Author Topic: joomla frontend to civicrm newcontact screen? (Read 2766 times)

BenDov · September 24, 2007, 08:17:45 am

Hi again

Is it possible to go from joomla frontend menu to civicrm newcontact screen without having to login to joomla admin again?

Thanks

Jeremy

Dave Greenberg · September 24, 2007, 09:44:30 am

I don't think so (the standard "New Individual/Org/Household" screens run under the administrative authentication framework).

However, you can build a "New Contact" Profile and include most of the fields that are included in the above screens - and expose that as a front-end menu item. Many folks prefer this approach in any case - as you can determine the exact fields needed and create your own field help etc.

For detailed info about Profile forms:
http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Profiles+Admin

BenDov · September 24, 2007, 10:18:41 am

Thanks for the quick response

I have a profile that I am testing. I have it on the menu.

I can call it okay but when I want to edit one of the contacts I get this error.

Does it make any sense to you?

THanks for all your help

unrecoverable error
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Error Details:

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    [mode] => 16
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    [user_info] => 
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Dave Greenberg · September 24, 2007, 11:00:23 am

Looks like you have CAPTCHA enabled in the Profile Settings - but it's not configured properly. You can search this forum and the online doc for info in CAPTCHA configuration.

BenDov · September 24, 2007, 11:08:52 am

Thanks Dave - it works now.

I see that I can edit a contact then. What is the best way of using profiles if the person is not on the database. Do I then have to set a new menu link for add contact or is there a better way?

Dave Greenberg · September 24, 2007, 12:43:55 pm

Jeremy - There are a number of different "cases" you may want to handle (logged in vs. anonymous browser, existing vs. new contact ...). In general - you can use the civicrm/profile/edit URL to handle these all these cases - particularly if you enable "Update contact on a duplicate match?" in your profile setting.

However, I would encourage you to read through the Profile documentation and then do experiments with the various situations in order to verify that you're getting the behavior you're looking for.

BenDov · September 24, 2007, 11:13:56 pm

Thanks Dave for all your help. I will have a look at the documentation and see what is possible.

Many Blessings

Jeremy

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