11 - Customize form submission

In flexicontent you can customize item form via many way and in many place, the most important place are :

• Backend
• Front-end

We will check both view

Creating tab in backend

For now its impossible to change the backend form completly (we can with an override but need good php skill) but you can add Custom tab or html element inside the tab details. Basicly item form in flexicontent is like

All custom fields are in  Type name (details)

Ordering field

Now we can discover a new field type, group maker field. This can add Tab, fieldset or html tag in backend form for each item

with this we create tab and element to help user on form submission, exemple

this manipulation isn't too hard but its important to be more precise if order this field in bad position you can broke the form. Lets start

1. Create a field with Tabstart name (juste to find it easier)
2. Select Item Form tab type
3. Assign to type
4. Choose a marker type

its imortant to understand rules of this field, you need Open and close field for eah type. Exemple to create tab inside form, you need :

1. Tab-set : Start
2. Tab Open
3. Tab Close
4. Tab-set : End

for this tuto  we create this structure

and use drag and drop ordering to insert field between tab