BreezingForms 
Version
1.7.5 (build 761) (last update on Apr 25, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
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Favoured
274
License
GPLv2 or later
Commercial
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517371
Date Added
25 February 2009
Editor's Note
- This extension requires registration to download.
Create powerful and ergonomic forms in minutes.
Includes powerful features like content construction (cck), summary pages, payments, conditional fields, themes and more. See videos!
+++ The most innovative and powerful forms for Joomla! --- now J! 2.5 compatible! +++
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OUR FAIRNESS POLICY = INFINITE USE + NO RESTRICTIONS ON SUPPORT AND DOMAINS
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+ No extra payment for additional features, it is all-in-one.
+ Ease of use but covers all form aspects
+ Handles small forms to complex form applications
+ Provides some nice user experience
+ Offers 3 form editors - suits everybody's taste
All three modes share the same power but each has its own audience:
* QuickMode:
A form editor for the non-programmer and people who want their forms to be done very quickly but nice looking.
* EasyMode:
A form editor for layout centric form creation. Very powerful but simple in usage. Ideal for designers.
* ClassicMode:
A wysiwyg editor for creating forms. For technicians and fans of FacileForms.
Important features:
* Joomla! 2.5/1.7/1.6/1.5 native
* _Really_ powerful Conditional Fields without need for Javascript
* Frontend/Backend Editing: Turn BreezingForms into a mighty Content Construction Kit (CCK) using our extension ContentBuilder:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-production/content-construction/18048
* Simplified Email System
* MailChimp Newsletter integration
* Ajax file uploads with progress bars
* PDF, CSV & XML export
* Many themes included (QuickMode)
* Maxlength for textareas including "chars left" display
* Summary item: Create summary pages quickly (including calculations if you want)
* Integrator - Use your forms to integrate with other extensions
* User Editable Forms
* 18 and counting form items (from simple input to captcha items)
* Multipage forms
* Built-in PayPal and Direct Payment (Sofortüberweisung)
* Built-in Captcha PLUS reCaptcha
* Built-in calendar item
* Many pre-defined validations and actions
* Custom scripting
* Unlimited reply-to fields
* Reply-to files: attach files from your server to reply-to addresses
* Reply-to for select lists
* Reply-to addresses as sender addresses
* Filter data in reply-to emails
* Custom mail subjects
* File attachments from upload fields for admin and user mails
* Multiple recipients for the admin notification mails (themeable)
* User data is shown in the email notifications
* Database storage of all submitted data
* sh404sef support
* QuickMode editor optimized for very large forms
* Joomfish 2.0 for classic mode
* Documentation and tutorial videos
* Frequent updates
Very nice form with lots of possibilities and userfriendly. Also for non programmers.
Excellent support, with Markus you really feel like the Client that's King. Thank you Markus!
Excellent support, with Markus you really feel like the Client that's King. Thank you Markus!
I am often wary of buying commercial products but this one is worth every cent. The product works out of the box. It has more features than I know how to use at this stage but I can already see the potential uses on my sites.
The Easy Mode creates complex forms as it says, easy.
Support has been excellent. Thank you Markus.
The Easy Mode creates complex forms as it says, easy.
Support has been excellent. Thank you Markus.
I will quantify this by saying I am getting started. But to start it is anything but easy. All 3 interfaces are confusing. The quick mode works but generates the most simple form possible.
I will continue with the hard to read translated directions and see if I can figure it out. I will post form a more experienced perspective later. I am wondering if this is worth any money at all.
I will continue with the hard to read translated directions and see if I can figure it out. I will post form a more experienced perspective later. I am wondering if this is worth any money at all.
Owner's reply
Hi,
I am pretty sure that no other form extension creates forms like these out of the box and especially not in that small amount of time:
http://crosstec.de/joomla-forms-demos.html
People might agree that this is far away from being "just simple forms".
For the "hard to read translated" directions, I am not sure what you refer to. The main language of BreezingForms and the Website is english.
However thank you for the review!
Regards,
Markus
After using other components to build relatively simple forms, I opted to try BreezingForms even though it was marked "commercial." This component was very easy to understand via the documentation and even being a novice I was able to get a form up and running in no time. There were one or two issues that required assistance (due to being a novice) and the developer was extremely helpful and responded in a timely manner. This component was well worth the cost and I would highly recommend both for the component and the support.
