I have mastered creating custom data types and adding fields with CCK. Then I created and deployed a custom module with _form and _validate and _submit hooks.
I am not happy with the amount of massaging required with css and permissions to make the form usable, but this is not my question.
Now I would like to create a more sophisticated form with jquery to submit form and add content to page. I am at a bit of loss as how to get to this next level. I have been looking at tpl.php files, but this looks very rigid and more complicated as well. Can any provide a model or tutorial or point me in right direction.
Will the ajax module do what you want?
CSS massaging is not usually needed, unless you’re doing unusual custom stuff, and in that case it’s not really massaging, it’s adding custom CSS for your custom stuff. Might be a good idea to post a question on that topic, or do some digging on drupal.org. In other words you might be Doing It Wrong 🙂