I was planing to use Fabrik for a job transfer page where the clients would have to drop their CV online. So I stumbled over Fabrik and Fabrik is great!



It has a quite unique set of possibilities and, ok with some knowledge, it could really rock the forms extensions. Its fairly easy to get into it.



I was so impressed by what I saw, I actually wanted to sign up and buy a standard subscription and here the "could" part begins.



I really understand if somebody does provide free extensions and does not have the time to support the forum on a daily base. But Fabrikar got subscription plans and offers extended support... exactly what I was looking for.



Unfortunately the payment form does not work and after two messages (one online form, the other one by email) and a forum post, asking how I may send them money, no reaction at all came back!



Thinking about a technical problem to solve I really don't want to know how long this would take if they aren't able to give an answer on this topic!



So, enjoy Fabrik but dont expect much from Fabrikar.

This is one of the best Joomla component. Still perfectible, but quite powerfull to build good applications without effort.

I highly recommand it to all Joomla users.

I have used Fabrik at every opportunity for several years now. I am amused by some of the reviews here, done apparently by folks who have not read the extensive support materials available at the site. I would concede that some php and MySQL skills are very very useful in crafting Fabrik "solutions", but Hugh and Rob, as well as some very generous users, do a great job of coaching newbies through complex issues.

I can't praise them or Fabrik highly enough.

I don't know why this extension is available on the JED. It has a lot of bugs, poor file management, poor support (this includes there so called subscription support.) The extension makes a lot of promises but completely under delivers.

We use fabrik to create several forms.

It needs a lot of learning but after that it is possible to create structured data and forms without knowledge of SQL-queries.

As mentioned by others this component has one issue. The update service is not the best and to download the updates from github is not the best solution. But i guess that the developers will support Joomla update functionality in near future ;) At least I hope for this feature :)

I give this component 4 stars for a fantastic product, but missing update feature. Great job please continue with it!

This package is quite powerful for creating somewhat complicated applications within Joomla! Without a doubt it is one of the more advanced plugins for creating plugins.



However being a developer. I was quite disappointed by the update/maintenance of the code. Once this is installed in your Joomla install - there is no updating it using Joomla. The developers recommend using git to do updates. I have followed their update procedures as closely as I could - searched forever in the user forums... each time i did the update according to their procedures. The Joomla install was either hosed OR I downloaded a larger set of bugs.



Is this a powerful package? yes absolutely. Would I ever use it in a production environment? Absolutely not.

This is a great extension with lots of power, but like most powerful solutions there is a learning curve. Spend a few minutes in the wiki to help get a handle on it...

Very useful extension, most of all, it's very generous.

Unfortunately it become MR. Flintstone's age when thingking of the latest joomla.

I attempted to use Fabrik to create a fairly simple event listing website, but have been bogged down in frustrating problems for several weeks now. Fabrik is probably great if you are a serious developer, with extensive knowledge of MySQL, PHP, Javascript, J! and CSS. The statement in the extension description " without requiring knowledge of mySQL and PHP" is extrememly misleading. Yes, you can produce a very minimalist site this way, but many of the features and plugins don't seem to work without additional backend tweaking.

Basic functions like being able to delete database rows or pre-filters seem to stop working randomly, and searching the forum for some of the issues I've had revealed plenty of other users with the same problems, but the developers simply replying that it works fine for them.

It's also very ugly looking in the front end - again, probably all customisable if you know what you're doing, but otherwise very frustrating.

After stuffing around with all manner commercial and non-commercial list managers and directory components for months on end and hitting the inevitable brick wall with each and everyone of them, I came across Fabrik.



I wish I had found it sooner. It would have saved me so much time and a little money. I took a paid for subscription...