Manual:Semantic MediaWiki/Examples/Customer data/Form

With the page Special:CreateForm, we now create the data entry form.

Create a form

Creating the form

1. On the "Create a form" page, enter a name for your new form. Since we create it for template Customer data, we give the form the same name (1). Select the template Customer data from the choice menu and click Add (2).
   
   

   Select template
   
   
2. The customer data fields from the template Customer data are automatically integrated in the form. To facilitate the data entry for the date field, change the input type of the field firstcontact to datepicker. (1) Then, click Save page (2).
   
   

   Selecting the input type
   
   

Now the form is available for data entry. It can be found in the namspace Form.

Using the form

When we create a new customer page, we can now use the form page to create the page and to automatically include the customer data template in the page. The form page has the name Form:Customer data.

1. To create a customer page, enter a page name in the form field (1) and click Create or edit (2).
   
   

   Create a customer page
   
   
2. Enter the customer data (1). You can additionally create some free text (2). Click Save page after editing the page (3).
   
   

   Dateneingabe während Seitenerstellung
   
   

Now you have created a customer page that collects customer data and shows the entered data on the page.

Customer page with semantic template

Note: You can customize the template style later. First, you should integrate the form with the customer pages.

Next step

As the next step, we add the form edit mode option to pages that include the Customer data template.

Edit pages in form edit mode

Related info

• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Page_Forms/Quick_start_guide Help page for the extension PageForms