What is the best Form Submission Component?
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- RedRiverBlack
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Hi all,
I have been absolutely pulling my hair out recently while trying to find a suitable alternative to the now unsupported Artforms Forms Component.
I need these features:
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Unlimited fields
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The ability to omit the empty fields on the submissions. (They look silly with 40 or so empty fields)
I recently purchased BF Forms which is quite robust but it cannot omit empty fields.
I have recently tried Chrono forms and RS Forms but each time I try a new component there is always 1 feature from above that is missing! I wonder can anyone recommend one any better than Blue Flame Forms that will fit the bill? Please!
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- Rich Bean
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- Maybe fabrik? But not sure if it can omit empty fields. Terp (here in the forums) is the resident fabrik guru.
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- JEM
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RSForm or RSForm Pro are worth a look.
www.rsjoomla.com/ - Thanks,
jim
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- RedRiverBlack
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- Thanks for your input guys. I had a look at RSForm but could not see a way to omit the empty fields. This is really important for me because I want to use the form for users to submit tournament results that may have up to 50 players. I will check out Fabrik next.
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- KonstantinDK
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- RedRiverBlack
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- Thanx for the tip Terp. I havn't used Fabrik in depth yet. Will that remove the empty fields from the confirmation emails if the user filled 10 of 50 fields?
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- drsawbones
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Rob at Fabrik is great fellow. I do admire his work and dedication. Fabrik is not for the faint of code though. However, after using Fabrik component for about a year, I had my very first Joomla 1.5 site hacked, ever!
It really made me sad that they came in via Fabrik. Had I known that 2-1 lines of code in my .htaccess file would have stopped it...doh. Now, that I have added this, I feel better, an am still using Fabrik on that site that was hacked.# proc/self/environ? no way! RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} proc\/self\/environ [OR]
Recently have had a request for a custom multi-line registration form. I moved to Ambra User ACL to do the job. So far, it is working like a charm, (and much easier to set up and get going the Fabrik). But, of course, it sounds like you are dealing with a non-registration type of form creation. Too bad, we have to pay to "hit or miss" these days.
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Doc
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- Terp
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RedRum wrote:
Thanx for the tip Terp. I havn't used Fabrik in depth yet. Will that remove the empty fields from the confirmation emails if the user filled 10 of 50 fields?
I believe the default email template omits the blanks, too...been awhile since I tested this, but I would bet it does (or, if it doesn't, it would take about 5 minutes to figure how to.
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- RedRiverBlack
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Well that sounds positive. I will have to give it another shot when I am done trying to get my present form extension to work for so many fields.
Is the post that drsawbones made much to be worried about? I wouldn't have a clue that I would need to add those two lines of code if I started using Fabrik.
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