Updating Registration and Modification Forms
Once you have customized your database fields, the next step is to update your registration and modification forms. The Database Wizard creates the HTML code for the forms but it does not update these forms automatically. Because many users choose to change the design of the form or add javascripts. To get the code, go to Admin -> Database -> Fields -> "Step 2".
Registration form is a regular HTML file called "register.html". During installation, it is created for the first time and copied into the directory you have defined. To update this file, you must FTP to your site and download it to your local machine. Then open it with a text editor such as Notepad in windows. To run notepad, go to Windows Start -> Run and type "notepad" into the Run box. Once you have the registration form opened in the text editor, simply copy the contents of " 2. Registration Form Source Code: ", and paste it replacing the existing form code. Finally upload the file back to your server.
Modification form is on a template called "modify". To edit the modification form, you need to find and edit this template. Like any other template, it can be either edited from Admin Template Editor or using FTP. To edit this template using the Template Editor, go to Admin -> Templates -> Edit and select "modify" from the drop down menu. It is located under "member" topic in the drop down. Copy the contents of " 4. Modification Form Source Code:" into the template replacing the existing modification form. If you would like to update the template locally like you did for the registration form, FTP to your site and download "templates/member/t_modify.htm" file and do the same change using a text editor.
This is how you can accomplish updating your registration and modification forms. It is a basic Copy/Paste task. What if you would like to customize its look and feel completely? In that case, get the code created and open it in your favorite HTML editor. Make the changes and copy the source code of the changed document back to register.html and modification form templates.
