Forms not allowed in article editor?

[bloc]

What if you name the send button something other than "submit" or "send"?

[Elen]

On my form, the button is called "Apply to join..." and has never been called submit or send.  The page is at http://www.crimson-dragoonz.com/crimson/index.php?page=23

When I try and edit the article the following appears in the editable text area

Crimson Dragoonz Application Form
    <p>If you wish to join the Crimson Dragoonz please fill in the form below.</p>
   
<p>We will try to contact you about your application in-game as soon as possible
  however please leave a valid e-mail address so that we have an alternative means
  of contacting you. If your application is successful a forum account will be
  created for you using this e-mail address. Please complete all of the fields.</p>
       
  <p> </p>
        <form action="http://www.crimson-dragoonz.com/cgi-bin/apply.cgi" method="post">
            <input name="mail_sent" value="http://www.crimson-dragoonz.com/crimson/index.php?page=20" type="hidden">
         <input name="subject" value="Application To Join The Crimson Dragoonz" type="hidden">
         <p>Character Name: <input name="name" size="20" type="text"></p>
          <p>Email address: <input name="email" size="20" type="text"></p>
            <p>Class:
                <select name="class"><option selected="selected">Druid</option><option>Hunter</option><option>Mage</option><option>Paladin</option><option>Priest</option><option>Rogue</option><option>Warlock</option><option>Warrior</option></select></p>
            <p>Level: <input name="level" size="5" value="0" type="text"></p>
            <p>Previous/Current Guild(s)</p>
            <textarea name="guild" cols="40" rows="3">
         

The other fields from the form appear underneath the text area, as if they were part of the edit options followed by the proper edit options.  I can't do a screen shot as I'm at work

Edited to add: It's just occurred to me that the split occurs at the first

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</textarea> tag.  If I create a new form with no textarea fields it's fine and I can edit it.

[misjka]

tag.  If I create a new form with no textarea fields it's fine and I can edit it.

Ahh, maybe this is the key to it all??

[iowamf]

tag.  If I create a new form with no textarea fields it's fine and I can edit it.

Ahh, maybe this is the key to it all??

I think the textarea is the key.

I was trying to create a php form using a textarea and I think the non WYSIWYG editor was "executing" my code the 2nd time I brought up the article in an edit window.

A work around is to never edit the article twice - if you have to change it delete it and start over. Hey, less than ideal - but this works.

[misjka]

OK... But is it possible to e.g. use the iframe tag in an article to include an external html document...? That way one maybe could store the form outside the cms/portal but still have it available for viewing within the portal.. Haven't tested that idea...

[Elen]

Personally, I would like to avoid an iFrame but I think it might be possible to have it as a PHP include?  The downside is that you wouldn't be able to edit it via the articles which is what i really need to be able to do

[iowamf]

I think this is a temporary bug - I wouldn't design around it.

The only hassle (as I understand it) is that you can't use the existing editor to modify an existing PHP article with a form using a textarea.

You can always use an external editor and past paste the code into a new article each time you want a change.

[misjka]

Yeah, that doesn't sound too hard to accomplish... But, the thing is to remember this special treatment of those articles  - especially as it comes to articles that aren't modified for quite some while (I'm talking about several months, maybe up to a year or so)...

Simply hope this bug will disappear before the final TP release...