leazon wrote
Geez Terp...... I thought I had it bad. I hope that is 4 hours total and not one way. I've only got 3 hours total but at least you have the train this $3.50 gas is killing me.[/quote]
Yea, round trip. ;) It's 1.5 hours on paper, but the train never runs on time, unlike public transportation in Europe. This is why I am hoping uploading a site created locally isn't going to be problematic, as I get some good time in creating my site on the train.
[quote]I am sorry Terp I neglected to mention that Xmod does have an automatic forms layout option where all you do is click options and type text for the field titles/labels. It does have quite a few clickable options (alt row styles, font styles, quite a few field types, etc.) but it also has it's limitations such as the fact that it puts everything into one column. [/quote]
If it doesn't, than I suspect the learning curve will have to wait until a future release and until I get a few of these sites finished...all is pretty polished except for the main component of the site--the db of records and the ability to query those records. ;) Well, and some cosmetic changes to the skin (like moving the privacy and copyright and the like to the very bottom and putting string of links that mirror the navigational menu on top in their place, etc).
I requested a copy of the manual for DukeDK/ListX...they more code in their than DiVinci, so I think I can rule those out for now, too, based on the foreign language I say, though pretty intuitive, in the pages.
I keep looking at that Dynamic Forms again and again, as it looks the easiest to get going, simple to get the forms customized, to include the layout (not all stacked on top of one another), but the report is really, really weak looking. I wonder if I can still use it to get the data in the DB, then use the report module or purchase a cheap module for the reporting functionality I need...the search continues.
To now, Dynamic Forms and Forum Master appear to be my best options for quick deployment...reviewing the thread again to ensure I've researched all the other great suggestions I have received.
[quote]Nina - Wow, never thought I would get the opportunity to give somthing back for all of your posts that have helped me so much since starting with DNN!
I agree, Nina proved helpful in giving me an honest perspective of DNN in another thread I posted, though with a cost. I'm staying away from that one, Nina, so don't think I didn't appreciate your comments. As you can probably tell by now, I didn't want all my time invested into DNN to be for naught, so I decided to stick around for awhile (though that other thing we were talking about has a myriad of free extensions that do precisely what I am trying to do). 