Joomla web forms

Joomla is world’s 2nd most used CMS, after WordPress.

(WIKIPEDIA)

Hosts 10% of the top million websites: E-bay, Orange, Ikea and General Electric are just a few of them.

Downloaded over 35 million times since 2006

64 languages’ support.

9,400 extensions available in the Joomla Extensions Directory.

(JOOMLA.ORG AND TRENDS.BUILTWITH as of December 2012)

[Creating a Joomla website – extensions available]

Components

PluginsModules

Templates

Languages

security

communication

e-commerce

forms & surveys

multimedia

mobile

photos

financials

hostingmaps

social web

[Joomla forms]

Forms for Joomla are the perfect means to:

[… offer site visitors an easy way to contact you and deliver messages directly to your email inbox

… take online orders without setting up a shopping cart

… opt-in subscribers for your newsletter

… register people for events and community participation

… survey website visitors and manage data intelligently ]

[Types of forms for Joomla]

o Contact forms with submissions database and multiple recipients

o Payment forms with price calculation for e-commerce (considering discounts and taxes)

o Event registration forms

o Floating feedback buttons with a “reveal” trigger on click

o Online surveys

How to build Joomla forms with minimum effort, while saving time and money?

A web form extension will help you out.

[Joomla form builders]

What to seek for?

o Intuitive interface

o Compatibility with multiple versions of Joomla

o CSS support for styling the form design

o Ajax field validation

o Easy data management, submissions export to CSV/PDF

o 3rd party apps integrations: SalesForce, MailChimp, WebHooks

“I have used many form plug-ins for Joomla and

WordPress across the years. I have to say, 123ContactForm plug-ins

win hands down. Great product!”Matt @ lowepromotions.com

[How-to guide – create & embed a form on Joomla versions 1.5 and 2.5 using 123ContactForm ]

1. Download the 123ContactForm extension from the JED > Contacts and Feedback > Forms. Unzip the archive and pick the version you need.

2. Into your Joomla Administration Panel, go to the Extensions tab and access the Extensions Manager > Install. Browse to locate the 123ContactForm package you’ve previously downloaded, then click Upload and Install.

Note: For Joomla 1.5, you need to use your Plug-in Manager to activate the two elements of the 123ContactForm extension: Button and Content. You will need to provide the 123ContactForm API key. To get it, sign up/log in to your 123ContactForm account and find the API key in My Account section. If the API is not generated, press Create Now. After pasting the API key in the Joomla administration interface, click Connect.

3. The extension is now installed. To build a new Joomla form, log in to your 123ContactForm account. Go to your dashboard and choose Create New Form, then select the form you need (contact form, order form, survey etc). Edit your form in the drag & drop workspace.

4. Last action: publish your form on Joomla. Go to Get Code & Publish, copy code that has been generated for your form and paste it onto your Joomla article where you’d like it to appear.

Your brand new Joomla form is now live and ready to use!

123ContactForm – create your web forms as easy as 1-2-3!

Find more information on Joomla forms on the 123ContactForm website

[About 123ContactForm]

123ContactForm the online form builder for web and mobile used by a wide range of small businesses, web design agencies and bloggers worldwide.

At present, thousands of Joomla and WordPress websites across the world run live forms created with 123ContactForm.

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