I created this form for my own web site to quickly add dive logs as articles to the Joomla database. I wanted them as articles, because this ensures that the logs can be migrated to future versions of Joomla and because it makes it easy to edit individual logs later on, for example to add pictures or videos.
Features include unit conversion and automated calculation of some dive times.
I created this form with the FacileForms component for Joomla 1.0. You will need these two software packages to use my form.
To install it, download the FacileForms XML package file and install it via the FacileForms configuration. Once installed, look through the PHP code in the form's submit script (to get there choose the "Submit Dive Logs" form from the "Manage Forms" page of the Facile Forms component and click on the "Edit Form" button) and edit the settings to fit your configuration. I have done my best to document it clearly via comments. The most important things to adjust are the section-, category- and creator-ids. Finally use FacileForms to create a link in the administration backend to the form. It should now show up in the components menu.
It should be possible to use the form in the frontend, but since I have not checked it for security issues, I recommend against it. However if you still choose to head down this path, then change the "Run Mode" option in the form settings. You might want to change some settings on the "Form Pieces" tab as well, like access for non-registered users.
Have fun!
This form is licenced under the GPL, so you can make changes to it and redistribute the changed version, as long as you fulfill the terms of the General Public Licence. I would however appreciate it, if you would submit improvements to me, so I can include them in the original version for everyone to enjoy and to prevent unnecessary forking.
