Ideal Extensions - Custom Software Development

Most most users will be able to use the Automated Installation procedure:

• Select Help → System Info from the drop-down menu on the Back-end of your Joomla! installation, then click on the Directory Permissions tab and make sure the all direcotries listed are writable.
• Download the extension to your local machine as a zip or gz file package.
• From the backend of your Joomla site (administration) select Extensions -> Install/Uninstall.
• Click the Browse button and select the extension package on your local machine.
• Click the Upload File & Install button.

 

Read more: Installation and basic features

Contact Enhanced is very easy to set up, but because it has so many options it might bit a bit confusing for beginners, so Bob Meetin created a cheatsheet* for the basic usage. Keep reading it!

Read more: Cheat sheet

Contact Enhanced uses the Google Maps (formerly Google Local) API to show a map based on the contact address. Take a look at some of the features:

• Google Maps directions;
• Easily display latitude and longitude of address;
• You can add any text to the balloon using a contact extrafield, including HTML .
• Show GMaps and directions inline or in a Modal (Lightbox style) window;
• Customize the Marker icon;
• Choose a language;
• Show/Hide Navigation Control;
• Show/Hide Map Type Control;
• Choose the default Map Type. Options: Roadmap, Satellite; Hybrid, Terrain;
  
• Using GMaps API version 3, which was designed with Mobile devices in mind, therefore loads faster;

Screencast by Goran;

This Screencast shows how to edit the Component Parameters (Options in Joomla 2.5). Remember that all Component Parameters are overridden by the Menu Item parameters. This feature allows you to have different configurations for each form;

How to Access

Select Components → Contact Enhanced → Custom Values from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation.

Description

The Custom Fields Manager screen allows you to create advanced Custom Fields using the SQL custom field type;

Details

• Text: The text the user will see in the dropdown select list (required);

• Value: The text that you will get in the email (required);

• Type: You can enter any value to help you to keep things organized;

• Category: You can use this field as you wish; You can enter a value or select one from the list; IMPORTANT: This is not necessary related to the Contact Enhanced Categories;

Read more: Custom Values Overview

Read more: Edit Contact Overview

Navigate to the Custom Fields Manager. To add a new Custom Field, press the "New" icon in the toolbar. To edit an existing Custom Field, click on the Custom Field's Name or click the Custom Field's checkbox and then click on the "Edit" icon in the toolbar.

Description

This is where you can add a Custom Field or edit an existing one. Contact Enhanced allows you to list Custom Fields on your web site's contact forms. Contact Enhaced has the ability to allow you (site administrator) to assign custom fields to a contact category. Therefore you have to create a category before you create a custom field. Your users will be able to fill that custom field when they submit the form.

Read more: Edit Custom Field Overview

How to access

Select Components → Contact Enhanced → Custom Fields from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation.

Description

Contact Enhaced has the ability to allow you (site administrator) to assign custom fields to a contact category. Therefore you have to create a category before you create a custom field. Your users will be able to fill that custom field when they submit the form.

Read more: Custom Field Manager Overview

Select Components → Contact Enhanced → Contacts from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation.

Description

The Contact Enhanced Manager screen allows you to add contact information to your Joomla! site. You can enter information such as name, address, phone and e-mail. You can also link contacts to registered users. Afterwards, you can use the Menu Manager to create front-end links to the the contacts.

Read more: Contact Enhanced Manager Overview

Description

A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) that is readable by dedicated QR barcode readers, camera telephones, and to a less common extent, computers with webcams. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded may be text, URL, or other data. Wikipedia

Read more: QR Code

Description

Option to allow an usergroup to edit a contact details without back-end (administrator) access. Only the user linked to a contact can edit the contact;

Read more: Front-end edit