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Blue Flame Forms (bfForms) forJoomla 1.5.x
Short installation tutorial
This tutorial will show you how to initially install bfForms on your Joomla enabled website and how to create basic form. Later on, it will be explained how to use moreadvanced features of Joomla Forms like importing HTML form from externalapplications
Author:
Igor Mihaljko
Date:
April 2009
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Table of Contents
Preface ....................................................................................................................................................................4Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................4Quick Overview of bfForms Features .....................................................................................................................5Form Permissions ...............................................................................................................................................5Force SSL Only Submissions ................................................................................................................................5Data Portability - Export Options........................................................................................................................5Details on the built in bfForms spam controls .......................................................................................................6Check IP Address Blacklist Databases .................................................................................................................6Manual IP Banning ..............................................................................................................................................6Word Blacklists ...................................................................................................................................................6Akismet Integration ............................................................................................................................................6Mollom Integration ............................................................................................................................................7Our Own Transparent Spam Checks ...................................................................................................................7Features of the form field elements .......................................................................................................................7Real Simple Layout - Nothing to be scared of! ...................................................................................................7Validation Rules ..................................................................................................................................................7Input Filters .........................................................................................................................................................8Per Field Access Controls ....................................................................................................................................8Per Field Default Options....................................................................................................................................8Form Submission Processing ..................................................................................................................................9Send Unlimited Emails ........................................................................................................................................9Save form submissions to a database ................................................................................................................9Display any HTML (like thanks!) ...................................................................................................................... 10Need Custom Integration? SugarCRM? Other DB? ......................................................................................... 10btForms for Joomla 1.5.x installation .................................................................................................................. 11Creating basic form .............................................................................................................................................. 15Create new form .............................................................................................................................................. 15Review and modify the form configuration ................................................................................................ 16Add form fileds ............................................................................................................................................ 17Final example form ...................................................................................................................................... 20
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Form actions .................................................................................................................................................... 20Save submission to database ....................................................................................................................... 21Thank you – a simple thank you text ........................................................................................................... 22Send an email .............................................................................................................................................. 24Email Header ........................................................................................................................................... 24Addresing ................................................................................................................................................. 25Email Content .......................................................................................................................................... 25Attachments ............................................................................................................................................ 26Permissions .............................................................................................................................................. 26Mail server ............................................................................................................................................... 26GPG Encryption ........................................................................................................................................ 27Joomla Global Configuration – Mail settings ................................................................................................... 27Final result ....................................................................................................................................................... 27Creating a form by importing the HTML form from external application ........................................................... 29Create new HTML form ................................................................................................................................... 30Final notice about custom HTML forms. ......................................................................................................... 35Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................... 36
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