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I'm thinking of building a simple question and answer block where user will be able to add a question and answer. How would I set this up so that multiple question and answers could be added within the same block.

I'm guessing it would need some sort of javascript add/delete functionality. Not sure how the db schema would be set up for this?

Once all question/answers have been added the user would save the block and they would appear on the page as per the view.php file.

Is there anything similar out there I could reference for free?
 
juliandale replied on at Permalink Reply
juliandale
I guess this would be a good starting point:
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/example-faq/...

May I ask why you'd need to add multiple items in one block? Could you use the block above and just add as many FAQ blocks as you'd need?
magpie replied on at Permalink Reply
The need to add multiple items in a block would be so that I could generate the following code:

<ul class="accordion">
<li class="accordion-item">
<h2>Question</h2>
<p>Answer</p>
</li>
<li class="accordion-item">
<h2>Question</h2>
<p>Answer</p>
</li>
<li class="accordion-item">
<h2>Question</h2>
<p>Answer</p>
</li>
</ul>


So that all question/answers are encapsulated in the same parent div in this case the <ul>.
Also it takes the hassle out of having to add a new block for every single question/answer.
cjramki replied on at Permalink Reply
cjramki
First see the documentation about how to create custom block from this linkhttp://www.concrete5.org/documentation/developers/blocks/understand...

Then you can follow wonderful how-to by JohntheFishhttp://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/create-a-f...

You can see the blow link of my forum post. I already did the task like this. But I did that in my single page not using block.
http://www.concrete5.org/developers/pro-accounts/community-leaders-...

And you can follow concrete5 core form block for reference