ChronoForms 1.3 for Joomla! site cookbook : 80 recipes for building attractive and interactive Joomla! forms / Bob Janes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janes, Bob.

Series:

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joomla! (Computer file).

Web site development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

80 recipes for building attractive and interactive Joomla! forms

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Creating a Simple Form; Introduction; Downloading and installing ChronoForms; Creating a simple form with the Form; Wizard; Sending the form results by email; Showing a ""Thank You"" page; Editing your form with the Wizard Edit; Redirecting the user to another page; Backing up and restoring your forms; Chapter 2:E-mailing Form Results; Introduction; Replying to e-mails; Getting your e-mails delivered safely; Sending a ""thank you"" e-mail to the form; submitter

Choosing e-mail addresses from a listAttaching uploaded files to the e-mail; Attaching a ""standard"" file to the e-mail; Creating a ""dynamic"" subject line using info; from the form; Chapter 3:Styling your Form; Introduction; Using ChronoForms default style; Switching styles with 'Transform Form'; Adding your own CSS styling; Putting several inputs in one line; Adding your own HTML; Chapter 4:Saving Form Data in the Database; Introduction; Creating a table to save your results and linking your form to it; Viewing your saved form results; Updating and changing DB Connections

Exporting your results to Excel or a CSV fileChapter 5:Form Validation and Security; Introduction; Making ""required"" fields; Specifying the types of input that are allowed-text, numbers, dates, and so on; Customizing validation error messages; Adding extra security with ""server-side"" validation of submitted information; Getting the user to confirm their data before submission; Adding an ImageVerification captcha / anti-spam check; Adding a reCAPTCHA anti-spam check; Limiting form access to registered users; Chapter 6:Showing your Form in your Site; Introduction

Including your form in an article using the ChronoForms pluginShowing your form on selected pages using the ChronoForms module; Linking to your form from Joomla! menus; Using a form to create a Joomla! article; Redirecting users to other Joomla! pages after submission; Chapter 7:Adding Features to your Form; Introduction; Adding a validated checkbox; Adding an ""other"" box to a drop-down; Sending an SMS message on submission; Signing up to a newsletter service; Adding a conversion tracking script; Showing a YouTube video; Adding a barcode to a form e-mail

Adding a character counter to a textareaCreating a double drop-down; Chapter 8:Uploading Files from your Forms; Introduction; Adding a file upload field to your form and setting the allowed types and sizes; Saving files to different folders; Renaming files; Linking files to e-mails; Resizing and copying image files; Displaying images in e-mails and articles; Troubleshooting problems with files; Chapter 9:Writing Form HTML; Introduction; Moving an existing form to ChronoForms; Moving a form with JavaScript; Moving a form with CSS; Creating a form with Wufoo; Creating a form in Dreamweaver

Chapter 10:Creating Common Forms

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612766923

9781282766921

1282766929

9781849510639

1849510636

OCLC:

797915399