Form Question

I have 4 links on my home page that link through to a registration page with a simple form on it. The form has a drop down list with 4 options that relate to the links… is it possible to pre-select the appropriate drop down option depending on which link is clicked?

So if someone clicks ‘link 2’, Link 2 is selected for them automatically on the form?

David


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We had a similar question not that long ago and one of the suggested solutions was that you actually have 4 form pages so that each link goes to the appropriate registration page.

You can easily use Page>Duplicate Page to create your 3 copies.

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Thanks David, yeah I had thought that might be a way to go, just checking there wasn’t a cleverer solution out there. The form will be linked into a php membership script so I’m trying to keep things as clean and simple as possible.


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there wasn’t a cleverer solution out there.

There certainly are more complicated ways of doing it and it could be achieved with JS or PHP.

However you have to weigh up how much work you want to put into it.

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Particularly with any of the code-based options, you need to weigh your ability to write and understand a programming language (or desire to learn that skill) against the “git-er-done” approach of making four forms, which in Freeway is a really trivial exercise. You are making more work for yourself later if you imagine that the form will need changes, but if you explain this to your client, you should be good. Make one form for approval, make them swear on a stack of whatever they consider holy that they understand that if they want changes after they approve it, you will come after them with a large bill. Then use Page/Duplicate or Page/Make Master + Page/New to create multiple versions, each pointed to the different endpoint.

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On Mar 27, 2015, at 8:45 PM, DeltaDave email@hidden wrote:

there wasn’t a cleverer solution out there.

There certainly are more complicated ways of doing it and it could be achieved with JS or PHP.

However you have to weigh up how much work you want to put into it.

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Thanks David and Walter, I think I’ll take your advice and go with this simple 4 forms option. Don’t really want to over complicate something that can be achieved this easily.


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