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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
Author:
Igor Mihaljko
Date:
February 2009
Author:
Igor Mihaljko
E-mail:
Igor.mihaljko@inet.hr
Date:
February 20092
Table of Contents
Preface ....................................................................................................................................................................3Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................3Quick Overview of bfForms Features .....................................................................................................................4Form Permissions ...............................................................................................................................................4Force SSL Only Submissions ................................................................................................................................4Data Portability - Export Options ........................................................................................................................4Details on the built in bfForms spam controls .......................................................................................................5Check IP Address Blacklist Databases .................................................................................................................5Manual IP Banning ..............................................................................................................................................5Word Blacklists ...................................................................................................................................................5Akismet Integration ............................................................................................................................................5Mollom Integration ............................................................................................................................................6Our Own Transparent Spam Checks ...................................................................................................................6Features of the form field elements .......................................................................................................................6Real Simple Layout - Nothing to be scared of! ...................................................................................................6Validation Rules ..................................................................................................................................................6Input Filters .........................................................................................................................................................7Per Field Access Controls ....................................................................................................................................7Per Field Default Options....................................................................................................................................7Form Submission Processing ..................................................................................................................................8Send Unlimited Emails ........................................................................................................................................8Save form submissions to a database ................................................................................................................8Display any HTML (like thanks!) .........................................................................................................................9Need Custom Integration? SugarCRM? Other DB? ............................................................................................9btForms for Joomla 1.5.x installation .................................................................................................................. 10Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................... 14
Author:
Igor Mihaljko
E-mail:
Igor.mihaljko@inet.hr
Date:
February 20093
Preface
bfForms is a Form generator for Joomla! CMS and is available for Joomla 1.5.x only. It runs in native mode anddoes not rely on the legacy plugin - It has been designed to meet all your form needs and provide a wholeload more than just forms! (Submissions Management, Uploaded File Manager, Export Options).
Introduction
Creating forms on websites is hard, real hard - so we have taken the burden for you and created a VERY EASYTO USE form builder for Joomla 1.5 that anyone can use.Build on 4 years of experience developing form creators (Phil-A-Form) for CMS's such as Mambo and Joomla -bfForms has been written from scratch and provides many powerful integrated features such as SpamControls, Validation Rules, Filters, Custom elements, Export Options and much more.The extension hosts a huge number of great features. Let us just highlight some of them:Specifically designed for Joomla 1.5.xAllows you to create unlimited forms, with unlimited fields and actionsAll forms are xHTML and CSS2 validJoomla Forms is written by a very experienced Joomla/PHP Developer who has been awarded theZend PHP 5 Certified Engineer award!Once purchased, you get free upgrades for life - with a smooth upgrade path at all times.All forms can be enabled/disabled with a single clickSpeedy configuration of forms using a 100% xAJAX admin interfaceSECURE FORMS - you can force forms to only show on SSL Secure pagesQuick Start Guide To Creating Great Forms includedComplete Control Over Form Page TitlesSet a maximum number of submissions allowed on a per form or per user basisComplete control over the text on the submit, preview, reset buttonsForm Preview mode, before submitting the form!Complete form layout control using Smarty Templates and simple placeholdersBuilt-in, Transparent, spam controls - NO CAPTCHA AT ALL !!! (We do not believe in CAPTCHA)3rd party Spam Plugins (Akisment and Mollom)IP BanningBlacklist Word BanningSpam Idiot Checks!Feature to allow you to add custom JavaScript and Custom CSS to the pageOver 30 different, standard and custom, field types to choose fromMultiple form actions to apply to submitted dataForm Fields are 100% CONFIGUABLEOver 24 different validation rules can be applied to each individual fieldOr create your own with Regex!
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