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Table of Contents
  • How to create a new data form
  • Creating a new page
  • Displaying the results
  • DataForms and ListPages
  • Selecting & Sorting
    • Selecting
    • Sorting
  • Images in Data Forms
  • YouTube and external content
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  • Styling the output of a field
  • Pagepath concept
  • Deleting a form

  • Reference

Field Properties

  • The 'label' property
  • The 'join' property
  • The 'before' property
  • The 'after' property

Field Types

  • The 'text' field type
  • The 'select' field type
  • The 'checkbox' field type
  • The 'pagepath' field type
  • The 'hidden' field type
  • The 'wiki' field type
  • The 'static' field type
  • The 'file' field type
  • The 'url' field type
  • The 'password' field type
  • The 'date' field type

  • CSS Styling
  • Hints & Tips
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The 'password' field type

This lets the user enter masked text. To the user, each character they type is replaced by an asterisk ( * ).

[[form]]
fields:
  pass:
    type: password
[[/form]]

Important: Entered text is not encrypted, you can always read it in page source.

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