In this tutorial I teach you how to work with contact forms in Joomla! Contact forms are created so that visitors can contact the user or administrator. Adding contact forms is a great way for visitors to contact you. By using the contact form your email address will not be displayed to all spammers.
How to add a contact form
Log in to your Joomla admin panel. Go to the top of your Joomla window and click Components > Contacts > Manage Contacts. That will bring up the Contact Manager page. On that page you will see some buttons on the top right of the page. Click New button. This will allow you to create a new contact form.
On the next page you will have to fill in the fields. Under the Categories field, click that box and select Contacts. Under Connected User, uncheck that box and select Administrator. Fill in the remaining fields. Filling in your street address is your choice.
On the right side of the page you will see three tabs. Click on the Publishing tab. Click here to publish the field. Public Click on the Access field.
If you want to add an image to the contact form click on the Images tab. Drop down the box and select the image you would like to use.
Click on the Parameters tab and set those options as you want. You can choose what you want to show and what you want to hide in the contact form.
Click the Save button at the top of the Joomla window. The Save button is above where the New button was. You will now be taken back to the Contact Manager page. Your new contact form should be listed on this page.
How to delete a contact form
Log in to your admin panel. Click Components > Contacts > Manage contacts at the top of your Joomla window. The Contact Manager page will come up. Find the contact form you want to delete. Apart from that you will see a contact form box. Check that box and click the Delete button at the top right of your screen. That will delete the contact form.
How to edit the Contact form
Log in to your admin panel. Click Components > Contacts > Manage contacts at the top of your Joomla window. The Contact Manager page will come up. Click on the name of the contact form you want to edit. The contact form will come up. Edit the form and then click Save.
How to edit the contact form
Log in to your admin panel. Click Components > Contacts > Manage contacts at the top of your Joomla window. The Contact Manager page will come up. Find the contact form you want unpublished. Click the green checkmark next to the unpublished form.
If you have any problems with this Joomla tutorial, please feel free to contact me using the contact button at the top of this page.