This maybe loaded with features but I find the entire project confusing. This has different ways to create forms and each one is more irritating to use than the next. It's hard to get the same result using easy mode or quick mode. This has to be the worst interface I have ever had to use, coding the forms from scratch is easier for me, at least that way there's a logical flow.
Owner's reply
Hi,
it is not intended to get the same results for each form mode. We state that clearly in the description:
- QuickMode: Regular users
- EasyMode: Designers
- ClassicMode: Programmers
If you don't like the results of Easy- and ClassicMode, the QuickMode will satisfy your needs. And when you read about the experiences of others here, you will see this is the most used one.
For people who find "easy" means being quick, then the QuickMode is _the_ way to create forms.
Regards,
Markus
A brilliant extension - by far the best forms component currently available for Joomla!
It's got all the features I needed to create a fairly complex, multi-page, form which directs users to different pages based on the data they enter.
And I've just used the 'Quickmode' so far so suspect there is even more on offer....
The best part of this component is the support offered by Markus - he normally gets a response to me within a working day or two and has definitly exceeded my expectations by reviewing code and making corrections as necessary to simply get the job done.
Thanks Markus!
It's got all the features I needed to create a fairly complex, multi-page, form which directs users to different pages based on the data they enter.
And I've just used the 'Quickmode' so far so suspect there is even more on offer....
The best part of this component is the support offered by Markus - he normally gets a response to me within a working day or two and has definitly exceeded my expectations by reviewing code and making corrections as necessary to simply get the job done.
Thanks Markus!
I have built some really complicated forms with this tool.
As far as I can tell this is the only form tool that has easy rules to hide or show questions or whole sections based on your choices.
Unfortunately these on/off rules don't always seem to work, but the developer seems to always respond to my requests and help me sort stuff out.
For simpler forms I generally use another tool, but for complex, context-sensitive forms I turn to this one.
As far as I can tell this is the only form tool that has easy rules to hide or show questions or whole sections based on your choices.
Unfortunately these on/off rules don't always seem to work, but the developer seems to always respond to my requests and help me sort stuff out.
For simpler forms I generally use another tool, but for complex, context-sensitive forms I turn to this one.
We had a few problems installing BreezingForms but due to friendly and professional help of the BreezingForms-Team and Markus Bopp who found a quick solution we could debug and are now using BreezingForms for contact forms and event-registrations.
BreezingForm is easy to handle and worth installing.
10/10. Like it!
BreezingForm is easy to handle and worth installing.
10/10. Like it!
I would give Breezing Forms an Excellent rating, but it's not quite there yet. That said, if creating forms is what you want to accomplish, this is THE product to do the job. It is quite robust and can handle most any task (as other reviewers will tell you).
I believe the developers are working hard to make this the best product of it's type, and they will most likely achieve their goals.
THE most important feature of this extension is by far the support! The developers go out of their way to solve issues in a timely manner, and have even created custom code for myself and others to enable extra functionality!
I am very pleased with this extension and highly recommend it.
I believe the developers are working hard to make this the best product of it's type, and they will most likely achieve their goals.
THE most important feature of this extension is by far the support! The developers go out of their way to solve issues in a timely manner, and have even created custom code for myself and others to enable extra functionality!
I am very pleased with this extension and highly recommend it.
Owner's reply
Thank You! We are currently working hard for new and innovative features. The next - and almost finished - release (1.7.3) will include full Joomla! 1.6 support, new features and further enhancements.
Despite BreezingForms we have another high caliber product in the works that will seamingless integrate with BreezingForms and other products.
Please stay tuned, watch our for announcements on our site and thank you for the review!
The Quickmode is great to get new forms up and running within a few minutes. I needed to change my outdated, native Joomla contact form and needed only 5 minutes to get a new one setup with BreezingForms. My new contact form is more sophisticated and has reCaptcha built in.
But what I like most is the fantastic level of support provided by Markus at crosstec.de. I had last downloaded the release 733, in which there was an issue with reCaptcha. So I tried to get the latest version 737 and found out that my subscription had just run out 5 days after the release of this latest version. I contacted crosstec support and Markus worked with me to get the latest version to me. We actually used a Job Application form that I had built, with the capability to upload resumes. It worked perfect and Markus uploaded the new version to me.
To me this is excellent support for an excellent product!
But what I like most is the fantastic level of support provided by Markus at crosstec.de. I had last downloaded the release 733, in which there was an issue with reCaptcha. So I tried to get the latest version 737 and found out that my subscription had just run out 5 days after the release of this latest version. I contacted crosstec support and Markus worked with me to get the latest version to me. We actually used a Job Application form that I had built, with the capability to upload resumes. It worked perfect and Markus uploaded the new version to me.
