{* +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CiviCRM version 4.4 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Copyright CiviCRM LLC (c) 2004-2010 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | This file is a part of CiviCRM. | | | | CiviCRM is free software; you can copy, modify, and distribute it | | under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License | | Version 3, 19 November 2007 and the CiviCRM Licensing Exception. | | | | CiviCRM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but | | WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. | | See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details. | | | | You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public | | License and the CiviCRM Licensing Exception along | | with this program; if not, contact CiviCRM LLC | | at info[AT]civicrm[DOT]org. If you have questions about the | | GNU Affero General Public License or the licensing of CiviCRM, | | see the CiviCRM license FAQ at http://civicrm.org/licensing | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ *} {htxt id='profile_overview-title'} {ts}About Profiles{/ts} {/htxt} {htxt id='profile_overview'}

{ts}Profiles may be linked to specific modules, accessed via built-in CiviCRM URLs, or embedded into any web page using the HTML Form Snippet feature. Examples include:{/ts}

{docURL page="user/the-user-interface/profiles"}

{/htxt} {htxt id='standalone-title'} {ts}Form Snippet{/ts} {/htxt} {htxt id='standalone'}

{ts}The HTML Form Snippet code will display a form consisting of the active fields in this Profile. You can copy this HTML code and paste it into any block or page on ANY website where you want to collect contact information.{/ts}

{ts}You can control the web page that someone is directed to AFTER completing the form by modifying the contents of the hidden postURL input field. Replace the default value with any valid complete URL prior to saving the form code to the desired page(s).{/ts}

{ts}EXAMPLE:{/ts} <input type="hidden" name="postURL" value="{ts}http://www.example.com/thank_you.html{/ts}">

{ts}If the form is submitted with errors (i.e. required field not completed...) - the default behavior is to display the errors within the 'built-in' profile form. You can override this behavior - specifying your own error page - by adding a hidden errorURL input field.{/ts}

{docURL page="user/the-user-interface/profiles"}

{ts}Make sure the CAPTCHA feature is NOT enabled for this profile when you are grabbing the HTML code. CAPTCHA requires dynamic page generation. Submitting an HTML Snippet profile form with CAPTCHA included will ALWAYS result in a CAPTCHA validation error - which means that the information entered by the user can not be saved.{/ts}

{ts}If the web page you are pasting the snippet code to is hosted in a different domain from your CiviCRM site, you may NOT be able to include Country and State fields in the form (the script which dynamically loads the states based on selected country may not be able to execute across domains).{/ts}

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