ChronoForms 
Version
V4.0 (last update on Apr 30, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
288
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
17 December 2006
Editor's Note
- Free version displays a link to the developers site. Upon installation, users will be prompted for an optional validation code to remove the link.
Chronoforms is about 6 years old, today it comes with a huge list of features with a very easy to use drag and drop interface to help you build any type of forms you may need, some of the features included are:
1- Basic forms features like fields creation..etc
2- Emails processing.
3- Data validation on form (client-side - JavaScript) and on server.
4- Data storage and management. (Let's you create a table for your form, save data to this table then manage it later) (ChronoConnectivity provides even more management capabilities)
5- Security with built in Captcha + ReCaptcha support.
6- Different Joomla functions. (Joomla registration forms, User Login or Article submission..etc)
7- Access Control to your forms.
8- Payment Integration (Authorize.net - Paypal Pro - 2Checkout.com)
9- More utilities for common stuff needed like CURL - Email verification - Confirmation pages..etc
10- endless control using an events based system which lets you control everything inside your form if you want to, plus the ability to use PHP code wherever and whenever you need.
Support:
1- Big set of free PDF tutorials covering most of the basic features.
2- Free forums with more than 70,000 forums posts covering almost any question you may think about, We try to answer everybody's questions and comments on our forums or through private emails.
You are welcome to visit us :)
I have never imagined that creating forms or copying forms and then using them in a Joomla site could be so easy. I've always done it the hard way. The painful way. Thanks for one of the best tools ever released for FORMS.
Now, if you could only show us how to connect this to a PayPal Subscription button so that we could collect the signup details and send the appropriate data to PayPal for a subscription - you'd make even more friends.
Now, if you could only show us how to connect this to a PayPal Subscription button so that we could collect the signup details and send the appropriate data to PayPal for a subscription - you'd make even more friends.
Wonderful tool to create your own forms. Just open FrontPage (for example), Insert -> Form, Choose your components. Put as many as you want on the page, switch to the HTML tab, copy it all and paste it in the text field this component provides for you. Name the form and tell it where you want the results sent.
Then.. the part that tripped me up, create a new menu item.
Choose type "Link - URL" then write the URL to be :
index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=YOUR_FORM_NAME_HERE
Voila. You've just linked to an entire form you created and the form works beautifully! I tried about every compononent to try and trip it up, but it rocked!
Fantastic work!
Then.. the part that tripped me up, create a new menu item.
Choose type "Link - URL" then write the URL to be :
index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=YOUR_FORM_NAME_HERE
Voila. You've just linked to an entire form you created and the form works beautifully! I tried about every compononent to try and trip it up, but it rocked!
Fantastic work!
I have been looking for a good com. to assist the building of forms. I have tried several without luck. This one totally fits the bill though.
Here is one problem that I had...
When I published the form I kept getting this error:
I had the following errors:
1. I copied and pasted the form tags into the component. This isn't necessary because ChronoForms does it for you.
2. I needed to follow this path...
Go to forms management under "Chrono Forms" under "components" in the admin area.
Select New.
type your form name, lets say it will be "myformname".
insert your own HTML code in the HTML code area.
Save the form
go to Menu > mainmenu > then select New
Choose type "Link - URL" then write the URL to be :
index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=myformname
I found this solution on the builders site. Now I am in business.
Here is one problem that I had...
When I published the form I kept getting this error:
I had the following errors:
1. I copied and pasted the form tags into the component. This isn't necessary because ChronoForms does it for you.
2. I needed to follow this path...
Go to forms management under "Chrono Forms" under "components" in the admin area.
Select New.
type your form name, lets say it will be "myformname".
insert your own HTML code in the HTML code area.
Save the form
go to Menu > mainmenu > then select New
Choose type "Link - URL" then write the URL to be :
index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=myformname
I found this solution on the builders site. Now I am in business.
When not using Joomla do you currently use Dreamweaver or Front Page to create your forms?
Then do yourself a favor and get this component. It is soooo much easier to use. You just create your form in Dreamweaver or similar web program and copy and paste the html into the admin panel. (Design it any way you want, using tables, or whatever you like.)
