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You can integrate other pages which are very essential for any website with minimum effort using the iScripts EasyCreate 3.2 'Integration Manager'. The pages you can create with Integration Manager are

1. Feedback Page
2. Guest book
3. Custom Forms

Creating Feedback Page (Simple Build Type sites)
To add a customized feedback form to your website, click on 'Integration Manager' in the main menu or 'Integration Manager' link in the bottom links. Now click on 'Feedback Form'. You are now prompted to select the site to which you intend to add the feedback form. Click on 'Continue' link of the corresponding site. If you do not have already added a feedback form to this site, you are displayed a screen to add fields in your feedback form; else you are prompted to edit the feedback form already created by you. In advanced editor mode (ie, if the site you have selected was created using the advanced editor), you will not be having the facility of integrating the Feedback page through the Integration Manager; you may have to do it manually. You can add a single feedback page to any site created in the Simple Editor. To add the feedback form to your site, you require to enter the email address to which the feedback form will be mailed to. Please be sure that you give a valid and well managed email address since the results will be mailed to this address. Now you can select the required parameters which will eventually appear in your feedback page. Select the fields which you feel are important to your specific needs. You can select more than one field by holding down the 'Shif' or 'Ctrl' key. Now click on 'Create Feedback Page'. Your feedback page is created with the name 'feedback.htm' and you are redirected to the editor to continue with further editing. It may be worth noting that your feedback page will have name as 'feedback.htm' and you will not be able to create a page with the same name in any other manner other than using the Integration Manager, in the case of Simple Mode sites.

- Adding Guest Book (Simple Build Type sites)

To add a guestbook to your website, click on 'Integration Manager' in the main menu or 'Integration Manager' link in the bottom links. Now click on 'Guest Book'. You are now prompted to select the site to which you intend to add the guest book. Click on 'Continue' link of the corresponding site. If you do not have already added a guest book to this site, you are displayed button to create the guest book; else you are prompted to edit the guest book already created by you. In advanced editor mode (ie, if the site you have selected was created using the advanced editor), you will not be having the facility of integrating the guest book through the Integration Manager; you may have to do it manually. You can add a single guest book to any site created in the Simple Editor. The most important thing to note while doing this is that you have PHP in your destination server and you must follow the on-screen instructions to make your guest book work properly. Just as in the case of Feedback Page, you can create only one guest book and a page with name 'guestbook' can be created only through the Integration Manager - Guest Book.

- Adding Custom Forms (Simple Build Type sites)

You can add any number of custom form pages to your site from the 'Integration Manager - Customized Form' section. As iScripts EasyCreate 3.2 assumes no programming experience with the novice users, the customized form builder is designed in a way to minimize your coding. The form result will be mailed to the email address you specified at the time of creating your custom form. After you have selected the site to which you need to integrate the custom form, you are redirected to a page like the following:
Fig 3.6.1
As you can see here, you require to fill in the details like the Page Display Name, Page Heading, Email address to which this form will mail the contents to, and the fields you require. The 'Page Name (Actual)' is readonly and it will be created from the Page Display Name you enter. Page Heading is what will be displayed as the heading in the top of your page. Please enter a valid and well-maintained email address for 'Your Email Address' since the form results will be mailed to this address.
The next section 'Add New Field' can be used to add individual form elements to your final output form. You can add the following fields to the form:

