Slide Out Feedback Form

[Bri]

Is this easy to implement into a zen cart? I would like to position it outside of the main wrapper and on the side of screen which I'm guessing would be done using css? As for the form itself, would it be ok to use contact_us.php for this?

[seamus]

you might have some problems using the contact us form for that, what questions do you want to ask people in the feedback form?

Im thinking the best way might be to add a few extra fields into the database and save any data added through the form to the database.
It would be a fair amount of work to write it from scratch, not exactly difficult but not quick either.

There must be a mod about that you can use as a base, I had a quick look and didnt find anything worth using.

[Bri]

Not been able to find a mod either. Maybe I'll just add a page with some pointers to the type of feedback I'm looking for, could end up being a pretty long list lol. e.g How can the site be improved; Is the site what they expected; what else would they like to see being sold....

Why would the contact us form not be suitable? Where is that info sent to?

[seamus]

the contact us form sends any info straight to email, no info is saved anywhere, best saving any input data to the database, that way you can view all the comments via admin.

To create from scratch, you'd need to add some fields to the database to hold the info taken via the form, then you'd need to write the form (which is quite easy) then you'd need to create a file in includes/functions/extra_functions and put all the code that sends the customer feedback info to the database. To make it sit where you want it, you would place the form code in the header, just above the maincontainer div and use css to give it a position absolute so it sits where you want it and stays there, then you'd need a small bit of jscript to hide the form and just show a button, when the button is clcked, the form slides out (use jquery for that)
Then you would need to write the code for the admin panel, the database calls to collect any info and a section to display the info.

It would take a while to do from scratch, not that difficult, but not a quick job.

[Bri]

Thanks for replying. I see what you mean now and yes it's quite a bit of work. Would make a nice add on but will have to be something for the future.