Powermail video tutorials

Normal contact forms are a standard application of Powermail. In the following video you can see how you can create a simple form with just a few clicks.

Since version 2 of Powermail, it has also been possible to display the data entered in the form in the front end. This can be used, for example, to implement simple guest books or similar applications.

Although Powermail comes with a demo CSS file, a major adjustment is usually necessary to adapt the output of Powermail to the layout of your own site.

The following video shows you a simple and update-proof way to use your own CSS instructions.

In this video, we show you how to convert old Powermail 1.6.x forms to the new 2.1.x version.

There are a few points to note when updating from Powermail 1.6 to 2.1:

• After the Powermail update in the Extension Manager, the cache should be deleted manually, with the command rm -rf typo3temp/Cache/, on the shell.
• Perform a database compare using the install tool. Create new Powermail fields, but never delete old fields! Otherwise all old forms will be lost and can of course no longer be converted.
• For the form converter to work correctly, the Powermail static template (main) must be included in the root template.