I'm using Umbraco version 7.1.4 with the most recent install of Contour. I've used the insert macro tool to add a contour form into a textpage. First I get the "Object reference not set" issue, then when I test the form, the datepicker does not work. Reading through several other forum posts, I've tried adding the js libraries as recommended but nothing works. I'm probably missing something simple. I did notice on jquery documentation the datepicker script used datepicker as an ID not a class. It's reversed in Contour. Is that the failure?
Also, I've seen the tooltips shown as temporary grey answers on text fields. When I tried to do this I ran into an issue others have had where the tooltip ends up below the text field. This is definitely not the desireable effect. How to get it into the textfield itself? Thank you.
With the Contour 3.x.x you have full control over your makeup, so you can customize, your forms as you like. You can choose to customize all your forms, or if one form should look different, then you can customize the specific form.
datepicker and tooltips
I'm using Umbraco version 7.1.4 with the most recent install of Contour. I've used the insert macro tool to add a contour form into a textpage. First I get the "Object reference not set" issue, then when I test the form, the datepicker does not work. Reading through several other forum posts, I've tried adding the js libraries as recommended but nothing works. I'm probably missing something simple. I did notice on jquery documentation the datepicker script used datepicker as an ID not a class. It's reversed in Contour. Is that the failure?
Also, I've seen the tooltips shown as temporary grey answers on text fields. When I tried to do this I ran into an issue others have had where the tooltip ends up below the text field. This is definitely not the desireable effect. How to get it into the textfield itself? Thank you.
Anyone able to help?
Hi Steve B,
With the Contour 3.x.x you have full control over your makeup, so you can customize, your forms as you like. You can choose to customize all your forms, or if one form should look different, then you can customize the specific form.
In this video Tim, are showing how you can customize your markup for your form, and how you get the tooltip inside the input fields: http://umbraco.com/follow-us/blog-archive/2012/11/8/contour-30-features-full-control-over-form-markup.aspx
Here are some more docukentation on how to make custom markup in your Contour forms: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/umbraco-pro/contour/documentation/developer/Custom-Markup/
When you need to get the data out of the form, you can look here if you are using Razor: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/umbraco-pro/contour/documentation/developer/Working-with-Contour-data-in-Razor/
The documentation for get data in XSLT you will find here: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/umbraco-pro/contour/documentation/developer/Working-with-Contour-data-in-XSLT/
Hope this helps,
/Dennis
Thank you Dennis. I see now how to customize the forms - that's a helpful step.
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