eXtroForms
Version
1.13 (last update on Feb 20, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
3
License
GPLv2 or later
Commercial
Type
Date Added
9 November 2011
eXtroForms allows the user to create any number of forms, which in turn can contain any number of input fields.
The entire range of available HTML input fields was mapped to eXtroForms.
An input field can be created in the backend as easy as writing a standard Joomla article, then you determine the position at which it will be displayed on the form and that's it. For this there are 5 different display positions.
Of course you can copy the fields, delete or rearrange them if you are not satisfied with the original arrangement.
A preview function in the backend ensures that you can preview your form at any time, without the hassle of sharing it in the frontend.
In the front end 4 different output options are available: static tooltips, instant tooltips, tooltips with sliding effect or bubble-tooltips. The layout can be customized via CSS in the backend, every single form has it's own CSS style sheet, so that maximum variability is guaranteed. The meta-information (description, title and keywords) can also be specified separately per form.
If a user has filled in the form in the frontend, he can receive (depending on the settings in the backend) a confirmation email and be forwarded to a selected thank you page.
eXtroForms is also perfectly suitable for multilingual sites: From Joomla 1.7, the forms can be translated natively without an additional component.
To protect your form against misuse, you can secure it in addition to the built-in security-mechanisms by extro-media.de with Google ReCaptcha. If a filled in form should still be spam then this request will be filed automatically under suspicion of spam. You can view this folder in the back end separately, and if you decide that an inquiry is not spam, you can move it with a single click to the normal requests.
You can view all queries in the backend or export them via CSV or XML.
eXtroForms was built completely from scratch according to the Joomla MVC design and is based on the Joomla Framework.
It produces no so-called spaghetti code in the frontend, is XHTML and CSS3 compliant and accessible through the renunciation of tables and is therefore ideal for users and search engines.
Quick Overview
Any number of forms
Any number of fields
4 different layouts
Anti-spam mechanisms
Can be used as autoresponder
Inquiries exportable by CSV / XML
Simple operation
Joomla MVC compatible
Easily adaptable
New in V1.12:
- a new ajax upload function has been included
- you can now set the upload directory
- nicer styles for the backend have been included
+ some small bugfixes
Note: V1.12/V1.13 is only available for Joomla 2.5.x!
New Version released! V1.13 resolves a small issue when using eXtroForms on a Windows server.
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Hi guys, we're using joomla for our intranet and also needed a form component. We found that extroforms is very flexible but still easy to use and has all the functionality we need. Due to the great documentation and intuitive usability, we had set up our first form in minutes and were ready to use it. Very good job!
I've used this form component for a university project. With this component,building a form is very easy, just choose which field you want to create, enter name and that's it! For me it was very important to have a upload function that is not limited to upload only one file at once and that can assign the uploaded files to the respective user. Both is possible with eXtroForms. Overall, this is a great component to easily build a form with.
