Creating a website with Joomla 1.5: Contact us page

Creating a website with Joomla 1.5: Contact us page

Receiving feedback from the website visitors is important for every webmaster. In this tutorial we will show you how to create a Contact Us page. It is an easy and convenient way to get in touch with the people that browse your website. For additional information on how to create your Joomla 1.5 website, you can check our tutorial on Creating a website with Joomla 1.5.
Creating a Contact us Page

Let's add a "Contact us" page with an online mail form to your Joomla website.

Step 1. First you need to create a new Contacts Category. For this purpose go to Components -> Contacts -> Categories:

Components, Contacts, Categrories
Step 2. Click on [New]. Since we plan to have a simple Contact Us page, you should create only one single category called again "General" and then click on [Save].
Step 3. Go to Components -> Contacts -> Contacts:
Step 4. Click on [New] and fill in the information. You have to make sure the email you enter is valid since all the mails you receive via this contact form will be sent to it.

Step 5. In order to avoid having your contact's name duplicated later, from the right box "Contacts parameters" check the button Hide next to "Name".

Step 6. Leave the rest of the default options unchanged and click on [Save] from the top-right menu.
Your contact form will be saved and you will be able to publish it on your site. More information on how to do this can be found on the next page.