RSJoomla! Blog - tutorials, tips & updates about forms

I know why you are here. You probably are building a Joomla! based website and you found out that the default Joomla! contact form is way to limited for your needs.

That's why we created RSForm!Pro. Our Joomla! contact form builder not only helps you create contact forms in your Joomla! based website quickly and without any programming knowledge, but it also comes with a full range of features, that are easy to access and user friendly!

Perhaps you need more than just a Joomla! Contact form?!

With RSForm!Pro you can send e-mail to submitters and to your staff members at the same time, you can add anti-spam checks and make the form blend with the looks of your Joomla! website in no time

While developing Joomla! websites for your customers you often probably needed a contact form. Here's what you should consider when choosing the right Joomla! form builder:

1. Is it easy to use?

Often Joomla! Form builders are made from the programmer's point of view, thus requiring you to read entire documentation articles and have complex HTML knowledge to be able to create fields and set up the layout.

RSForm!Pro keeps the layout simple. You have a single page where you can add, edit, delete and change order to your form fields. Another really helpful feature is the pre-defined layouts that help you change the form layout on the run, simply by clicking on one of them.

All users are advised to update to the latest version of RSForm! Pro - Revision 23.

Improvements include:

• Return URL not working on some servers
• Submission manager redirect bug fixed
• Speed improvements by adding indexes to the database
• When adding a form to menu, no alias was created

You can read the full changelog here.

The latest version of RSForm! Pro is available as a standard download if you want to install it fresh; just go to Resources >>Customer Downloads.
If you already have RSForm!Pro installed, just read our update tutorial.

Today, we've released a brand new Joomla! System Plugin - the RSForm! Pro Plugin.

What does the RSForm! Pro System Plugin do ?

The System Plugin works exactly like the Content Plugin (known until now as mosrsform) - it displays the specified form wherever it finds the right syntax {rsform [number]}.
The limitation of the Content Plugin however, was that it only worked with Joomla! articles. This means that if you wanted to use a Custom HTML module, a 3rd party component that loaded the Joomla! article directly from the database, it would not work.
With the RSForm! Pro System Plugin, this limitation is lifted. It will work regardless of where the {rsform [number]} syntax is found.

Today we've launched the 22nd revision of RSForm! Pro, bringing a new

feature: generating XHTML compliant tableless layouts.

The new layout is called "Inline (XHTML)" and uses a series of list items to define the components, instead of table rows, like the "Inline" layout does. The layout has been tested with Joomla!'s Milkyway and Purity templates, both of which have passed the XHTML 1.0 Transitional specifications.
Feel free to help us improve RSForm! Pro and help the community by specifying new Web 2.0 style approaches to form handling and form appearance.