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A wiki page with a data form holds structured data in "fields", the same as a database. In many cases structured data in a data form is easier for your users to edit, to understand and to work with.</p> <hr /> <h2 id="toc0"><span>Some uses for data forms</span></h2> <p>Some of the uses where data forms might work better than simple wiki pages are:</p> <ul> <li>I'm collecting references for my thesis, and for each reference I want to record the title, author, ISBN, date of issue, publisher, and language. If I use a data form with one field for each piece of data, I can easily produce reference lists in any format.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>I'm organizing my club membership and for each member I want a page with their name, email address and so on. By using a data form I can extract fields like the email address to send everyone a newsletter.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>I'm cataloging my video game collection and using a data form means I can search on games by console, by publisher, by genre and so on.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>I want my members to enter information about software, but I want to control what they enter by using lists they select from.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>I want users of my site to be able to easily upload images and videos at the same time that they create a page.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>I want to build a complete site where the user doesn't need to know any Wikidot syntax but can just fill in forms and press Save.</li> </ul> <hr /> <h2 id="toc1"><span>Live demo</span></h2> <ul> <li>A live demo is available to show the features of data forms that we have described in this documentation. The permissions have been relaxed so you can try out the form:</li> </ul> <p>* main page for creating new pages in the <em>band</em> category and for listing bands: <a href="http://vineyard.wikidot.com/bands:main" target="_blank">http://vineyard.wikidot.com/bands:main</a><br /> * example page at <a href="http://vineyard.wikidot.com/band:queen" target="_blank">http://vineyard.wikidot.com/band:queen</a><br /> * live template at <a href="http://vineyard.wikidot.com/band:_template" target="_blank">http://vineyard.wikidot.com/band:_template</a></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://pagepath.wikidot.com/">pagepath.wikidot.com</a> shows examples of the <em>pagepath</em> concept.</li> <li>There is also a pagepath example using the band example at <a href="http://vineyard.wikidot.com/bands" target="_blank">http://vineyard.wikidot.com/bands</a></li> </ul> </div><div id="action-area" style="display: none;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-options-container container"> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"><img src="https://www.wikidot.com/common--theme/wikidot30/images/amazon.png" alt="amazon.png" class="image" /></div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <p><a href="http://blog.wikidot.com">Official Wikidot blog</a></p> <p><a href="http://community.wikidot.com">Community</a></p> <p><a href="/doc">Documentation</a></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"> <p><a href="/about">About Wikidot</a></p> <p><a href="http://shop.wikidot.com">Gift Shop</a></p> <p><a href="/legal:terms-of-service">Terms of Service</a></p> <p><a href="/legal:privacy-policy">Privacy policy</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container license-area"> Copyright 漏 All Rights Reserved, Wikidot Inc. 2024 </div> </div> </div> <div id="dummy-ondomready-block" style="display: none;" ></div>  <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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