Hi everyone
I am using RSD V2.5 - build 2332, to edit the RSD Version 1 theme, Madison Hotel. No problems as such with the editing, i'm mainly replacing one thing with another, of like file type.
I was wondering if anyone would know how to edit the 'Contact Us' form so that it actually works - what needs to be changed / added / deleted? I'm guessing it is some of the design elements for each box, name, email and submit but I'm not sure which.

Incidentally, if anyone else is using this theme, i strongly recommend purchasing CC Content Slider so that you can edit the sliding pics on the main page - so easy to do with CC CS.

Kind Regards
Tony

Don't know that particular theme, but common for them all is that you can make a form look ok, but it has no 'back end', that is a php script that makes the form work. And the reason for that, as far as I have heard, is that one form can be very different from another form, and it would be impossible to have a script for each and every variation. So a workaround, as I've been told (but not tried yet is to build the same form in CC Form builder, and then use the script from that and add it to the form built in RSD. That would probably mean adding some php code into every input field.
I so wish that someone would come up with a tutorial for that!

where does one find that theme? How do I know if I have all themes available to me? I see several, but most are the ones that have been around a long time. I do not see that theme in my RSD.

Thanks,
MJ

Building a contact form is easy. It is what you do with the data that you collect on submission that will determine what your action script does. Also, the inclusion of reCaptcha on the form requires a little processing on submission as well.

For example:
In the <form> tag, set the action to an external script:
<form class="form-container" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="contactform.php" id="contact">

All the rest of the work on submission is now done in this external script.
In my case, I store the data in a database as well as send out an email to a set of recipients, once the reCaptcha is verified to reduce bot spam. This is all written in php and maintained separately from the RSD project, and boils down to a few simple functions:
check_recaptcha();
save_message();
send_emailmessage();
After processing it returns to whatever form you want to load next.

If you have Web Form Builder, I suggest reconstructing the form and then using an html element to put the form on the page. That will be easiest.

Except it provides no code to process the form when submitted.
That is where the php backend coding comes in.

Brian's suggestion is the easiest & best way to Go Tony

It takes care of all the back-end php stuff for you
Wayan (now back into the land of the living)

It is one of the themes in RSD V1