Joomla Notes

This page covers Joomla-specific behavior and recent security/hardening updates.

Required Joomla extensions

• com_nxpeasyforms
• plg_content_nxpeasyforms (shortcode/content rendering)
• plg_webservices_nxpeasyforms (submission API)
• mod_nxpeasyforms (optional form-in-module rendering)

Single Form menu behavior

• Use menu item type NXP Easy Forms → Form.
• Modal selector is supported for form selection.
• SEF routing supports cleaner URLs and form alias usage.

Country/State fields

• Country and state field types are supported in forms.
• Country/state data is fetched via utility API endpoints.
• Frontend auto-populates country dropdowns and loads states dynamically.

Joomla Article integration notes

• Form submissions can create Joomla articles.
• Featured image mapping is supported for intro/full article images.
• Author/workflow behavior follows configured integration settings.

Security hardening highlights

• stronger encryption-key handling,
• safer custom CSS handling,
• safer upload folders (.htaccess, web.config, index.html),
• safer database query handling,
• origin checks for browser-based submissions,
• trusted-proxy handling for IP headers,
• user-friendly API error messages with detailed server logs for support.