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Add-on Announcement: SafeCracker. Entry Forms (SAEFs) Simplified

August 30, 2010 6:47pm

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  • #1 / Aug 30, 2010 6:47pm

    Chris Newton

    440 posts

    SafeCracker is a replacement and enchancement of the ExpressionEngine’s Stand-Alone Entry Form. SafeCracker makes it possible to add & edit data to your site without accessing the backend. This will allow you to push the boundaries of ExpressionEngine design and development, create rich web applications, and simplify your development process.

    With SafeCracker, you can set up forms in minutes, with the same ease that you would when outputting a weblog entry. Within minutes you can start capturing data as weblog entries, and use standard EE functionality to output, edit, and moderate that data. SafeCracker is a very powerful update to the standard SAEF.

    Primary Features
    • Edit existing entries. SafeCracker will parse channel entry tag data, including custom fields.
    • Ships with the SafeCracker file upload field type for simple file uploads.
    • Allows you to use custom field names instead of field ids as your input names, ie. <input name=“your_custom_field” />.
    • Allow logged out users to use the entry form.
    • Use captcha for logged out users.
    • Compatability with all known 3rd party fieldtypes.
    • Flexible add-and-edit form. This means you no longer need to make separate add-entry saef AND an edit-entry saef templates
    • Auto-fills your field_fmt fields based on your custom field format defaults.
    • Specify default status, or set forms to override default status.
    • Specify different return urls for different member groups by the group_id. 
    • Ships with new Catchall custom field type. You can use one field type to capture wildly different types of data.
    • Handles ajax requests, can output responses via JSON.
    • Parses channel entry data, including custom fields. A channel:entries tag isn’t needed to edit a specific entry.
    • Coming Soon: CodeIgniter style validation

    SafeCracker is available now for $49.99 per install at http://barrettnewton.com/products/safecracker/

    Userguide and examples here:
    http://barrettnewton.com/safecracker/user_guide/

    Support can be found here:
    http://barrettnewton.com/forums

    Submit bugs here:
    http://barrettnewton.com/bug_tracker

    Example:

    {exp:safecracker channel="contact_form" return="contact/thanks" }
        <input name="title" type="text" /> 
        <input name="my_custom_field" type="text" /> 
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
    {/exp:safecracker}
  • #2 / Aug 30, 2010 8:05pm

    Rob Allen

    3105 posts

    Chris, you and your team are stars, I think a lot of us have been waiting for this!

    Shouldn’t it really be named SaefCracker 😉

  • #3 / Aug 31, 2010 12:13am

    Chris Newton

    440 posts

    Shouldn’t it really be named SaefCracker

    That’s where it started. But we moved on. 😊 SafeCracker is more open… more possibilities. And doesn’t make newbs think that we’re really poor spellers.

    Thanks for the kind words, btw. More good stuff coming in the next few months… if we’re not beaten to the punch. Some stuff that’ll blow you away.

  • #4 / Aug 31, 2010 11:18am

    Brian Litzinger

    704 posts

    This looks very promising and is filling a huge void right now. So its supposed to work with Fieldtypes?

  • #5 / Aug 31, 2010 11:19am

    Stefan Rechsteiner

    442 posts

    One of the finest pieces of EE-AddOns/-Software if ever worked with! LOVE IT!

    Right now the SAEF is just unusable for our needs — SafeCracker resolves every single of our SAEF-Problem in EE 2.x and even fast-forward the whole stand-alone-entry-AND-EDIT-form-development!

    LOVE IT!

    Great work @ Chris and Team!

  • #6 / Aug 31, 2010 11:47am

    Chris Newton

    440 posts

    This looks very promising and is filling a huge void right now. So its supposed to work with Fieldtypes?

    It currently works as a replacement for the standard SAEF and does support all known field types. We installed and test them all on a really huge form.

    Here are a few useful notes:
    First steps when working with Fieldtypes: http://barrettnewton.com/safecracker/user_guide/entry_form/#section_first_steps
    Differences between SC and SAEF: http://barrettnewton.com/safecracker/user_guide/entry_form/#section_differences
    Overall usage: http://barrettnewton.com/safecracker/user_guide/entry_form/

    One of the finest pieces of EE-AddOns/-Software if ever worked with! LOVE IT!

    Thanks for the kind words man!

    We built this to support our efforts to build every site with EE… no matter how complicated. With our work in Ecommerce, and web application development we had to have a tool to simplify our workflow. You’d be amazed to see some of the internal applications, and custom client applications that have been built with this. We’ve built curriculum builders, contract builders, and product configurators using it. Something like a simple contact form or sign up sheet is a breeze.

  • #7 / Aug 31, 2010 2:24pm

    roryrabbitfield

    320 posts

    Can’t wait to try this. You guys are great programmers who provide amazing support to those who use your products!

  • #8 / Sep 07, 2010 5:02pm

    JohnD

    114 posts

    Could really use this on EE1.6 - how about it?

  • #9 / Sep 07, 2010 5:55pm

    Chris Newton

    440 posts

    Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). If you purchase the 2.1 version, he’ll send you the 1.6 version. It’s not supported, but it works fine… we use it.

  • #10 / Sep 07, 2010 6:00pm

    Sean Sperte

    63 posts

    I’m getting a blank page when I try and enable guest posting. What am I doing wrong?

  • #11 / Sep 07, 2010 6:01pm

    Chris Newton

    440 posts

    We’re not really supposed to provide support in these forums these days. Post your question at the following link and we’ll get it sorted:

    http://barrettnewton.com/forums/viewforum/16/

  • #12 / Jan 24, 2011 7:28pm

    hi guys!

    does you plugin work with “Channel Images” as announced on their site?

    cheers,
    dmitry

  • #13 / Jan 25, 2011 1:26am

    Manuel Payano

    144 posts

    The latest Channel Images works with Safecracker 1.0.3 and above.
    I think Chris Newton did not release Safecracker 1.0.3 yet to the public.

  • #14 / Feb 26, 2011 9:17pm

    Natetronn

    161 posts

    Safecracker is now provided free!

  • #15 / Feb 27, 2011 9:12pm

    Chris Newton

    440 posts

    And owned by EllisLabs!

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