With the page Special:CreateForm, we now create the data entry form.


Create a form
Create a form


Creating the form

  1. On the "Create a form" page, enter a name for your new form. Since we create it for template Customer data, we give the form the same name (1). Select the template Customer data from the choice menu and click Add (2).
    Select template
    Select template
    The customer data fields from the template Customer data are automatically integrated in the form.
  2. Adjust the form label for the field contactperson to Contact and the form label for the field firstcontact to First contact. Change the input type for firstcontact to datepicker.
    fileds contactperson and firstcontact with save button
    Form editor
  3. Scroll down the page and click Save page.

Now the form has been saved and is available for creating pages in the wiki.

Using the form

When we create a new customer page, we can now use the form page to create the page and to automatically include the customer data template in the page. The form page has the name Form:Customer data.

  1. Enter a page name in the form field and click Create or edit to create a customer page .
    Create a customer page
    Create a customer page

  2. Enter the customer data (1). You can additionally create some free text (2). Click Save page after editing the page (3).
    Dateneingabe während Seitenerstellung
    Dateneingabe während Seitenerstellung

Now you have created a customer page that collects customer data and shows the entered data on the page.

Customer page with semantic template
Customer page with semantic template
Note:You can customize the template style later. First, you should integrate the form with the customer pages.

Next step

As the next step, we add the form edit mode option to pages that include the Customer data template. This allows to edit the template on existing pages at any time.


Edit pages in form edit mode

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