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Where is Forms Management on my Islandora Site?

To get to forms management:

1) Click to "Islandora" in the admin menu across the top of the page.

2) A window will pop up in the middle of the screen.  Click to "Form Builder".  This takes you to (admin/islandora/xmlform).

3)  This shows you all forms on your site.  There are several built in forms that cannot be deleted (you uninstall them by deleting the form association on each).  Any custom forms you have installed on  your site will show up at the bottom of the list.

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Don’t know what form you are trying to Copy? Visit the details for your solution pack in this guide to determine the name of the default form.

1) Click to "Islandora" in the admin menu across the top of the page.

2) A window will pop up in the middle of the screen.  Click to "Form Builder".  This takes you to (admin/islandora/xmlform).

3) In the list of available forms, find the form you want to Copy and click “Copy.” ” to the right of the form name.  On the next screen you will be prompted to give your new form a name: 

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 Once you have named your form, click “Copy.” 

4) You will be redirected to the Form editing interface, and receive a message at the top that your form has been successfully created: 

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message at the top that your form has been successfully created: 

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5) Add the form association for the content model.  Adding the association means that the new form will show up in the drop down menu when you go to edit or add metadata for that kind of Content Model.

First look at the default form association for the form you just copied.  Next, go to the main forms management area, and click to "Associate" to the right of the name of the new form you just made by copying.  Now, the next form will show up in a drop down menu of available forms when someone goes to add or edit metadata for that kind of content model.

How to Delete a Form from Your Islandora Site

1) Click to "Islandora" in the admin menu across the top of the page.

2) A window will pop up in the middle of the screen.  Click to "Form Builder".  This takes you to (admin/islandora/xmlform).

3) Click "Delete" to the right of the form you want to delete.

In general, it is a good idea to keep a local copy of the form you deleted.  For example, if a bug in the form resulted in metadata errors, then you may want to be able to clean up metadata on your site.  It also may be a good idea to delete form associations rather than delete the form.  By deleting associations, you ensure that the form will not show up to people uploading and editing metadata, but you can easily bring the form back by adding the association later.

How to Install a Form from Github

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Installing Forms from GitHub

Along 1) Click to "Islandora" in the admin menu across the top of the page.

2) A window will pop up in the middle of the screen.  Click to "Form Builder".  This takes you to  screen at Islandora > Form Builder (admin/islandora/xmlform).

Along the top of the screen at Islandora > Form Builder , you will also see an option to "Create Form" or "Import Form".

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