How to create a Joomla contact form

The first step in creating a Joomla contact form using the integrated function is a contact profile. Here you’ll define a corresponding email address to send all contact requests to.

Once you’ve registered in the backend, call up “Components” from the side menu and select “Contacts” and the sub-menu of the same name. Click “New” or “Create first contact” if you haven’t added yours yet.

There are two fields to fill in for the contact. Enter a “Name” for the contact such as “Contact”. In the “Email” field enter the correspondence email address for the Joomla contact form. Finally, click “Save”.

In the listing of the “Contacts” menu you should now be able to see and edit the profile any time.

Next, create a Joomla contact form and connect it to your contact profile. Launch the “Menu” to the left of the backend menu and select “Manage”. Click “New”.

Enter a “Title” for your “Contact form”. In “Menu Details” enter “Single contact”. Save the changes.

You can now link the created form to a module or a menu to add it to your project. From the main navigation, insert it as follows:

1. Open “Menus” from the left-hand menu.
2. Click “Main Menu”.
3. Enter “Contact form” for the title field.
4. From the “Menu Item Type” select the option “Contact” (in “Select Contact”). Select the contact to link the form to the desired email address.
5. Hit “Save”.

First you need to install the extension. As with Joomla templates you can do this via the backend:

1. Register in the Joomla backend.
2. Click on “System” in the side panel.
3. Select “Extensions” under “Install”.
4. If you’ve already downloaded a plugin, select its installation package. Otherwise, proceed to step 5.
5. Click “Install from Web”.
6. Use the search function to find the desired extension.
7. Select the desired extension and click “Install”.

Once you’ve installed the Joomla form extension, it will pop up under “Components” to the left. You can use the menu to create your Joomla contact form. For visforms, click the button of the same name and then “Form Factory”.

Now specify a form title which will be displayed on your website. Define the database name of the Joomla contact form in “Form name”.

Now create the Joomla form by choosing a template to customize. You can also design all fields, names and labels individually. Once you’ve made your selection, press “Create Form and Fields”.

You can link visforms to a module or to a menu to add them to your web page. Follow the steps below to add your contact form to the main menu navigation, for example:

1. Access “Menus” on the left.
2. Click on the sub-menu “Main Menu”.
3. Click “New”.
4. Select a strong title.
5. Enter “Visforms” -> “Formular” as menu type.
6. Select the Joomla contact form you created earlier.
7. Hit “Save” and publish the form.