J4 Issue ? ?
avatar ciar4n
ciar4n
17 Apr 2017

Personally I think we can remove the multiple display options for single contacts (Plain, Sliders & tabs) and just have a single plain contact form users can use.

  • One less option
  • Accounting for the 3 displays means styling the contact form is quite restrictive
  • If such options exist they should be towards a more functional 'plain' contact form
  • Tabs and sliders in contacts forms is somewhat unconventional. I'm sure 3PD will cater for the few users wanting them.
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brianteeman - comment - 17 Apr 2017

iirc the argument for them is particularly on a site that is using com_contacts to display full contact details and not just as a contact form.

Think of a large organisation with lots of contacts that you want to display as a staff directory. By moving the form part into a slider or tab you are emphasising the details and not the form.

Anyway that was the logic behind it

avatar ciar4n
ciar4n - comment - 17 Apr 2017

Think of a large organisation with lots of contacts that you want to display as a staff directory.

I guess we would have to question how common is this the case. My guess would be not very often. At least if a user is thinking about a staff directory they are more likely to go looking elsewhere (3rd party directory ext) rather than using com_contacts. It seems to be currently caught in a bit of a no mans land.

Looking at recent survey results on how often com_contacts is used...

Never: 36%
Occasionally: 41%
Frequently: 23%

Considering most sites would have a contact form, com_contacts use seems rather low.

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brianteeman - comment - 17 Apr 2017

Why would you go elsewhere when the core component does the job perfectly.

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ciar4n - comment - 17 Apr 2017

A fair point.

I just feel using the 3 displays currently shoe horns the layout. When creating a template, you have to cater for the 3 potential displays which restricts what can be done with the layout.

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Priority Medium Very low
Status New Discussion
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Category com_contact Feature Request
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ciar4n - comment - 17 Apr 2017

If removing the options is not preferred could we give each option its own layout? So each option can be considered/overridden separately?

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C-Lodder - comment - 18 Apr 2017

IMO providing 3 options for this is pointless. Tabs or sliders? Cmon...

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brianteeman - comment - 18 Apr 2017

If removing the options is not preferred could we give each option its own layout? So each option can be considered/overridden separately?

that seems a good option and serves as an example of having multiple layouts available for the same view

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mbabker - comment - 24 Jul 2018

? to refactoring to separate layouts versus having an excess of conditionals in one layout.

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ciar4n - comment - 8 Feb 2019

PR created.. #23829

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Status Discussion Closed
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