Display and Edit Contact Table on Front-End?

Hi all,

I have use ChronoForms, ChronoConnectivity and PHPMyAdmin to create a table of contacts for a non-profit friend of mine. The back end looks great, but I can't figure out how to get the info to display in the same way on the front end. I can certainly follow the ChronoConnectivity tute and display the data, but it's a bit messy, and my friend would like to be able to edit it from the front end.

I'm obviously missing something simple, but I'm fairly new to PHP and Joomla! so I would appreciate some clearly written instructions 😀

Thanks heaps in advance, and thanks for the awesome products.

Cheers,
Luc

Sorry,
Should also make clear that I'd like the contacts to be displayed in a table on the front end, as not all fields will be filled, and the back end table is nice and clear to read.

Thanks,
Luc

Hi luca,

ChronoConnectivity is the safe way to display the dats in the front-end. It's perfectly possible to create a neat layout. Have you checked the tutorials here?

There's also another Joomla! extension like ChronoConenctivity if you just want a table layout. (Though I forget the name at the moment 'Data viewer'???)

Please post a link to the listing so we can take a quick look and suggest how you might improve the layout.

Bob

Thanks for that, Bob.
If you'd like to have a look at the data, it can be found here: http://bit.ly/faUjGr

Is there a way of making each entry editable from the front-end, though? I'd like my user to be able to edit his contact list with the ChronoForm I created, without needing to go into the back-end.

Thanks again. If I get paid for this, I'll buy you a beer (or coffee)😀

~Luc

Hi iluca,

That looks like a normal basic table, you can change the styling and layout of that as much as you need to make it look attactive. I prefer to put summary data in the table and then use a View Details link to show the full record.

And, yes, you can add an Edit Record link to go to a form that will let you edit the data.

Bob