Page Forms

Page Forms allows you to enter parameter values for templates via a form.

Main features

Definition pages in the namespace Form
The New forms can be created using the special page Special: CreateForm. Here, users select an existing template which provides the paramaters for the form. This means that before a form is created, the required template is always created first. All created form definition pages are saved in the Form namespace. Subsequent edits to the form definition page have to be made in source editing mode.
Application example: info boxes
Page Forms is often used to add and edit infoboxes on a wiki page. If Semantic MediaWiki is used, the collected data in the templates can be stored and retrieved.
Edit existing forms values via menu item
Existing values in a template can be updated using the menu item "Edit with form" of the page edit button, for example.
Automatic completion of fields
Users Users are offered existing values when entering them, depending on the form input type. This reduces problems with naming ambiguities, spelling, etc.
Free text field
Free text on the page that is not part of the template itself can be displayed in a separate input field called "Free text" for editing directly in forms mode.

To make creating your first form easier, you can start with the documentation on the following pages:

Create a form: After you have created a template, you can create the corresponding form using the Special:Create Form page. This special page supports you in creating the form. However, subsequent editing takes place directly in the form's source code.
Form fields: Types of form fields
Link the form to the template: Since the template exists before the form, it must subsequently be manually linked to the new form
- within the template
- As an additional edit link directly in the page's edit menu

In addition to the default input types, BlueSpice offers the following additional input types:

Input type	Result	Function
bs-grid -v4.5	-	-
bs-usercombo	User name (with link to the profile page)	(Single selection).
bs-usertags	Comma-separated user name	Menu that allows to select existing wiki users (multiple selections possible). Note: To link to the profile page, the corresponding parameter in the template needs to be formated accordingly: `{{#arraymap:{{{myParameter\|}}}\|,\|@@@\|[[User:@@@\|@@@]]}}`
bs-mvvisualeditor	Formatted text	Text box with simplified VisualEditor.

Page Forms defines some special pages that are used for data input and data maintenance.

Among others, the following special pages are important for data collection:

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