ChronoForms Popular ComponentModulePlugin

I always needed to create custom forms for my clients websites, Or to migrate their old websites forms fast and easy to new Joomla websites forms, this was pain, as I was using other components for doing this, and create everything from scratch at web based tools. So I created this tool to let me copy and paste code from old sites or after making it in 5 minutes with any HTML editor (e.g: Macromedia DreamWeaver)

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!!!!

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byGerar10s on February 6, 2010
Dude! I'm an absolute newbie to joomla! I'm still learning how to install stuff and create simple things. I needed a simple form to collect some info and email it to me and the person submitting the form for their records. Installation, form and email set up and test took me 15 min!!! It's idiot proof and it works!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
bybmcvet on January 17, 2010
I used several webtolls to create froms with high quality and just this give me what I expected. Thank you very much to sharing this wonderful Jooma extension!
byOhMichelle on January 15, 2010
The support for ChronoForms is wonderful. Thus far I've been able to do everything I needed EXCEPT for one small thing - and that's getting the relationship between 2 tables established. Chrono will save data to 2 forms but I need the 'id' from table 1 to be updated in table 2 after Chrono writes the record. Up until now, I can't get that working. Any advise?

The Chrono forum is active and the dev is very helpful.
byTABarlow on December 26, 2009
Very good package that allowed me to implement e-mail contact forms very quickly. It will do much more than I need right now, and it's good to know I have a strong forms tool in my kit. Flexible, fits in seamlessly as far as the front end is concerned, and the pricing plan is very reasonable. You can use it for free if you don't mind the backlink on each form, but hey - let's support those who are developing quality extensions like this one!
Have tried a few others, but ChronoForms is by far the most robust forms solution. When your needs go beyond a simple Contact Us form, look no further!
byaltaf_ajju on December 2, 2009
When it comes to the forms, this is best and it worked for me perfectly.
the support is wonderful
byHofstede on November 30, 2009
Very useful component to customize forms! Excellent support.
Annelies
bykrackerjax on November 29, 2009
I've been using this component for quite a while. I've used it for my contact form. All I can say is that it's really awesome and highly flexible if you are willing to take the time to learn it.

I create my regular form in HTML. Paste it in to the "Form Code" section and then link it via the Joomla menu. It supports quite a few plugins (Community Builder registration, Joomla! Registiona, etc). It has a built-in CAPTCHA for spam protection but it does have a plugin for ReCAPTCHA, which is what I use.

The ability to support custom thank you pages can give you the opportunity to show your visitor what they submitted.

There is a link on each page that uses ChronoForms. It just links to the chronoengine website. As with most of these links it doesn't open in a new page. Nothing major. I've edited the coding on mine to simply center the text/link and have the link open in a new window.

Not sure why, but just a pet peve of mine, that is, having those types of links centered and opening in a new window.
byBecNowak on November 27, 2009
Because of this module I have created features on my website I hadn't even thought about before installing it. It is so easy to use, looks professional and I love that the Captcha is easy to read unlike some others I've seen. Excellent Component!
All I can say after using Chronoengine Forms and other components like connectivity and comments, is that --- Chronoengine simply rocks! In fact it is one of the best thing that has happened to Joomla and has the potential to make Joomla the most powerful CMS. I had been a joomla user for so many users but for some time I'd shifted to Drupal because of its immense customisation capability. Recently by chance I came across this joomla component and this made me come back to joomla with a new zeal. I feel Chronoengine's immense potential has been very under utilised or made known to users. I would like here to make here a comparison with Drupal and what makes Drupal most popular and powerful --- one can easily say it is Drupal's CCK and Views module. Remove these two and there will be nothing exciting there. CCK provides in drupal the power to create fully customised websites. After looking at ChronoForm I feel this component has the same potential and power as CCK module --- rather even more as it provides more functionality. In fact ChronoForm seems to be Drupal's CCK, Content Profile, Imaage cache and file-filefield and so many other modules -- all made in one. Especially after adding Emmanuel Danan ChronoForms plugin, one can have image thumbnails too (like imagecache in drupal). I have started working with Chronoforms and would like to explore it fully. I feel one doesnt need community builder or any other component as with the help of ChronoForm one can create fully customised Community websites with special user registaration and users' profile and any other elements one wants to. Similarly one can go ahead and create fully customised Job websites or Classified Search websites. The ChronoForm se capacity seems to get additional power from its capacity of saving data to database and connectivity aspects. As I am still exploring its power, I am yet to see its capacity to Craete different customised content types and how it correlates with other database tables in joomla. Hope that it would be a seamless coordination. I think it should be renamed as ChronoContent Engine.
Even if you have limited coding experience with Joomla this form is for you. If you know how to read instructions you can have a form up and running on your site within minutes. And if you run into an issue the Chrono guys have a forum and help. I sent an email at 2am in the morning and received a reply from Chrono guys within 2 hours. It is fully extensible - meaning you can code your forms in Dreamweaver and import the code into Chronoforms. I am extremely happy I found this form - it is well worth the amount I paid. If you own lots of websites like me - buy the unlimited version - it is worth it.
byyaostup on November 11, 2009
I do highly appreciate this component. I found very useful the ability to edit forms code, and create actions "on deliver an e-mail".
To install the module I made manual installation steps (see joomla faq).
byVG on November 5, 2009
ChronoForms was extremely easy to set up and get to do what I wanted. Very intuitive. I did run into a php issue in the server side validation, but that's really non of ChronoForms business, but I got help in under an hour, at 11 pm! Great stuff!
I've been using chronoforms for a few weeks now and just had to come back here to add yet another positive review to the list. All the good things people have written in the reviews below are true. Solid 5 stars.

You *can* use it to make validated forms, emails and data storage with just a few clicks, but it *also* allows you to easily add gobs of your own php and js.

I originally installed it simply because I wanted to have a back-end integrated with joomla for the user -- and didn't want to try and write my own component. I got far more than I expected.

If I had to choose something to nit-pick about, it would be that the size of the edit boxes in the back-end are a bit small if you are writing a lot of code. To get around that I mirror the form code in my regular text editor where I'm happier anyway. I don't think this would be even a concern for most people though, so do not let this minor niggle stop you from installing it.

I think the fact that I had to really stretch there to find something to complain about should say something to you as a prospective user.

Finally, their forum is quite a busy place (another good sign), but Bob and Max are still very quick to respond.
bytangit on October 28, 2009
After installing this it took me about half an hour to familiarise my self with it but once i figured it out then i got straight onto building a form and setting it up. I created a feedback form for users testing aspects of my site and it worked great.

I would like to add logos and stuff which i think you can do by using the custom thing.

Overall very pleased with it.
byjTips on October 27, 2009
I tried a couple of other forms components, but this one just works!

Very easy to build a basic form structure then easy to edit the underlying code to get it just right.
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.
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.
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!
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