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Contact Form does not display

Post by khancross » Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:34 am

Hi guys,

I am struggeling around with Joomla 2.5 and try to get the contact form to work.
What I did is setting up a new Contact Category, and a new Contact attached to the new created category.

Then I created a new menu item, set it up to Single Contact.

Result in the page = Only the title of the contact form is displayed. No address, no form, no send button.

Any advices?

Thanks
KC

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Re: Contact Form does not display

Post by PattiH » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:07 am

This may sound silly, but did you try clicking on words that say "Contact Form?" I think templates can make a difference in how the contact form is displayed, and I was afraid that it wouldn't be readily apparent that the user must click on the words "Contact Form" to get the form to appear. It doesn't look like a link in the template I use, and that's why it isn't obvious.

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Re: Contact Form does not display

Post by khancross » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:36 am

I click on the menu item CONTACT, another page opens with the title CONTACT, there is nothing else and nothing to click.

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Re: Contact Form does not display

Post by khancross » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:40 am

found a solution:

change menu item to External Link, as link enter only #.

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Re: Contact Form does not display

Post by oldman2012 » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:35 am

Hi Khan,

I just started practice joomla 2.5 recently.
I have the same problem as you face in contact form.

Could you please explain in detail how you solve the problem, cause i am confuse with your explanation. Thank in advance..

Oldman

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Re: Contact Form does not display

Post by lasseBe » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:25 am

I have the same problem. Has anyone found a solution?

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Re: Contact Form does not display

Post by tekno_boy » Fri May 04, 2012 7:35 pm

I too am trying the contact form functionality on Joomla 2.5.

I create a contact category, add a contact to it.

Go to a menu and create "Single Contact"

When I click the link, all I get is the Dtails for the contact with no form.

I also changed the tab called "Contact Form" in the menu and contact (in contact manager) to set the option "Show Contact Form" to "Show".

But no contact form. I'm Stumped.

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Possible solution...

Post by tekno_boy » Sun May 06, 2012 8:03 am

SOLVED (at least for me).

I hope my solution helps others. I found the contact form didn't display simply because I in the field "Linked to user" (under the contact in the contact manager) I had left this empty.

I think Joomla uses this user to determine where to send the emails, so without it no form is displayed.

To recap:
1) Log in to the back end
2) Click Components --> Contacts
3) Click the Contact name which you linked to in a menu to have the form appear
4) Check that the field "linked to user" is actually linked to a user

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Re: Contact Form does not display

Post by jerry98 » Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:39 pm

Remember to change the Display format to plain.

Goto menu -> contact menu -> Contact Display Option ->Display format -> default is "Using Global", change it to "Plain"

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Re: Contact Form does not display

Post by jacks88 » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:11 am

For me, I didn't have to link to a user, but I did have to put in the Contact person's email address (even if it's not shown). Otherwise the form doesn't show even if it is set to do so.

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Re: Contact Form does not display

Post by formfranska » Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:48 am

tekno_boy, Thank you :-)

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