How to Create Basic Contact Us Form

I created this brief video tutorial to help others grasp how to create basic contact us forms using V4. You can view Part 1 here http://screencast.com/t/eNqDdvbFxmo

This is the link for Part 2 on how to create a basic Chronoforms V4 Contact Us form. You can view Part 2 here: http://screencast.com/t/huKsqUavg

Remember that in the verification tab ANY data field that you want to be required on the front end MUST have the "Required" checkbox Checked and this includes Captcha input! The video doesn't explain this so I wanted to make sure this was understood.

Enjoy!

Hi Wineblue2,

Many thanks for making this.

I get "The video you have requested is not available. Sorry about that."

Is it not published yet, or maybe there's a typo in the link?

Bob

Bob,

They were just uploaded so You-Tube could be still doing their bit before they become available. If this is a problem then I can send you the swf files and perhaps you can post them here or I can just embed them on our site.

Hi Wineblue2,

Thanks - I'll try again tomorrow and see if they have sprung into life.

Bob

There seems to be an issue with using the Jing screen capture that will only allow their screencast service to properly display the video so I changed the links and both videos are now functioning correctly. Cheers!😀

Hi Wineblue2,

Excellent videos - thank you very much. I'll find some way to link to them from the Tutorials menu here.

Bob

Thank you for the videos - they were very helpful.

I noticed that, in the email action element, "Quit next actions" must be set to YES, not NO. When set to NO and the wrong Captcha message is entered, 1) the web form would refresh, 2) the Thank You Message would appear below the web form, and 3) the web form submission would be emailed.

The "DB Save" action element is not as self-explanatory to n00bs, like me, as the video creator suggested. lol. I noticed the video creator had a table listed in the "DB Save" settings: jos_chronoforms_contact_us -- I have no such table. Did the author create it himself then? Or, is my installation of v4 defective?

Well done everyone. Chronoforms V4 takes some getting used to, but I like it. 🙂

Hi Tbolt,

You probably need to create the table. In the Forms Manager view, check the box by the Form Name then click the Create Table icon in the ToolBar to the top right.

Bob

Hi.. i have created the chrono form in joomla 1.5.9 but not getting how to insert or display the form in articles.. could you help me out of this.. thank you....

Hi lohith,

Please see this FAQ

Bob

Thank you for your videos, i wish there were more, getting started with this has been difficult for me. Can you direct me to the more detailed user instructions for chronoforms 4?

The form data that is received in the email to admin after submitting form shows this way:

My concern is: array ( 0 => 'Strength', )How can i adjust the form so that only the word "Strength" is shown without the array (?0=>) in the email that the administrator receives?
thanks,
Jo

Hi Jo,

Sorry, I missed this post earlier :-(

Please drag a Handle Arrays action into the OnSubmit event and move it up before the Email action. That will convert the array to a Comma Separated string.

But do you really need an array result? Are you using a Checkbox group where Radio buttons would be the better choice?

Bob

Hi, I changed the check boxes to single select radio boxes and now i'm receiving {input_checkbox_group_3}in the admin email.
It only works when i place {input_checkbox_group_3} in the field name.

Please refer to the image i included. Every time i change an element, save it and test it, the email comes back with different or out of date field name(s) instead of the new field name.
Please advise and thanks,
Jo

Hi Jo,

If you change an input name then you need to update the Email template (and any database column names) to match. Does that fix the problem?

Bob

Yes, that works - thanks very much.

hi

am new to chronoforms and have gone through the create form and save tutorials well. my issue comes in the record loader and multi-record loader.
i added the &token= =cf_uid number of the record at the url and details of the record appered on the form, but trying the multi record loader and gone through the tutorial but the record do not appear clicking the test form and also adding the {chronoforms}form_name{/chronoforms} in the article...

any assistance will be appreciated

gioche

Hi gioche,

What are you trying to do with the DB Record Loader and DB Multi-Record Loader actions? I don't understand enough from your post to be able to help :-(

Please see this FAQ about showing the from in an article.

Bob