- Text Box
- Text Area
- Select Box
- Check Box
- Radio Button

Adding Text Box to Form
A text box is a single line box to enter textual information. In the 'Add New Field' section, you can see a drop down list in the left side from which you can select the kind of form element you wish to add. Select 'Text Box' (By default, it will be selected). Now you can see the parameters required for creating a text box, in the right side - Display Text, Field Name, Value, Size and Max Length out of which the first two are mandatory, marked with a red star. Display Text is the field prompt text. Field Name is the actual name of the field. If you want to display any initial value in the text box, you can fill it in the Value field. Size determines the displayed length of the field and Max Length specifies the number of characters that can be allowed in the field. When you have entered the respective values, click on 'Add Textbox', the textbox will appear in the output
For example, consider entering the following values :
Fig 3.6.2
Clicking on 'Add TextBox' will produce the following output:
Fig 3.6.3
When you are done with adding all elements to your form, click on 'Create Custom Form' button, and your custom form is created and you are redirected to the simple editor to edit your just-now-created page.
Adding Text Area to Form
A text area is just like a text box but with a difference that it can have many rows and scroll bars if required. To add a text area, select 'Text Area' from the drop down list. Enter the values required. The fields marked with a red star are mandatory.
For example, consider entering the following values:
Fig 3.6.4
Now, clicking on 'Add Textarea' button will make the output form shown as below:
Fig 3.6.5
When you are done with adding all elements to your form, click on 'Create Custom Form' button, and your custom form is created and you are redirected to the simple editor to edit your just-now-created page.
Adding Select Box to Form
A select box is a drop down list of items from which you can select a single item. To add a select box you need to add the items first. Enter the display text and field name first. Now add the items. When you have finished adding the items, click 'Add Selectbox To Form' button.
For example consider creating a 'Country' drop down list
Fig 3.6.6
As you can see here, there are no items (values) present now. If you want 'United States', 'United Kingdom' and 'Canada' in your list with 'United States' being selected by default, you can do it in the following way:
Fig 3.6.7
Now click on 'Add SelectBox Item'. Your item will be created as shown below.
Fig 3.6.8
Add the other items also in the same way. Your 'Create SelectBox' section will now look like Fig. 3.6.9
Fig 3.6.9
After you have added all the items to the list, click on 'Add Selectbox to Form'. Your output section will now look like:
Fig 3.6.10
You can rearrange or delete fields in your output section with the links (Move Up, Move Down, Delete) provided right to each form element.
When you are done with adding all elements to your form, click on 'Create Custom Form' button, and your custom form is created and you are redirected to the simple editor to edit your just-now-created page.
Adding Check boxes to Form
Check boxes can be used to get multiple choices under a single item. To create a check box group, select 'Check box' from the Add New Field drop down list. Just as in the case of select boxes, check box also require items to be added. Enter suitable Display Text and Field Name. Now add items. Once all the items required are added, click on 'Add Checkbox to Form' button. Your checkbox items are displayed under the Display Text.
For example, consider adding a check box group called 'Personal Interests' with fields Art, Dance, Music and Sports. You can do it the following manner:
Fig 3.6.11
Add fields now:
Enter Item details and click 'Add Checkbox Item'
Fig 3.6.12
Now it looks like:
Fig 3.6.13
Now add the other items also in the same manner:
Fig 3.6.14
Now when you are done with adding the individual items of the check box, click on 'Add Checkbox to Form' button to add it to your output form. Now your form looks like:
Fig 3.6.15
When you are done with adding all elements to your form, click on 'Create Custom Form' button, and your custom form is created and you are redirected to the simple editor to edit your just-now-created page.
Adding Radio buttons to Form
A radio button group can be used to get a single choice under a group of values. Select 'Radiobutton' from the Add New Field drop down list. Enter the Display Name and the Field Name just as in the case of Check box or Select Box. Now add individual items. In radio buttons, only one option gets selected and you cannot make more than one item selected by checking the 'Selected' check box. Adding a radio button group is demonstrated below:
Consider adding a Radio group called 'Marital Status' with items Single, Married and Divorced. You can follow as directed below:
Fig 3.6.16
click on 'Add Radio Button Item'. Now it looks like:
Fig 3.6.17
Now add the other items too in the similar way:
Fig 3.6.18
Now when you are finished with adding all the individual items, click on 'Add Radiobutton to Form'. Your form now will look like:
Fig 3.6.19
When you are done with adding all elements to your form, click on 'Create Custom Form' button, and your custom form is created and you are redirected to the simple editor to edit your just-now-created page.
The new page created is now ready for editing and you can make the changes, change colors etc. If you are editing the HTML code behind the page, please be sure of what you are doing.
You can create any number of custom forms with this section with a restriction that you cannot make pages with names 'guestook' or 'feedback' since it can be created only through the 'Integration Manager' Guest Book and Feedback sections respectively.