ChronoForms



Version
V3.1 RC5.2 (last update on Jun 30, 2009)
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License
GPL
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Date Added
17 December 2006
ChronoForms, was going to be just a contact forms page, but I have used it to create different forms using advanced techniques and PHP code , so I decided to make it a whole forms component, I wish you will find it helpful, any feedback is very appreciated.
Now at V3.1 :
1# Store all your submitted data and view it very easily
2# customize email subject/recipients/fromname/fromemail based on form values entered by users!!
3# customize all email content sent
4# Now, Very easy&powerfull Anti-Spam checking(ChronoCAPTCHA)
5# Show your form inside any content page!
6# let users upload files and get them attached to emails, control file types and min/max size
7# Very easy fields validation, No Javascript knowledge required anymore !!
8# More control over stored data view
9# Backup and restore your forms easily
10# backup stored data into excel sheets(.xls or .csv).
11# Do PHP into form code,on form submit, and on email template for more control!!
12# Chronoforms comes with a set of plugins to let you do extra functionality, available plugins are :
Joomla registration (register users to Joomla)
CB registration (register users to Joomla and CB)
profile plugin (view database data)
WatchMan (form permissions and expiration control)
Email verification (Double Opt-in for your form submissions)
Confirmation page (let users see their input before submit)
Multi Language (easy multi language support)
CURL (communicate with any URL behind the scenes)
Authorize.net payment gateway plugin!
And more in the labs!
13# Drag and Drop form creator for easy form creation, we create professional forms in 5 minutes with NO HTML knowledge at all!
14# Form wizard to help you create your basic styled form and setup as many emails as you need and configure everything for each email from your target recipients to the Email template! all this in 4 quick steps, you can control the output of your wizard using a simple theme file.
15# Server side option validation in case JS validation failed!
16# link your form data to menu items in Joomla backend directly.
And more is coming!!!!
byking.lui on June 19, 2009
Really, I tested all .. Breezing, RS, Phil Taylor's, JForms, CK, Fabrik and ArtForms .. but ChronoForms is the best. I love it. And the support is excellent and very fast. Perfect.
byChinaski on June 17, 2009
I'm using CF for years now, and I can say Bravo! to the developer and the forum stuff. Bob and Max will never let you down in the forums in case you need help or not sure how can accomplish something.
And the new version is really very much improved and extended with further plugins.
Excelent.
And the new version is really very much improved and extended with further plugins.
Excelent.
bymochamadamin76 on June 10, 2009
Just...Awesome, really...it puts joomla Bordless!
byMrCCTV on June 6, 2009
I was looking for a quick and simple way to put a form on our new Joomla web site. Not knowing what to expect I downloaded and installed without looking at any instructions. I fumbled around with the wizard for a few and I had a form on my site doing exactly what I wanted.
The documentation link here is broken, you may want to go directly to the main website until fixed.
The supporting web site is laid out nice, very professional, I could easily find what I was looking for. The FAQ section was very useful, and I enjoyed the tutorials. I even glanced around the Forums which answered another question I had.
The licensing terms are not bad, quite surprisingly inexpensive. You get the full version, no limits, only if you want to remove the Powered By link at the bottom of the page you need to purchase the inexpensive license.
To sum it up, it’s a great product, good supporting documentation, and they offer great support. Thumbs up all around!
The documentation link here is broken, you may want to go directly to the main website until fixed.
The supporting web site is laid out nice, very professional, I could easily find what I was looking for. The FAQ section was very useful, and I enjoyed the tutorials. I even glanced around the Forums which answered another question I had.
The licensing terms are not bad, quite surprisingly inexpensive. You get the full version, no limits, only if you want to remove the Powered By link at the bottom of the page you need to purchase the inexpensive license.
To sum it up, it’s a great product, good supporting documentation, and they offer great support. Thumbs up all around!
byPhil91 on May 30, 2009
A few things about Chronoforms:
- This is by far the best package I have seen to deal with forms...It is extremely well thought and designed
- The team is so friendly, so knowledgeable and so prompt to help beginner folks like me that I find this one of the key human factors in this difficult world
- Same applies to the entire Joomla community and I'm glad to feel like being part of it at my very low level
Thanks Bob and Max!
Phil
- This is by far the best package I have seen to deal with forms...It is extremely well thought and designed
- The team is so friendly, so knowledgeable and so prompt to help beginner folks like me that I find this one of the key human factors in this difficult world
- Same applies to the entire Joomla community and I'm glad to feel like being part of it at my very low level
Thanks Bob and Max!
Phil
byFluffymonkey on May 26, 2009
I've tried nearly all of the form mods and this is far and away the best. Fully customizable and easy to use. Granted, it takes some time to figure out, but once you do you'll be making forms in a flash. The captcha support and customization alone make this worth while. I can't imagine a better form creator. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
byaristide on May 24, 2009
This form generator offers all the posibilities you have dreamed of. The support is very efficient.
Bravo! (in french)
My needs : sending emails to more than one recepient with attachements, auto answering, no data storage on the server.
Bravo! (in french)
My needs : sending emails to more than one recepient with attachements, auto answering, no data storage on the server.
Owner's reply
Thank you very much for your review, one note is that all your needs already exist! ;)
#1- you can setup any number of emails and each one may has any number of recipients!
#2- you can setup an email with a "Dynamic To" to send to the user who submitted the form!