To me this is excellent support for an excellent product!
If you need to create any kind of forms, breezingforms is really the best extension, and it's not expensive!
The support is great. I had some questions about the installation and got very quick responses.
I had some problems with the installation (error 2006, MySQL has gone...), so the support team helped me and fixed this error for me.
Thank you very much! Keep going like this!
The support is great. I had some questions about the installation and got very quick responses.
I had some problems with the installation (error 2006, MySQL has gone...), so the support team helped me and fixed this error for me.
Thank you very much! Keep going like this!
This is my second review of BreezingForm my first one was very poor. But that was not right. They haved tried to contact me but the mail got stuck between SPAM. When I post a help question this time the mail was delivered and the next day BreezingForms is working perfect.
They helped me quick and good.
To I can only say THANK YOU and this is the best Form I have tried.
They helped me quick and good.
To I can only say THANK YOU and this is the best Form I have tried.
I've used the free versions of this product (FacileForms)for number of years and recently upgraded to the "Pro" version (now called BreezingForms) and I must say - this is still the best forms extension for Joomla that you can use - free or commercial. The few times that I've needed support I got a response within hours. Markus was very helpful, personable and professional in his responses. I felt like I was his only customer. His concern and commitment to solving my issues was genuine. Anyone claiming to have not received support must have had a bad email connection...
Thank you Markus and team for an excellent forms extension with excellent support! From my perspective the Pro version was money well spent!
Thank you Markus and team for an excellent forms extension with excellent support! From my perspective the Pro version was money well spent!
I have tried nearly all of the other Form creation programs and this is the best! Easy to install, learning curve is short, and the final product excellent. I had some self inflicted problems which I sorted out and created a multipage form quickly. The newly created form and use of one of the available themes created a great looking GUI in my Rockettheme template. GREAT JOB! I am looking forward to honing my Breezingforms skills.
This component clearly has a lot of functionality and so far, I've been able to get it to do everything I wanted.
However, it's a little short on easy formatting capability (making things pretty, not just sitting there in a column), and it's not the easiest thing to learn.
Thank goodness for the terrific guys supporting it!
However, it's a little short on easy formatting capability (making things pretty, not just sitting there in a column), and it's not the easiest thing to learn.
Thank goodness for the terrific guys supporting it!
After using this extension, i cannot say anything other than WOW!! it is amazingly easy to use, and has so many options to work with! I love the fact that the forms looks so professional once you complete them.
I am a novice and was scared whether ill be able to work with it, but i must confess its easy and the support is OUTSTANDING. i submitted a support ticket and have been helped all through and the answers are right to the point. therefore, its not just a brilliant extension but the support from Markus is also excellent!
if you are thinking of purchasing a form software, i would recommend this one, so please, dont give it a miss! it is worth every penny! it will really make your life easier, trust me.
well done to crosstec solutions for inventing a great piece for Joomla! thank you!
I am a novice and was scared whether ill be able to work with it, but i must confess its easy and the support is OUTSTANDING. i submitted a support ticket and have been helped all through and the answers are right to the point. therefore, its not just a brilliant extension but the support from Markus is also excellent!
if you are thinking of purchasing a form software, i would recommend this one, so please, dont give it a miss! it is worth every penny! it will really make your life easier, trust me.
well done to crosstec solutions for inventing a great piece for Joomla! thank you!
I needed a simple form with a couple of extra features, and easy to use.
Everything from installing, to building a form, to having my form ready went very smoothly. With the sample forms available, one can do a form without even reading any documentation. Amazing with the quantity of options available, still easy to navigate and use.
And the ability to drag form elements make designing a form fun.
+ building more complicated forms is possible and looks inviting to try (never thought i would say that about forms! ) and plenty of documentation....
one more thing, response/support is excellent, you feel there is a person behind the product.
excellent. thank you for this extension..
Everything from installing, to building a form, to having my form ready went very smoothly. With the sample forms available, one can do a form without even reading any documentation. Amazing with the quantity of options available, still easy to navigate and use.
And the ability to drag form elements make designing a form fun.
+ building more complicated forms is possible and looks inviting to try (never thought i would say that about forms! ) and plenty of documentation....
one more thing, response/support is excellent, you feel there is a person behind the product.
excellent. thank you for this extension..
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