would be a default on creation of a new record to a list of locations within that record.  </p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:17:12 -0700</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>I'm sorry ... too much assumption on my part.  I was in your same shoes when I first purchased CMSB and knew NOTHING about PHP MySQL or web development in general.  I learned all I know from this forum and online documentation.</p>
<p>First, you need to change the location lookup field <strong>List Options</strong> to <strong>Get Options fro MySQL query (advanced)</strong>  Then enter the following in the query. (I am assuming that the table and field names match your database)</p>
<p><code>SELECT num, CONCAT(name, ' - ',address)<br />  FROM `&lt;?php echo $TABLE_PREFIX ?&gt;locations`</code></p>
<p>This will concatenate the name, a spaced hyphen and the address in the lookup dropdown list.  I attached a screenshot.</p>
<p>As for default check boxes ... very simple .. set default to checked.  See attached screenshot.</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:58:13 -0700</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>I have had to do this several times for basically the same reason but cannot find an example in my own code.</p>
<p>Here is where I got the solution when I needed it</p>
<p><a href="http://www.interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2233847#post2233847" rel="nofollow">http://www.interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2233847#post2233847</a></p>
<p>You will just need to concatenate the city and address or whatever to suit your needs.</p>

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          <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:17:15 -0700</pubDate>
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          <title>Slideshow - Menucool</title>
          <link>https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2236225#post2236225</link>
          <description><![CDATA[<p>I am not familiar with this particular slideshow script, but if all you need to do is echo the contents of the info1 field then simply add the alt attribute to the img tag and echo the contents of the info1 field within the quotes:</p>
<p><code>&lt;img alt="&lt;?php echo $image['info1'] ?&gt;" src="&lt;?php echo $image['thumbUrlPath'];?&gt;" /&gt; </code></p>
<p>If the rendering script does not handle a blank alt attribute (alt=""), then you may have to conditionally display the alt attribute only if it contains data.</p>
<p><code>&lt;?php if($image['info1']): ?&gt;<br />  &lt;img alt="&lt;?php echo $image['info1'] ?&gt;" src="&lt;?php echo $image['thumbUrlPath'];?&gt;" /&gt;<br />&lt;?php else: ?&gt;<br />  &lt;img src="&lt;?php echo $image['thumbUrlPath'];?&gt;" /&gt;<br />&lt;?php endif ?&gt;<br /></code></p>
<p>Hope this works for you!</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2015 09:52:16 -0800</pubDate>
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          <title>limit icons in view or limit abilities in the  WYSIWYG</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>Jerry ...</p>
<p>I sent you an email on this ... hope I had the right address.</p>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:07:13 -0800</pubDate>
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          <title>limit icons in view or limit abilities in the  WYSIWYG</title>
          <link>https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2236191#post2236191</link>
          <description><![CDATA[<p>I understand ... It took quite some time to develop the method, but it pays off, especially when developing mobile first sites where inline formatting can really be detrimental to responsive page layout. </p>
<p>You will just need to be aware of the modified editor when upgrading that it doesn't get overwritten.</p>
<p>Have a great day!</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:23:16 -0800</pubDate>
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          <title>limit icons in view or limit abilities in the  WYSIWYG</title>
          <link>https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2236187#post2236187</link>
          <description><![CDATA[<p>I have found from much experience that very few clients can be trusted to enter data in a WYSIWYG without completely destroying your site styling.  So, very few of my clients are given that choice.  I have developed a system of <strong>Page Elements</strong> that are stored in related tables to the page number so that the client can enter an unlimited number of elements but I control the rendering of the data element. (See attached image)</p>
<p>Paragraphs are entered as Text Blocks, Page Headings as H1 Heading, Sub headings as H2 Heading, Sliders as an upload array, Photo Gallery as an upload array etc   The rendering code for each element type is stored in Include files and called in a page rendering loop that accesses the related element table.</p>
<p>I found that modifying the WYSIWYG editor causes so many problems that it was not worth the effort.  Furthermore, it inspired me to create a better mousetrap.</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 06:36:18 -0800</pubDate>
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          <title>Setting &quot;selected&quot; dropdown list item in Admin</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>Simply put the desired choice value in the Default Value field.</p>
<p><em>See attached screenshot</em>.</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 05:54:01 -0800</pubDate>
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          <title>Bold Parents, indent Children in Category Menu</title>
          <link>https://interactivetools.com/forum/forum-posts.php?postNum=2236184#post2236184</link>
          <description><![CDATA[<p>If you only have 2 levels, parent and one level of children, just apply CSS classes conditionally as such: (using your own variables and CSS classes, of course)</p>
<p><code>  &lt;?php foreach ($categoryRecords as $categoryRecord): ?&gt;<br />     &lt;?php $aClass = 'indentclass' // Default to indented class ?&gt;<br />       &lt;?php if ($categoryRecord['depth'] == 0): // if this is top level ?&gt;<br />         &lt;?php $aClass = 'boldclass' // Apply bold unendented class ?&gt;<br />      &lt;?php endif ?&gt;     <br />     ?&gt;<br />    &lt;li class = $aClass&gt;<br />      &lt;!-- Put your link code here --&gt;<br />    &lt;/li&gt;<br />  &lt;?php endforeach ?&gt;<br /><br /></code></p>
<p>If you allow more levels, the code gets a bit more complex.  I purchased the Instant Website template some time ago and I have used the code for the accordion menu and modified it to suit different applications.</p>
<p>I hope this points you in the right direction.</p>]]></description>
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          <title>Show the highest number</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>Happy to help!</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:54:57 -0800</pubDate>
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          <title>Show the highest number</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>Try something like this if you want just the top leader:  (You will need to substitute your variables for table and field names)</p>
<p><code>&lt;?php // load the top points records assuming you only want the top leader<br />  list($houseRecords, $houseMetaData) = getRecords(array(<br />    'tableName'   =&gt; 'house', // or whatever the table name is<br />        'orderBy' =&gt; 'points+0 DESC' // bring highest points to top   <br />        'limit'       =&gt; '1',<br />    'allowSearch' =&gt; false,<br />  ));<br />  $topRecord = @$houseRecords[0]; // get first record only<br />?&gt;<br />&lt;div class="some-wrapper"&gt;<br />  The leaders are &lt;?php echo $topRecord['name'] ?&gt; with &lt;?php echo $topRecord['name'] ?&gt; points.<br />&lt;/div&gt;</code></p>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:38:53 -0800</pubDate>
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          <title>PHP list viewer assistance please</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[<p>Glad I could be of assistance!</p>]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 07:24:41 -0800</pubDate>
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