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Fourteen Fabulous February Freebies

Fourteen Fabulous February Freebies

Didn't get what you hoped for this Valentine's Day? Roses are red; violets are blue; look at these goodies I found for you.

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Shine up your UniForm with this (almost) free form builder

Shine up your UniForm with this (almost) free form builder

Looking for an easy-to-use form builder for Joomla without a hefty price tag? UniForm from JoomlaShine is the answer and in this post I walk you through it's major features.

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Nance Briscoe
I started learning JOOMLA! 2.5 last fall and needed a form - I've been using UniForm and as a novice I applaud the developers - it... Read More
Saturday, 12 October 2013 22:20
Richard Pearce
You should talk to JoomlaShine about this. That doesn't sound right at all.
Sunday, 13 October 2013 06:46
Dawn
Is it possible with Uni Form Pro Standard version to have a list of recipients on a form and the submitter chooses who the form wi... Read More
Monday, 25 November 2013 15:34
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Captcha Wants to Know - Are You a Human?

Captcha Wants to Know - Are You a Human?

CAPTCHA is one of the most used and hated pieces of technology on the web. It almost defines the term "necessary evil" while driving website visitors completely insane. Webmasters love the fact that it can cut spam on their sites to almost nothing, and website visitors sometimes completely abandon their form submissions over frustratingly garbled words and numbers.

People have lamented over and over, "There must be another way!" Well, there are other ways, and we'll look at one in this article. This alternative, however, could be just as controversial as CAPTCHA itself.

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Richard Pearce
Personally I think this one is too clever. Do I want to see a better Captcha solution for Joomla? Yes. Is this the answer? Well .... Read More
Thursday, 07 March 2013 13:08
Ian Hayward
Much as I detest captcha - me nor. I've ended up using EasyCalc - http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/social-web/social-share... Read More
Thursday, 07 March 2013 19:27
Robert Wilson
Thanks for the comment Ian. We actually have plans to look at EasyCalcCheck PLUS as well as a comparison in a future post. By th... Read More
Thursday, 07 March 2013 20:02
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Free Joomla Form Builders

Joomla form buildersOne of the first things I looked for after discovering Joomla was a free form builder. Most sites require a basic contact form. Other sites might need to collect unique data or conduct a survey or create a simple order form. This post reveals the current state of play of free Joomla form builders.

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Ian Hayward
Having tried most of these at some time or other - and bought bfForms - I now use one you haven't mentioned - Google Forms. Not s... Read More
Thursday, 14 June 2012 18:17
Richard Pearce
I wanted this post to be about native Joomla form extensions. Here's a video on how to embed a Google form into Joomla.... Read More
Friday, 15 June 2012 06:37
JP Fourie
Thank you Richard.
Friday, 15 June 2012 09:00
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How to embed a Google form into Joomla

How to insert a Google form into JoomlaWorking with forms in Joomla is probably one of the most popular requested topics. We've already covered one great solution, Wufoo forms, and now I will share another option, Google Forms.

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Robin McCamont
I recently discovered Google forms myself by reading a comment Robert made to someone else in your forum, Richard. I was extremel... Read More
Thursday, 07 June 2012 12:20
Robert Wilson
Benji, That's a good question. This isn't meant to be a robust, highly configurable application. Google doesn't provide easy me... Read More
Friday, 08 June 2012 05:45
Robert Wilson
Thanks Pete. This is covered in our How to embed a Wufoo form blog post mentioned above. This is also why we mention to check ... Read More
Saturday, 09 June 2012 03:04
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How to embed a Wufoo form into a Joomla article

Wufoo logoI am a fan of using Joomla for all your website needs wherever possible. However there are times when it might make sense to use an external solution. In this tutorial you will learn how to create forms using a popular service called Wufoo and embed the form into a Joomla article.

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Kevin Morrison
Richard, as always very useful and timely, thanks for a great article. I have been a long time member of RSForms and over the year... Read More
Friday, 17 February 2012 14:53
Richard Pearce
I don't want to give the impression that I am calling them out as much as using this experience as an illustration as to why it is... Read More
Friday, 17 February 2012 15:16
Mike Martin
Hi Richard Thanks for introducing us to Wufoo, I am looking for a good contact form, I am having problems with core Joomla form. ... Read More
Friday, 17 February 2012 19:52
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