As a PHP developer quite new to Joomla, I have been running in circles trying to create forms on the web page. I can't find one proper source that easily documents the steps. But after a lot of searching, I found this: http://www.ostraining.com/blog/how-tos/development/getting-started-with-jform/
But I don't know where on my host these files go.
Can some one please outline the steps... I'm not looking for complete code. Just something like:
- step one create html form
- create xml file with key values like...
- ...
An example of including a text box and a date field would be superb.
Basically I want to post the contents and print them out using php.
Once again, I only need the steps. Not entire code. And no 3rd party modules/plugins please.
Thanks!
More info... It seems like my question is too broad. Let's take a case. This is what I want to do.
On the web page, the user sees a form when a menu link is clicked. The form has name and date of birth. After it is input, the form is submitted. The web page must print out an output like "Hello X, your age is Y". X is the name and Y the calculated age.
I DO know how to work with standard PHP. As for my level of expertise with Joomla, I have looked at the docs and created my own template with some very simple modules. If I were to break any rules, I could easily insert the form the 'old fashioned way' inside of index.php. But I know this is just wrong in the Joomla world. I have also considered inserting a form as an article. But I see that there are restrictions with the UI components. For example, I may have to use some additional elements like JQuery to get the date input box.
This is why I wanted to just create it the Joomla way, without depending on any 3rd party component/plugin.