Forums

Is it possible to use chronoforms for Joomla site registration instead if the Joomla default and will it submit the data to the standard JOS_Users table?

yes, using the registration plugin!

ok so I am guessing the plugin creates a bridge to insert data into Jos_users?

I am trying to tie chronoforms to the joomla (1.5) registration plugin, but I cannot find where the registration plugin is? Can you clarify for me please? Is it something you have to install? I see a user menu and login form plugin but not a registration plugin. There is a registration section under global settings, but nowhere in any of these sections does it give me an option to link to chronoforms. Please help.

After digging around some more in the chrono forms section I am now seeing what I think is the area to link the form to the joomla registration area. To the left of the chrono forms manager is an area labeled plugins. I have created a form and filled in the form fields and then saved it. I then went back to the forms manager and ticked the box next to the form I want associated with the joomla registration, clicked on joomla registration and another page comes up with what looks like the basic form information for joomla. What is supposed to be done here? There are blanks next to the form field names - do I enter in what I want the form field names to be? I also see an area for extra code. If I save this and then view the form it is only using the form fields I manually created. What is this area for? None of the tool tips are working and I cannot find any information in your help files. I am using a licensed version 2.5 J1.5 RC3.1.

Hi all,

@brewster, yes, but inserting a user into joomla is not only adding it to jos_users, somethings more🙂

@ewhitaker, yes, those are the chronoforms plugins, to configure the registration plugin you will need only those fields at the top, textboxes, look at your main form HTML, you will have many fields, each has a name, you will need to assign each field of yours to the default joomla registration fields, so maybe your username field is called "text_user" in your form, so you write text_user in front of username field!

Cheers

Max

I do not see the registration plugin for download anywhere. Can you tell me where. Its for Joomla 1.0.x

Thank you. And if I want to add extra form fields and make them part of the registration form (which is tied to Joomla) where do I enter that information? Into the formcode tab for the form I created or does it go in the extra code area for the Joomla registration area?

@brewster , which Chronoforms version do you have installed ?

@ewhitaker : don't enter any extras any where, only the basic ones listed in the plugin config, you can connect the form to a table to save those extra fields somewhere, let me know what do you wnat to achieve at the end and I can guide you to the correct direction.

Cheers

Max

ok I need to ask the client what exact version they have.

They are using Joomla 1.0.15.

I have now installed it but do not see a way to point the Joomla registration link on the front end to the chronform that I have connected to the registration plugin.
(I guess i could write an htaccess redirect from http: //mysite.com/index.php?option=com_registration&task=register to my chronofrom reg form?

Hi,

yes a .htaccess redirect or even simply a redirect rule with php in the template, like :

if(($option == 'com_registration')&&($task == 'register'))mosRedirect('form_url');

I have now installed it but do not see a way to point the Joomla registration link on the front end to the chronform that I have connected to the registration plugin.
(I guess i could write an htaccess redirect from http: //mysite.com/index.php?option=com_registration&task=register to my chronofrom reg form?

I thought the easiest way to do it would just be a quick edit of the default template of the Log In module... changing the link for Create an account.... it works for me anyway!

hi anax, yes but simply somebody may access the default url manually!

Max