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ChronoForms V5 is out
Posted: Dec 23 2013, 09:54
We are pleased to announce the release of the new ChronoForms V5, almost at the 7th anniversary of ChronoForms, the new version has more capabilities, easier interface and a much stronger code base, it can be installed with V4 on the same system, and is Joomla 2.5/3.x ready.
ChronoContact is out
Posted: Dec 14 2012, 15:57
We have decided to release a new simple forms builder to meet all our users demands, the new extension interface is very simple and innovative, it does the main tasks of a contact script, and is using our new advanced PHP framework to achieve the best performance and stay platform independent.
In order to be able to run this new extension, your server should meet these requirements:
PHP5.3
PDO & PDO MySQL extensions enabled in PHP
Almost all servers today can meet these requirements, unless they are outdated.
Pay attention not to install this new extension with Chronoforms V3, it will overwrite the files since they are both using the same extension code name "com_chronocontact".
Happy forms building :)
Chronoforms is Joomla 3.0 ready!
Posted: Nov 25 2012, 15:18
We are proud to announce the new release of Chronoforms for Joomla 3.0, it's available for free download on the "Downloads" page, please don't hesitate to let us know about any issues you may find.
Download is available here
ChronoForums is here!
Posted: May 30 2012, 21:02
A simple and easy to use forums extension for Joomla!
The main features are:
- Categories -> Forums -> Topics -> Posts structure.
- Lock/Stick topics or set forums announcements.
- Posts reporting and topics manual activation by admins.
- Posts attachments.
- Global and distinct forums permissions.
ChronoConnectivity V4 is out
Posted: Feb 28 2012, 16:39
We are proud to announce the release of ChronoConnectivity V4.0, the new version is a complete remake of the old one, almost all the code has been rewritten. The result is a stronger; more modular and easier to use data manager for all Joomla users. We hope that you will like it, and look forward to hear your comments on our forums.
ChronoConnectivity V4 requires Chronoforms V4 RC3.2 or later installed.
The main features of the new release are:
- Multi Database tables support.
- Admin area or frontend data listing support.
- Support for all CRUD operations on 1 or more tables, plus supporting basic features like pagination, search, sorting, data filtering...etc.
- Full users groups access permissions configuration.
- Tasks Control support using the Chronoforms Events-Actions system*.
- Auto or Custom data listing to save your time.
- SEO url support with the basic Joomla SEF support.
*With the Task Control feature, you can control when will any CRUD action will be executed, for example:
- You want the user to confirm something before deleting a record.
- Send an email when a record is updated.
Please let us know your thoughts on our forums.
Getting started
In order to create a 1st basic connection, you should:
#1- Enter connection name.
#2- Select a db table.
#3- Navigate to the "Admin list settings" tab and enter few table columns names in the "List View Fields" box.
#4- Go to the "Admin permissions" tab and set the "List Permissions" to "Super users" (or whatever group you have).
Now you can save the connection and display the table data through the "Admin list" link, for adding/editing you will need to connect a Chronoform to your connection, but your form's App should be set to "ChronoConnectivity", you can find the form App setting under the form's "Edit" page.
#1- Enter connection name.
#2- Select a db table.
#3- Navigate to the "Admin list settings" tab and enter few table columns names in the "List View Fields" box.
#4- Go to the "Admin permissions" tab and set the "List Permissions" to "Super users" (or whatever group you have).
Now you can save the connection and display the table data through the "Admin list" link, for adding/editing you will need to connect a Chronoform to your connection, but your form's App should be set to "ChronoConnectivity", you can find the form App setting under the form's "Edit" page.
What is ChronoForms?
Posted: Dec 12 2006, 16:40
ChronoForms is a Joomla Component that helps Joomla/Mambo users publish forms to a website in minutes, not in HOURS.
A custom form in three quick steps :
- Create your form html with any HTML editor (e.g: Dreamweaver, NVU, etc).
- Copy the resulting HTML code from your HTML editor.
- Paste the code into your ChronoForms 'Form Manager' in the backend, choose your settings and save.
Powerful customization features
- Ability to use Javascript and CSS styles code in the form.
- Using PHP code in the form body or when submitted to do some serverside action like saving data or checking some thing.
- Drag and Drop form creation wizard for quick forms creation with no need for any other HTML tools! good solution for those on rush for a simple form or newbies!
- Setup as many emails as you need using a drag and drop board.
- Each email can have any number of TO recipients and any number of CC/BCC recipients.
- Each Email have a full dynamic set of fields,what the user write can change your email recipient and subject!
- Ability to setup an Auto Responder!
- Full control over the email(s) template(s) sent, yes, you can get candy emails created using WYSIWYG editor!
- You can Redirect users after submission to a thank you page OR a login page or another website...etc.
- Define the Submit URL if you are interested, useful for forms migrated from other applications to Joomla CMS.
- Store all your submitted data and view it very easily.
- Ability to View/delete stored data and ability to backup form results into XLS or CSV formats viewable on MS Excel!
- Ability to create DB tables and connect to any table to save or update its records, we can connect to the content table for example and let the submissions become website content!
- Include file upload fields in your form and have it attached/uploaded and add constraints on files uploaded (like max and min size and type).
- Add Captcha imageverification to your form to protect you from Spam.
- Very easy,Quick and Cool looking to setup Javascript fields validation!
- Easy to add Server side validation for those who care for full form security!
- Easy integration with payment systems like PayPal, 2Checkout.com or Authorize.net!
- Plugins support for converting your form to a Joomla registration form or integrating it with Community builder too!
- DEBUG option for checking the form workflow!
- Limit form submissions per second per user session, useful for protecting yourself from 2 submit button clicks!