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I have created new form named my_form, then I have created a new menu item named Form1 by selecting Chronoform5 > .... then I expected to find "my_form", but the file doesn't show... Then I have tried to put Chronoform module inside an article using <p>{chronoforms5}my_form{/chronoforms5}</p> but it always shows: Form not found or is not published. What am I doing wrong?
Working on J3 and Chronoform 5
Thanks for help

PS to make submit working, have I set up "onSubmit" on the set up tab? As I am using the simple form, I do not know if the system is going to catch my email address as default.

Hello marceff,
I'm not a Chrono professional, but after checking your new post, I think that the following links may help:
How to post information from a Chronoform to ZoHo
What are the 'Easy Form' and 'Form' Wizards?
How can I add a mask to format a form input?
P.S: I'm just an automated service😉

Hi marceff,

To start with the last point. If you want an email then you need to click the Setup tab, then one of the Email links and configure the email action - including adding the address you want the email sent to.

When you have set your form up use the View Form link in the Forms Manager or the Test Form icon in the Form Editor to view it in the front-end of your site. Check that it is working as you want it there.

If you want to link the form to a menu item then you should create a new menu item of Type ChronoForms5 and add the form name on the Options tab (you can leave the Event empty in most cases).

If you want to show a form in an article you need to install the ChronoForms plug-in and add the code you posted - but without the <p> tags. It is illegal HTML to put a form inside <p> tags and some versions of IE will not recognise the form if they are there. Use <div> tags instead.

Bob

Good morning GreyHead,
thank you for your replay, the Option tab made the difference now it shows up! Thank you. (I also try to change <p> tag into <div> but didn't work).
About email issue I meant how customer data can reach my email, does form get my email (the one I set up in Joomla config) as default? Should I create an event to "submit" to tell the form where to send data?
What kind of email you're talking about in your replay? (it seems to me as building a customers mailing list).
Thanks for help

Marcello

Quick update... I have solved almost all issues (my fault 😀 ). Just left one more question:
I am trying to setup Email tab, ok Basic set up, problems come in setting up Advance tab.
On the first field Dynamic to I put the field name "email" which is any submitter email; then there are others fields which refers to email: Dynamic replay to email (which email?) and Dynamic from email, this I understand should be my email address but a field is required and my email isn't contained in any field. Anyway I have tried to send the form as customer and data get to my email box only having the last two dynamic email field empty. Could you please give a hint?

Hi Marcello,

Who do you want the email to be sent to?

Bob

Ok Bob, the submits button should send me an email including all data (this is ok, just keep giving Root User <root@localhost> as sender, rather then the email address of the sender. I tried to put email field name everywhere but didn't work at all); then I'd like to send an email to customer just saying "Your form has been received, you'll receive...". I am on Chrono 5 which is quite different from 4 version and another world compared to 3 (which I used a couple of years ago).
Do you think can it be possible?

Hi marceff,

For the email to you:

a) Put your email in the To box
b) Put info@my_domain.com in the From Email box (or the email needed for your SMTP login in some cases)
c) Put email - or the name of the user email input element - into the Reply To Email box on the Advanced tab
d) Put name - or the name of the user name input element - into the Reply To Name box on the Advanced tab

For the email to the User:

a) Leave the To box empty
b) Put info@my_domain.com in the From Email box (or the email needed for your SMTP login in some cases)
c) Put email - or the name of the user email input element - into the Dynamic To box on the Advanced tab

Bob