Being used to creating my forms in Dreamweaver, ChronoForms is SOOOOO much ESASIER than all of the other components I've used here in the Joomla extension library. And it's free.
One thing to keep in mind. When linking to the ChronoForm in the Joomla menu system, use the URL link (not the component link). Use this example link index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=myformname (replace "myformname" with the name of the form you have given it in the ChronoForm admin panel.)
As they say on the net, CHEERS and LOL!
Rowby
Then do yourself a favor and get this component. It is soooo much easier to use. You just create your form in Dreamweaver or similar web program and copy and paste the html into the admin panel. (Design it any way you want, using tables, or whatever you like.)
Being used to creating my forms in Dreamweaver, ChronoForms is SOOOOO much ESASIER than all of the other components I've used here in the Joomla extension library. And it's free.
One thing to keep in mind. When linking to the ChronoForm in the Joomla menu system, use the URL link (not the component link). Use this example link index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=myformname (replace "myformname" with the name of the form you have given it in the ChronoForm admin panel.)
As they say on the net, CHEERS and LOL!
Rowby
I thought so, and wasted tons of time with most of the other free form extensions. I even hovered over the purchase button for several of the commercial offers but just wanted something simple and easy to use. I came back to ChronoForms several times but dismissed it as in, “No way, can’t possibly work as easily as advertised” and off I went, wasting more time and getting more frustrated that something so easily done outside of Joomla! was so hard to do inside it. I just wanted MY forms to work.
I finally downloaded and installed it in the wee hours one morning, then kicked myself for days for not trying it sooner. It’s brilliant! I can use Dreamweaver to create the forms (even tried it with FrontPage..egads, and it worked perfect after the latest release), then just paste it into ChronoForms, tell it what to do with the results, and it’s done.
Had one problem with the first version I tried where it wouldn’t recognize INPUT TYPE= in all caps (yup…FrontPage), but within days of bringing it to the dev’s attention it was fixed. Since then I’ve yet to find a single form developed in Dreamweaver, GoLive or FrontPage that ChronoForms didn’t convert and work with perfectly. I even just pulled form code from random sites to test it and stuck it in ChronoForms and it worked.
Maybe if you tried hard enough you could find something it didn’t work with but it’s handled everything I needed it to do.
Not much documentation, then again, not much needed. Great response from the dev, and so far have absolutely no complaint. Best of all, no fear of making forms work Joomla!
Do yourself a favor and if you can use a 3rd party program to build your form like Dreamweaver or GoLive, give this one a test drive. Definitely wouldn’t have believed it was so easy to publish forms in Joomla! after all I went through.
I finally downloaded and installed it in the wee hours one morning, then kicked myself for days for not trying it sooner. It’s brilliant! I can use Dreamweaver to create the forms (even tried it with FrontPage..egads, and it worked perfect after the latest release), then just paste it into ChronoForms, tell it what to do with the results, and it’s done.
Had one problem with the first version I tried where it wouldn’t recognize INPUT TYPE= in all caps (yup…FrontPage), but within days of bringing it to the dev’s attention it was fixed. Since then I’ve yet to find a single form developed in Dreamweaver, GoLive or FrontPage that ChronoForms didn’t convert and work with perfectly. I even just pulled form code from random sites to test it and stuck it in ChronoForms and it worked.
Maybe if you tried hard enough you could find something it didn’t work with but it’s handled everything I needed it to do.
Not much documentation, then again, not much needed. Great response from the dev, and so far have absolutely no complaint. Best of all, no fear of making forms work Joomla!
Do yourself a favor and if you can use a 3rd party program to build your form like Dreamweaver or GoLive, give this one a test drive. Definitely wouldn’t have believed it was so easy to publish forms in Joomla! after all I went through.
I have created some pretty complex forms, very quickly. There's not much to say, it does the job perfectly, the help/info things are clear. A great tool. I've only used the HTML part, but now I'm thinking I can use the other options to put the data into the database as well as email the forms. The developer's site has a forum on it. Pretty cool all around.
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