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Version: 1.x

Installation

Autograph installs like any other ExpressionEngine add-on: copy two folders onto your site, then choose Install in the control panel.

Requirements​

ExpressionEngine6.0 or later
PHP8.1 or later

Getting Autograph​

Autograph is sold and downloaded through the ExpressionEngine add-on store: Autograph on expressionengine.com. After you buy it, the store gives you the release zip, and updates are downloaded from the same place.

Installing Autograph​

The release zip mirrors the root of an ExpressionEngine site, so each folder goes to the same place on yours:

Autograph-v1.0.1.zip
system/user/addons/autograph/   →  your-site/system/user/addons/autograph/
themes/user/autograph/          →  your-site/themes/user/autograph/

  1. Copy the add-on

    Copy system/user/addons/autograph into your site's system/user/addons/ folder.

  2. Copy the front-end scripts

    Copy themes/user/autograph into your site's public themes/user/ folder. It holds signature_pad.min.js, which draws the pad, and autograph.js, which connects each pad to its field.

  3. Install from the control panel

    Open Developer › Add-Ons, find Autograph under Third Party Add-Ons and choose Install.

  4. Create a field

    Autograph is now a fieldtype. Create an Autograph field and assign it to a channel. See Field settings.

The themes folder​

Autograph loads its two scripts from user/autograph/ inside your site's themes URL (ExpressionEngine's theme_folder_url setting), usually /themes/user/autograph/. If your themes are served from a subfolder or a CDN, copy the folder there. See The pad doesn't appear.

Before 1.0.1

Autograph 1.0.0 always loaded the scripts from /themes/user/autograph/ at the root of the domain, whatever theme_folder_url said.

Updating​

  1. Replace both folders

    Copy the new system/user/addons/autograph and themes/user/autograph over the old ones. Replace the folders rather than merging them, so no file the new release removed is left behind.

  2. Run the update

    ExpressionEngine notices the new version on the Add-Ons screen and offers Update.

Read the upgrade guide before updating to a new major version.

Uninstalling​

Remove every Autograph field from your channels first, then choose Uninstall for Autograph on the Add-Ons screen and delete both folders.

Deleting a field deletes its signatures

Signatures are stored in the entry, in the field's own column. Deleting an Autograph field deletes every signature saved in it. Export anything you need to keep first.