This tutorial explains how to add extra fields to the Joomla Contact form using Custom Fields. The process uses core Joomla functionality, requires no third-party extensions, and is fully upgrade-safe.
You’ll learn how to create a field, configure permissions correctly, control where it appears on the form, and ensure submitted values are included in the contact email.
Community isn’t about asking for help. If the first thing you think of when someone mentions “Joomla community” is a forum post or a pull request, you’ve already missed the point. Real community is noticed before questions are asked, help is offered before it’s requested, and contribution is defined by care, not by code.
Many English speakers know the German word schadenfreude which is the pleasure we take in someone else’s misfortune. It is the quiet satisfaction we feel when a rival stumbles, a competitor fails, or another project misses a deadline.
Small layout changes can make a big difference to how content is perceived. One of the most effective improvements you can make to a category blog layout is to treat the leading article differently from the rest — visually signalling that it matters more.
Over time, every Joomla site accumulates unused images. Articles are edited, modules are removed, menus are restructured but the images stay behind. The result is a bloated /images directory that is harder to manage, back up, and migrate.
Do More With Core
I am making some small changes to this site and I will document them as I go along.
We can and must, do better at giving presentations
I’m offering a free, live training course because I believe Joomla conference talks can be better and I want to help make that happen.
By Order of the High Council of Klingon Webmasters
Among the warriors of Qo’noS, there are many paths to glory: battle, conquest, and building Joomla websites of unrivalled strength.
We’ve all heard the “glass half full or half empty” line. People trot it out to separate optimists from pessimists, as if perspective is some fixed personality trait. But there’s a third way that rarely gets mentioned: The glass is refillable.