#3- saving data to database is switchable in the DB connection tab!
bynanu on May 22, 2009
ChronoForms has been a huge asset to creating great forms for our client's sites. I love being able to use my own form code. All the flexibility and functionality of Chronoforms has made it so much easier to get my forms working just as I like within my Joomla sites. Great extension! Its a definite keeper in my collection of extensions that I use over and over again from site to site.
bykumargauravmail on May 22, 2009
One of the Best form management Component one can find for Joomla 1.5.
Thanks and All the Best.
Thanks and All the Best.
byfamonline on May 18, 2009
I've been using a different form management program (a commercial one) for some time and have always been frustrated with it. This component blows it out of the water. I literally sat, for the first 5 minutes of writing my first form, cursing myself for not finding this software before paying for "the other one". This is good stuff!!!!
bybakafox on May 16, 2009
Considering I hadn't even touched html code in perhaps a decade, and had never touched php or any other 'newfangled' coding until about five days ago, the fact that I could instantly use Chronoforms to create what the site I'm creating needed says a LOT about "ease of use".
And when I did have a question about whether or not one requested use was even a possibility with the form creator, I had an answer- and step by step tutorial for doing it- in less than a day.
And when I did have a question about whether or not one requested use was even a possibility with the form creator, I had an answer- and step by step tutorial for doing it- in less than a day.
bybilwww on May 16, 2009
One of the best joomla extensions I have ever used. Easy to set up!! Documentation well written and straight forward!! Download site easy to navigate!! Everything about the product is really excellent. I would highly recommend.
bystrak on May 4, 2009
Unfortunately this application is not working for me. I need specific email outcomes generated in order for the email lead to be auto entered into our outlook database in user created forms. Despite it not working for my unique purpose, I have never seen such great support. I used the forums and had quick responses and was even directly contacted by the developer to help assist me and all this without paying a dime... imagine if I actually had a budget to offer these wonderful programmers. Max, thanks a million for your time. I will use Chronoforms in the future and I will be making a donation. I can't imagine why or how this would or couldn't work.
byagavinwoods on April 27, 2009
After spending a couple hours in figuring out what does what, this component is truly awesome. Once one figures out how the interface works, its truly a powerful tool. If you are a developer and you want a quick and easy method of creating forms, then this is the tool! You have control over pretty much anything and can do pretty much anything, extremely customizable. If you are a novice web developer, then you dont need to know much to construct a form.
My hat is off to these developers. I have to create a lot of forms under a tight deadline and this tool saved me an all-nighter.
Although, I would make a suggestion. For when you add a form link in any of your menus, there should be some text boxes to allow one to add content to the form in the menu item creation component. I know you can add the HTML manually to the form, but often I am developing Joomla sites and then leaving maintenance to the user... they will struggle if they dont know joomla or web development for that matter.
My hat is off to these developers. I have to create a lot of forms under a tight deadline and this tool saved me an all-nighter.
Although, I would make a suggestion. For when you add a form link in any of your menus, there should be some text boxes to allow one to add content to the form in the menu item creation component. I know you can add the HTML manually to the form, but often I am developing Joomla sites and then leaving maintenance to the user... they will struggle if they dont know joomla or web development for that matter.
byjakebls on April 25, 2009
Chronoforms has saved me untold amounts of work creating forms, connecting form-mailers, and databases. It is so easy to use out of the box, and is well documented with easy to use advanced functions. If you need forms, you need ChronoForms!
byBigStef on April 12, 2009
Nothing else to say but : A great component that works ! An amazing "connectivty" that show results on front end ! A Forum that halps à lot ! Thanks for all ChronoTeams :-)
byWoosh! Webdesign on April 10, 2009
Nice component. I enjoy using the Form Wizard and especially the drag-and-drop feature. Although I encountered some minor bugs, I'm impressed with the fast and friendly support of the developers. Nice work...
byktsixit on April 10, 2009
I have nothing bad to say about this component. Great interface, no bugs and amazing support. There are pdf files available with instructions about basic scenarios, useful and easy to use FAQS and very kind people helping in support forum. I am completely satisfied with this component and it's performance. Well done!
byJimena on April 7, 2009
One of the best (if it´s not the best) components ever.
* Just SO useful.
* Simple, complete and friendly.
* Impeccable documentation.
* And an excellent support team.
Upper the level of any commercial component by far.
My sincere congratulations to the support team, and special thanks to Max.
* Just SO useful.
* Simple, complete and friendly.
* Impeccable documentation.
* And an excellent support team.
Upper the level of any commercial component by far.
My sincere congratulations to the support team, and special thanks to Max.
bymartinjonson on April 5, 2009
This is by far the best form component I have tried to date (and I have tried both free and commercial ones before this). Extremely easy to use and produces very nice looking and sleek forms (unlike a well known commercial product I have tried previously..)
The only thing that bugged me was a slight glitch in the Wizard form creator. When saving the form, the lightbox would constantly insist on being just below my field of vision, and scrolling down caused it to jump down further, creating an endless white page where you could never quite catch up with the bugger. This, however, only occured on the part where you design your form. Changing to the e-mail page was all it took for the form to be saved.
The only thing that bugged me was a slight glitch in the Wizard form creator. When saving the form, the lightbox would constantly insist on being just below my field of vision, and scrolling down caused it to jump down further, creating an endless white page where you could never quite catch up with the bugger. This, however, only occured on the part where you design your form. Changing to the e-mail page was all it took for the form to be saved.
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