(1) If I want to implement something similar to your helpdesk, where in Easydiscuss should I look?

If you referring on our site forum page, it actually work like exactly same as Easydiscuss, but some of the functionality was customised from our website developer like licence and reaction part, so these will not included in Easydiscuss.

(2) I actually want to modify it and use it like a competition entry form (i don't want to go to JED for breezing forms etc). It is the 'Hidden from Public' bit of your helpdesk that I'd use, so that everyone would know who entered the competition but nobody knows the entries except the admins.

Yes, this can be configurable from backend based on the categories permission setting.

Hi Arlex,

I need a bit more guidance please. I just want to achieve a form similar to the attached. Essentially a form with a few fields that Registered members can fill-in. But only admins can view.

You have to enable these following setting from backend > Easydiscuss > setting > tabs > site , you can refer on my attached screenshot below.

Hope this will help.

Thanks very much Arlex.

(1) Is it Easydiscuss language Overrides that will enable me to change the phrases such as "Site Details", "In this section you can provide your site details at here and it visible to the moderators only", "Site Url", "Enter the Url to your site", "Site Username", "FP Username", etc?
(2) How can I increase the size of the text area (where you put your FTP details) for FTP Url, FTP Username and FTP Pasword?
(3) How can I change the fontawsome image for "Site Details"?
(4) How can I ensure that these changes are not overwritten by future upgrades?

You're welcome Abi

(1) Is it Easydiscuss language Overrides that will enable me to change the phrases such as "Site Details", "In this section you can provide your site details at here and it visible to the moderators only", "Site Url", "Enter the Url to your site", "Site Username", "FP Username", etc?

You can override these following language constant from your backend.

COM_EASYDISCUSS_TAB_SITE_DETAILS="Site Details"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_SITE_INFO="In this section you can provide your site details at here and it visible to the moderators only."

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_SITE_USERNAME="Site Username"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_SITE_USERNAME_DESC="Site username"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_SITE_PASSWORD="Site Password"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_SITE_PASSWORD_DESC="Site password"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_FTP_URL="FTP Url"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_FTP_URL_DESC="Enter the url for your ftp ..."

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_FTP_USERNAME="FTP Username"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_FTP_USERNAME_DESC="FTP username"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_FTP_PASSWORD="FTP Password"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_FTP_PASSWORD_DESC="FTP password"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_OPTIONAL="Optional Information"

COM_EASYDISCUSS_PROFILE_OPTIONAL_DESC="Optional information"

Documentation link : https://stackideas.com/docs/easydiscuss/administrators/configuration/creating-language-string-override

(2) How can I increase the size of the text area (where you put your FTP details) for FTP Url, FTP Username and FTP Pasword?
You have to apply following CSS into your current template css file.

#ed .ed-post-widget__bd {

    font-size: 20px !important;

}



#ed .ed-form-panel__bd .form-control {

    font-size: 20px !important;

}

(3) How can I change the fontawsome image for "Site Details"?
You can modify on this PHP file -> JoomlaFolder/components/com_easydiscuss/themes/wireframe/composer/tabs/site/heading.php

After you modified this, you can copy this PHP file into this following template override file location.

JoomlaFolder/templates/YourCurrentTemplate/html/com_easydiscuss/composer/tabs/site/heading.php

(4) How can I ensure that these changes are not overwritten by future upgrades?
If you follow my guideline, all these changes will not get override when you update to higher version in the future.

Hi Arlex,

Perhaps question 2 was not stated well.

(2) How can I increase the size of the text area (where you put your FTP details) for FTP Url, FTP Username and FTP Pasword?

I meant for them to be a form area like "optional Information"

(2b) But please forget question 2.

A better thing would be to convert Site URL and FTP URL to be like Optional Information and remove Site Username, Site Password FTP Username and FTP Password

Unfortunately currently we do not have the setting to disable those custom field or switch to use textarea box from the site details section, but you can modify on this file JoomlaFolder/components/com_easydiscuss/themes/wireframe/composer/tabs/site/heading.php

Thanks very much Arlex for leading me to JoomlaFolder/components/com_easydiscuss/themes/wireframe/composer/tabs/site/contents.php

Excellent support from StackIdeas as usual.

Hi there,

You are most welcome. Glad to hear that your issue has been resolved now.

As a gentle reminder, kindly start a new thread if you have any other issue in the future so it will be easier for us to manage your inquiry. I will lock and mark this thread as resolved.