Creating a form within Concrete5 vs using HTML provided by 3rd party.

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A client of mine has a request more info form residing on their site.

We are presently using code given to us from Infusionsoft to create that form. We would rather be able to customize and create the form in Concrete5 and then just have the submission area send to infusionsoft.

Is this possible?

How it looks now.http://paladinpos.com/index.php?cID=199...

Our goal (the Mercury Payment look and feel on the form) Even if we can't mimic the Mercury payment - we would like to have control of the form. To be clear we understand that we can't get the form to match the slickness of Mercury's but it would be nice to have it isolated / background blacked out.

Thanks in advance.

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mckoenig replied on at Permalink Reply
mckoenig
If you are just after the look of the form you have a CSS issue. Add an id or class to the form and style it the way you like it. You can also add a lightbox script to it.
If you opt for a C5 form block you will have to manipulate the controller in order to send the form data to a 3rd party. This will be quite a bit more work I'm sure.
edesigner replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks. Yep unless C5 installs a module to drop in code from a third party we have to make the best of using CSS for it embedded in the CMS.

So it seems like there a way of using the code that we got from Infusionsoft to create the pop out look and feel we want.

Is that correct? Thanks again.
mckoenig replied on at Permalink Reply
mckoenig
Yes, there are several ways. Read up on how to style forms and search for a jquery lightbox script. This should all work with the form code your 3rd party provided.
ScottC replied on at Permalink Reply
ScottC
mckoenig is right. Usually at this point I'd simply create a singlepage or a custom block(depending on how often the form needs to appear on the site) and wire it all up with the 3rd party service. This isn't too hard, especially if they do provide a 3rd party api wrapper. There aren't a ton of tutorials for this but it is in fact pretty straightforward... and I think the ideal way to go.