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Hello

Could some one help please?

I have this site http://www.kellypark.co.uk/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&Itemid=233

And we have just upgraded to the latest Joomla http://bmtestsite.co.uk/kellpark/ and I would like to replicate the form BUT I have not got a clue how:

I do not know how much to ask for doing this job as I would not want to offend, So please let me know how much this would cost...

Many Thanks

BlueM

Hi BlueM,

As you've seen there is no automatic upgrade :-(

There are two main ways to handle upgrading a form like this.

a) You rebuild from scratch. This gives you a fully CFv4 compatible form that will work through Joomla! 2 and 3 at least.

b) You do a quick and dirty job by copying and pasting over chunks of code wherever possible into a new CFv4 form. The HTML and probably the JavaScript will work like this. The potential problem is that CSS and JavaScript may not be 'quite right' and there may be more work wot to if the form needs to be updated again later on.

The saving is mostly in the time that it takes to re-create the form HTM, the inputs, labels, etc. Most of the 'processing' e.g. emails, db save, etc. will have to be re-built anyhow.

You also have some custom PHP running after the form is submitted to do the calculations, that can probably copy over.

In this case I'd suggest that you re-build the first two parts of the form, for the Inquirer and the Service User; and then copy and paste over the main parts of the code for the 'Service Required' block. Most of this would be straightforward to do yourself, though it would take a little time. If you still need help then by all means PM or email me.

Bob