ChronoForms 1.3 for Joomla! site Cookbook电子书

ChronoForms 3.1 for Joomla! Site Cookbook

Table of Contents

ChronoForms 3.1 for Joomla! Site Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Creating a Simple Form

Introduction

Downloading and installing ChronoForms

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

See also

Creating a simple form with the Form Wizard

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Sending the form results by e-mail

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Showing a "Thank You" page

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Editing your form with the Wizard Edit

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Redirecting the user to another page

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

See also

Backing up and restoring your forms

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

2. E-mailing Form Results

Introduction

Replying to e-mails

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

Getting your e-mails delivered safely

How to do it...

How it works...

Sending a "Thank you" e-mail to the form submitter

How to do it...

Choosing e-mail addresses from a list

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Attaching uploaded files to the e-mail

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

Attaching a "standard" file to the e-mail

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a "dynamic" subject line using info from the form

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

3. Styling your Form

Introduction

Using ChronoForms default style

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

Switching styles with "Transform Form"

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Adding your own CSS styling

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

Browser sniffing

Conditional CSS

Putting several inputs in one line

Getting ready

How to do it...

Adding your own HTML

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

4. Saving Form Data in the Database

Introduction

Creating a table to save your results and linking your form to it

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Using the options in Create Table

Checkbox groups and multi-select drop-downs

See also

Viewing your saved form results

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

Updating and changing DB Connections

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

Removing an input

Reordering columns

Updating the e-mail template

Exporting your results to Excel or a CSV file

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

5. Form Validation and Security

Introduction

Making "required" fields

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Specifying the types of input that are allowed — text, numbers, dates, and so on

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Customizing validation error messages

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding extra security with "server-side" validation of submitted information

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding several validations

Combining error messages

Styling error messages

Checking the database in a validation

Filtering form data

See also

Getting the user to confirm their data before submission

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Adding an ImageVerification captcha / anti-spam check

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Debugging when the Captcha image won't display

Debugging when you see a server error

Changing the layout of the ImageVerification element

Adding a "refresh" link to the Image Verification element

See also

Adding a reCAPTCHA anti-spam check

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring the reCAPTCHA plug-in

reCAPTCHA keys

reCAPTCHA setup options

Problems with reCAPTCHA

See also

Limiting form access to registered users

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Redirecting the user

Redirecting the user with a message

See also

6. Showing your Form in your Site

Introduction

Including your form in an article using the ChronoForms plugin

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Debugging the ChronoForms plugin

See also

Showing your form on selected pages using the ChronoForms module

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Controlling the display of a module

See also

Linking to your form from Joomla! menus

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more . . .

Passing extra parameters

Creating administrator menu items

Using a form to create a Joomla! article

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Redirecting users to other Joomla! pages after submission

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Showing a message after redirection

Showing a message before redirection

Redirecting conditionally

See also

7. Adding Features to your Form

Introduction

Adding a validated checkbox

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Validating the checkbox server-side

Locking the Submit button until the box is checked

See also

Adding an "other" box to a drop-down

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Hiding the whole input

See also

Sending an SMS message on submission

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Signing up to a newsletter service

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Adding a conversion tracking script

Getting ready

How to do it...

Showing a YouTube video

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding a barcode to a form e-mail

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a character counter to a textarea

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a double drop-down

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

See also

8. Uploading Files from your Forms

Introduction

Adding a file upload field to your form and setting the allowed types and sizes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Saving files to different folders

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Renaming files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Linking files to e-mails

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Resizing and copying image files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Displaying images in e-mails and articles

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

Adding an image to an article

See also

Troubleshooting problems with files

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

9. Writing Form HTML

Introduction

Moving an existing form to ChronoForms

Getting ready

How to do it . . .

How it works...

Moving a form with JavaScript

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

Changing the form name in ChronoForms

Fixing conflicts with scripts using jQuery

Loading snippets into the page head

Moving a form with CSS

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

Loading snippets into the page head

Loading browser-specific CSS files into the page head

Creating a form with Wufoo

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Changing the Wufoo theme template

Using a form from the Wufoo gallery

Adding validation to a Wufoo Form

Creating a form in Dreamweaver

Getting ready

How to do it...

10. Creating Common Forms

Introduction

Creating a simple newsletter signup

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

Creating a form to link to Acajoom

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

Creating a form to publish a Joomla! article

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

Creating a "Contact us" form

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating an image or document upload form

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

Adding a file upload to an existing form

See also

Creating a multi-page form

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

11. Using Form Plug-ins

Introduction

Controlling form access by user group, day, and/or time with the Watchman plug-in

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating multi-lingual forms with the Multi-Language plug-in

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Translating form error messages

Translating form images

Translating more complicated code

Including HTML

Including files

Including variables

Translating e-mail templates and thank you pages

Showing and editing saved information with the Profile plug-in

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Registering users with the Joomla! Registration plug-in

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Sending custom e-mails

Displaying custom messages

Creating a "silent" registration

Creating a "Name" from other field inputs

Creating a Username from other fields

Allowing secret registration

Logging in new members automatically

Saving extra data

Changing user parameters

Creating a PayPal purchase form with the ReDirect plug-in

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

12. Adding Advanced Features

Introduction

Using PHP to create "select" dropdowns

Getting ready

How to do it . . .

How it works...

There's more...

Creating numeric options lists

Creating a drop-down from an array

Using Ajax to look up e-mail addresses

Getting ready

How to do it . . .

How it works...

Getting information from a DB table to include in your form

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Show a form in a light-box

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Keeping our options open

Adding PHP to the page

Tracking site information

Getting ready

How to do it...

Controlling e-mails from form inputs

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

Disabling e-mails

Changing the attached files

See also

Building a complex multi-page form

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

Troubleshooting problems with forms

How to do it...

See also

Index