forumCreateBunch

For the forum tqTag to display effectively, you also need to define a forumCreateBunch tqTag.

forumCreateBunch - Syntax

forumCreateBunch - Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Mandatory	Strict \| Transitional	Case Sensitive	Description
type	Text	+	S	+	must be forumCreateBunch
name	Text	+	S	+	should be unique tqtag name in the template. no spaces/commas/single quote/double quotes allowed
title	Alpha Numeric	+	S	-	The title of the tqtag. This title will be presented only at the back-end system. no spaces/commas/single quote/double quotes allowed
alternativeTag	Text	+	S	+	Specify a case declared within the alternative tqTag.
alternativeCondition	Text	+	S	+	(optional, if the condition is specified within the alternative tqTag) Indicate a condition for the case that you are specifying. Use one of the values described for this field under alternative, for example, isNewBunch.

forumCreateBunch - Local Variables

Name	Type	Size	Description
action	text	~100	the url for submitting new bunch
addDate	datetime		The datetime the section was created or last modified. can be formated using 2009-01-09 12:19:14df:[format]!
bunchSubject	text	180	The subject of the bunch
custUserName	text	20	Post creator name
description	text	65535	Forum Description
forum
forumName	text	100	The name of the forum adding the bunch or the response
newBunchLink	text	~100	Link to create new bunch in the current forum
numBunches	number	5	Number of bunches in the current forum
numPosts	number	12	Number of total posts in the current forum
sectionID	number	5	Forum's database section id
showOrder	number	12	Represent the order number of the forum in the section, this number is not a running number.
title	text	180	same as bunch subject

forumCreateBunch - Examples

Example 1 - basic use of forumCreateBunch tqtag

<tqtag name="createBunch0" type="forumCreateBunch" title="createBunch" >
    <form method="post" action="@action@" enctype="multipart/form-data">
        <div>Thread Title: <input type="text" name="title" id="title" /></div>
        <div>Thread Content: <textarea name="content" id="content" style="width:99%;height:300px;"></textarea></div>
        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
    </form>
</tqtag>

Example 2 - advanced use of forumCreate bunch with alternative for users that hadn't logged in. please see alternative tqtag for more information about using alternatives

<tqtag name="forum0" type="forum" maxItems="10" title="forum place holder" >
    <tqtag name="alternative1" type="alternative" >Please register in order to use the forum</tqtag>
    <tqtag name="createBunch0" type="forumCreateBunch" title="createBunch" alternativeTag="alternative1" alternativeCondition="isNotLoggedIn" >
    <form method="post" action="@action@" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <table>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">
                <h2><tqoption type="isNewBunch" alternative0="Add response to thread: @bunchSubject@">{!Create new thread!}0</tqoption></h2>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Author</td><td>@custfName@ @custlName@</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Thread Title</td><td><input type="text" name="title" id="title" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Thread Content</td><td><textarea name="content" id="content"></textarea></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2" align="center"><button type="submit">Submit</button></td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    </form>
    </tqtag>
</tqtag>

forumCreateBunch - tqOptions

Within the forumCreateBunch tqtag you can use the following tqoptions: isNewBunch, if.

forumCreateBunch - Templates

The templates below implement this tqTag. After you click a link, use your browser commands to view the page source.

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