Introduction

Contacts & Feedback, Contact forms, Forms, Popups & iFrames

Shack Forms is the easiest and most powerful way to add forms for your Joomla site. Shack Forms allows you to customize forms and then show them in your articles, inside pop-ups, in modules, or anywhere you want.


The design of Shack Forms is completely flexible with many different themes, styles and effects. Without using any coding, Shack Forms can look beautiful on your site.

Show your Joomla forms inside a lightbox popup

With Shack Forms, you can display your forms as a lightbox popup. Your form can be loaded when users click a button, click a tab, click a menu link, or even when they scroll down the page.

Insert your Joomla forms inside articles

Any form you create with Shack Forms can be placed inside articles. In fact, wherever there's text area in Joomla, you can insert your forms.

Adding fields is super-easy with Shack Forms

You can add fields to your forms and with a drag-and-drop form builder. Shack Forms supports 13 different field types including Text, Email, Select Lists, Checkboxes, Dates and many more.

Customize the design of your Joomla forms

Without any coding, Shack Forms allows you to define the colors, styles, backgrounds, effects and more for your forms.

Show your forms as a floating slide-in box

Using Shack Forms, you can show your form around the outside of your site. Visitors click on a button, and your form will slide into view.

Allow your users to attach files

With Shack Forms you can allow your visitors to upload files to attach with their contact messages.

Integration with popular mailing services

Integrate your Joomla forms with Acymailing, Mailchimp and Freshmail providers. Also you can send the messages to Community Builder, JomSocial, SobiPro, Zoo and Google Sheets.

Functionality
I use the forms for two of my clients and both of them are satisfied.
Ease of use
Very easy to setup, the settings are self explainatory. Updates are a bit complicated but except this,everything is fine.
Support
Documentation
Value for money
If you don't want to search for long and waste your time it's worth every penny.
I used this to: To be able to contact customers. Keep in mind it needed to work with the EU GDPR guidelines
Functionality
Has all the options and features I expected and wanted. No need to to use any other form.
Ease of use
Very simple to use, both regarding configuration and using in the front site.
Support
Absolutely great support! Quick and meticulous. Don't hesitate to ask support, they know what they are doing.
Documentation
Excellent. Clear and easy to follow and to find what you are searching for.
Value for money
Definitely! Value for the money. I really recommend this product.
I used this to: I use this for registration features and booking forms on clients' websites.
Functionality
Very versatile, and has all the options and functionality you could possibly want, the options are endless.
Ease of use
Even with all of the options available, it's not overwhelming and is very straightforward and simple to use.
Support
Great support, send a ticket and you get a quick and helpful response, and they'll even jump in the backend and fix it if need be.
Documentation
Nice and clear, easy to follow, not that you need it very much as it's so simple to use.
Value for money
Great bang for buck, you can't go wrong, I'd definitely recommend it.
I used this to: I use this for adding professional-looking contact and booking forms on clients' websites.
Functionality
Does just what we need it to for email forms along with additional security.
Ease of use
Very easy to set up and customize. Took minutes to set up forms, implement modules, and test. Worked perfectly.
Support
Support is exceptionally responsive and is always helpful and kind.
Documentation
Clear and easy to understand. All of Joomla shacks methods of support are exceptional.
Value for money
I have purchased their everything plan which has supported and sustained our site for many years.
I used this to: Primarily used for site email forms to allow users to communicate with service folks at our organization.

Shack Forms Pro



Posted on 13 September 2022
Functionality
I've had this on my website for a few years now and I am impressed with the options an functionality
Ease of use
This extension is very intuitive and easy to use. I also use OSDownloads which again is very easy to use and very comprehensive
Support
The support is almost instant, I am in the UK so if I submit questions after lunch I get a response almost immediately
Documentation
The documentation is extensive and also includes many how-to videos if you prefer not to read.
Value for money
I have an Everything account which is billed annually and gives me access to all extensions at a very competitive price.
I used this to: The template on our main website and anything I can plug into it - most of what I need is available via joomla shack.

Just great



Posted on 21 July 2022
Functionality
Functionality was not yet used to full extend, but so far: great.
Ease of use
Basic functions are up and running in no time, my experience: "easy".
Support
Documentation
Value for money
Compared to the free module that was used before, this one is money well spent.
I used this to: Used for an association website build in Joomla-4, a simple form to begin with.

Great Extension



Posted on 20 June 2022
Functionality
Does everything as advertised. Produced good forms in a good layout.
Ease of use
it is a complex extension with many options. But you can use it right out of the box and get quick results.
Support
The support of Joomlashack is outstanding. Very fast response time and very professional.
Documentation
Extensive documentation available. Good to have it online, but also on the website to check, if an extension fits for your purpose
Value for money
Many extensions available for a reasonably good price. This extension provides quick solutions out of the box
I used this to: Collecting user information on specific topics on 2 websites, augmenting printed form-sheets

The Forms of Choice



Posted on 14 August 2021
Functionality
Add, edit and configure the form fields with the options you need
Ease of use
Simple to install and to setup and have it working very quickly....
Support
Outstanding and prompt support from Joomlashack - always helpful with any of their extensions
Documentation
Easy to follow if needed. Clear and relevant information provided.
Value for money
Excellent. - even better if you consider their package offerings
I used this to: Using on several sites without hesitation - just works .........!

Great extension



Posted on 14 July 2021
Functionality
easy to install, configure with plenty of options for styling and layouts
Ease of use
simple, well suited to non developers. Had a little problem with my T3 template but it was resolved quickly
Support
Great, respond with 24 hours and gave simple solutions for my issue
Documentation
Good, easy to follow and quite comprehensive with images and good explanations
Value for money
Excellent value for money, well priced with good support. I bought a package offer making it even better value
I used this to: commercial website with an e commerce website and could configure different forms for any section or page

Excellent!



Posted on 30 March 2021
Functionality
Anything that can be done with email, Shack Forms can do, from short contact forms to very complex application forms.
Ease of use
Very easy to use, despite the complexity. The learning curve is moderate.
Support
Excellent support. The one time I've needed it so far - it took less than an hour for the developers to get back to me and provide the fix.
Documentation
Value for money
Great value for the money. Mostly because it comes without headaches. It's not only great software, but the support is there.
I used this to: I use this for one of my clients' websites, which is on Joomla, and which requires a complex form to process applications.
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Shack Forms

Version:
5.1.26
Developer:
Joomlashack
Last updated:
Jan 24 2024
1 month ago
Date added:
Nov 18 2014
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Paid download
Includes:
c m p
Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5 (b/c plugin)
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