Hi All, I need to add functionality to an intranet site where users can design basic forms such as leave forms, change of details forms, request for printing forms, etc via a web gui where they enter the label, select a type, possible values (for tick and select boxes), etc. I''ve had a look around to see if there are any plugins for this but can''t seem to find any. Anyone know if such a thing exists or if there are any good pointers as to how I might go about it? Doesn''t need to have user driven validation or rules, just simple data capture stuff that I can then drive an email from. Thanks, Steve
steve bell wrote:> Hi All, > > I need to add functionality to an intranet site where users can design > basic forms such as leave forms, change of details forms, request for > printing forms, etc via a web gui where they enter the label, select a > type, possible values (for tick and select boxes), etc. I''ve had a > look around to see if there are any plugins for this but can''t seem to > find any.Are these user-designed forms supposed to work as Web forms, or are they just supposed to be printed out?> > Anyone know if such a thing exists or if there are any good pointers > as to how I might go about it? Doesn''t need to have user driven > validation or rules, just simple data capture stuff that I can then > drive an email from. > > > Thanks, > > SteveBest, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Hi Marnen, They would be web forms. Plan is that the intranet administrator (who is non-techie) can define the form by specifying the fields and then the users get the form presented to them to fill in as a web form. When they have completed the form the details would be emailed for processing. Steve On Oct 28, 7:37 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote:> steve bell wrote: > > Hi All, > > > I need to add functionality to an intranet site where users can design > > basic forms such as leave forms, change of details forms, request for > > printing forms, etc via a web gui where they enter the label, select a > > type, possible values (for tick and select boxes), etc. I''ve had a > > look around to see if there are any plugins for this but can''t seem to > > find any. > > Are these user-designed forms supposed to work as Web forms, or are they > just supposed to be printed out? > > > > > Anyone know if such a thing exists or if there are any good pointers > > as to how I might go about it? Doesn''t need to have user driven > > validation or rules, just simple data capture stuff that I can then > > drive an email from. > > > Thanks, > > > Steve > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > mar...-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
steve bell wrote:> Hi Marnen, > > They would be web forms. Plan is that the intranet administrator (who > is non-techie) can define the form by specifying the fields and then > the users get the form presented to them to fill in as a web form. > When they have completed the form the details would be emailed for > processing. >E-mailed? Srsly? At that point, one might almost punt to Google Spreadsheets'' form generator. Or maybe a CMS...> Steve > > On Oct 28, 7:37�pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Yup, email as the delivery as it fits with their current workflow. However I''d still keep the data in the system in a table for audit purposes. The rest of the intranet is a custom RoR app that I wrote, so at this stage I''d like to keep the functionality there rather than linking off, but I''ll have a look at google spreadsheets. Steve On Oct 29, 3:29 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote:> steve bell wrote: > > Hi Marnen, > > > They would be web forms. Plan is that the intranet administrator (who > > is non-techie) can define the form by specifying the fields and then > > the users get the form presented to them to fill in as a web form. > > When they have completed the form the details would be emailed for > > processing. > > E-mailed? Srsly? At that point, one might almost punt to Google > Spreadsheets'' form generator. > > Or maybe a CMS... > > > Steve > > > On Oct 28, 7:37 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > mar...-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
steve bell wrote:> Yup, email as the delivery as it fits with their current workflow. > However I''d still keep the data in the system in a table for audit > purposes. The rest of the intranet is a custom RoR app that I wrote, > so at this stage I''d like to keep the functionality there rather than > linking off, but I''ll have a look at google spreadsheets.I do understand wanting to keep this in Rails. Does the editing interface have to be graphical, or can it be HTML-ish?> > Steve > > On Oct 29, 3:29�am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
It could be htmlish, as long as it would be something that a business type user could learn. On Oct 29, 12:37 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote:> steve bell wrote: > > Yup, email as the delivery as it fits with their current workflow. > > However I''d still keep the data in the system in a table for audit > > purposes. The rest of the intranet is a custom RoR app that I wrote, > > so at this stage I''d like to keep the functionality there rather than > > linking off, but I''ll have a look at google spreadsheets. > > I do understand wanting to keep this in Rails. Does the editing > interface have to be graphical, or can it be HTML-ish? > > > > > Steve > > > On Oct 29, 3:29 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > mar...-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.