Hi, there. I'm new to Silverstripe and am trying to get used to it. I have successfully installed the User Defined Forms module and it appears in my Contact page editing area since I defined that page as a User Defined Form. However, when I try to add a form field and hit "Add", I get a blank page. Any ideas why this might be happening? Do you need my server specs?

I've set up a sandbox here:
http://silverstripe.mytestbed.com

UPDATE: I tried using this module in Opera and it did let me Add the form fields and I could see the message "saved" at the lower left of the screen. I then published the page and still nothing. In Opera, it goes one better than Firefox, by allowing me to add fields, But where are they going? There's something preventing the form fields from appearing, either to be edited or displayed on the published page. Surely this isn't a browser issue. I am thinking it's a server issue, but what?

Thanks much!

Well I downloaded both Silverstripe and the User Defined Forms module last night and installed them this morning. So that can't be the problem.

I'm at my second job right now and haven't touched the site; it was working before I left the house. Now I get this only on the Forum link:

Warning: Unknown: open(/tmp/sess_3c742271f746c5898d42b9ed9b854c6c, O_RDWR) failed: Read-only file system (30) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct () in Unknown on line 0

And this on the Blog link:

Warning: Unknown: open(/tmp/sess_3c742271f746c5898d42b9ed9b854c6c, O_RDWR) failed: Read-only file system (30) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct () in Unknown on line 0

Is my web host at fault? Sounds like they're messing with server settings or something.

Hi!

UDF is working well here, and I have a lot of different forms working together nicely. Just a shot in the dark (I’ve seen several similar posts recently): ensure that your UDF folder is called ‘userforms’ or the needed JS won’t load.

Regards,
Juan

It’s a pleasure to help.

The readme file is indeed not clear enough, even if it says “extract the userforms folder…” (maybe something to improve, Will). Nevertheless, should you have opened the _config.php file, you would have find the solution in seconds. It is always a good idea to look into those files: you’ll always learn something about how modules work (and yes, remove version of the names of all modules you could have installed).

Regards,
Juan