formulize downloads and docs

• Formulize 3.12
• Pageworks 3.11
• iMenu 3.1
• Registration Codes 3.1

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Formulize 4

• Formulize 4, standalone version, release candidate 1.
  Download this if you want to install Formulize and get going. Unzip the files and put them in a folder on your website, and then browse to that folder in your web browser.
• Formulize 4, module version, release candidate 1.
  Download this if you want to install Formulize in your ImpressCMS or XOOPS website.

  To install the Formulize 4 module version, follow the steps in the 3.1 readme. If you are upgrading from Formulize 3.1, then instead of the "patch31" database step, do the same thing but type "patch40" instead. If you are upgrading from Formulize 3.0 or earlier, then you will need to apply both patch31 and then patch40. If you are upgrading a 2.x site, make sure you do the patch30datastructure step last.

How do I get started?

• Read the Getting Started Guide — it has lots of info about creating forms, setting up access to the forms, and troubleshooting tips.
• Download the Formulize Hands-on Workshop files and do it on your own PC
• Join the Formulize IRC chatroom where you can get real-time answers to questions. You will need to install an IRC program to access the chatroom, if you don't have one installed already.
• There's a lot of documentation including tips on how to design a Formulize application and developer documentation that takes you Inside Formulize.
• If you are not using the standalone version of Formulize 4, then you will need to download and install either:
  • ImpressCMS, or
  • XOOPS

  Formulize 3, and the module version of Formulize 4, get installed as modules in either of those platforms. The Formulize 4 standalone version sets up everything you need to run Formulize in one shot, so you don't need to deal with this extra complication.

Sourceforge Subversion (SVN)

• Download the latest SVN version (includes all-new admin UI for Formulize 4!)
• Browse the SVN repository
• Read the latest change logs for Formulize
• Subscribe to the 'formulize-commits' mailing list for up to the minute notification of changes
• Repository address for checking out with an SVN client: https://formulize.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/formulize/
  
  

  To install the SVN version of Formulize (the development trunk), follow the steps in the 3.1 readme. If you are upgrading from Formulize 3.1, then instead of the "patch31" database step, do the same thing but type "patch40" instead. If you are upgrading from Formulize 3.0 or earlier, then you will need to apply both patch31 and then patch40. If you are upgrading a 2.x site, make sure you do the patch30datastructure step last.

Documentation

• Detailed Formulize Getting Started Guide (updated July 2, 2009)
• Formulize readme (updated July 2, 2009)
• Detailed Registration Codes readme (updated July 2, 2009)
• Detailed iMenu readme (updated July 2, 2009)
• Pageworks readme, not so detailed (updated July 2, 2009)
• How to Design a Formulize Application -- an overview of what to think about when planning your Formulize project, and how to translate those ideas into Formulize configuration options. (updated July 12, 2009)
• Inside Formulize: a Developer's Guide -- a high level, behind the scenes look at the flow through the code as a page is being built, as well as comprehensive documentation of some of the important classes and data structures. (updated November 5, 2009)
• How to integrate Formulize with a Drupal website -- a guide to using Formulize and Drupal together...instructive for integration with other website systems...individual sites may have individual integration requirements, post in the forums for help. (updated December 23, 2009)
• Using Formulize and Pageworks to make custom applications -- explains some advanced concepts and includes full API documentation for use with PHP templates in Pageworks. (updated June 6, 2009)
• An old white paper on what Formulize is for -- not up to date but a useful background piece. (updated July 2005)