To start working with the component – please choose it in admin area on your website (Components ->Smart Former).
You will be directed to Form Manager page containing the list of your form templates.

When only starting working with the component – you will have two Test Form templates here included in the package.
The actions possible here are the following:
- Create a new form template (“New” button at the top right corner). You will be directed to the Form Editor page, where you may create a new form template.
- Edit a form template (click on its name). You will be redirected to Form Editor page with the chosen form available for editing.
- See how many times the form has been filled (from the front end). To check it please see “Records #” column. By clicking the number in this column (once it has any filled records) you will be directed to Data List. It will contain all filled forms for this form template.
- Publish/unpublish the form template (use the “Published“ column). If the red cross is displayed
– the form template is unpublished. To publish it please press the cross – it will be changed with
icon meaning the form is published now.To unpublish it – please repeat the clicking (form templates can also be published andunpublished by using the appropriate buttons at the right top)
- “Actions” column allows several actions with the form template:
- “Create a menu item” link – allows binding the form template to a menu item. You will see a pop-up window allowing creating a menu item (for further information see Menu Item part);
- “Settings” link changes the form’s settings (the template of the email notification user receives after submitting the form can be set/changed here, as well as the languageof form – please see Language Settings and Email Notification below);
- “View data” link (allows viewing all filled forms of the current template);
- “Clone” link – lets creating the copy of the selected form (Form Copying).
- “Backup” – allows creating the backup of the form.
- “Direct URL to the form” column displays the direct URL of the form template (can be used to preview the form without the need to publishing it).
- The other features of the page are standard for Joomla!.
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