Version 12.08, 9 April 2020

• The Agreement Required link text can now be positioned anywhere in the checkbox label, enabling more correct grammar in some languages.
• Some changes to field error styling.

Version 12.07, 14 January 2020

• Minor CSS improvements.
• German translation updated.
• Tested in Joomla 4 Alpha 12

Version 12.06, 7 October 2019

• Invalid fields and labels now have error styling.
• Russian translation updated.

Version 12.05, 8 May 2019

• Email addresses without a top level domain name (e.g. "fred@gmail"), although theoretically valid and accepted by Joomla, are no longer accepted by the contact form.
• There is now a more specific error message when the select list is mandatory but nothing is selected. This had been a source of confusion for some users
• In the back end, field "prompts" are now referred to as "labels", since this seems to have become the more popular term.

Version 12.04, 2 January 2019

• RSFirewall was showing Flexicontact as a potential threat. Nothing to worry about, but this version removes the line of code that RSFirewall objected to.

Version 12.03, 14 December 2018

• Supports the Joomla Invisible Captcha Plugin introduced in Joomla 3.9.
• Improved handling of various captcha configuration errors.
• The message field width parameter has been removed because specifying a width was non-responsive. The width is now always controlled by the CSS.
• Several fixes for Joomla 4 Alpha 5.

Version 12.02, 15 August 2018

• Fixed a bug that in certain circumstances could enable forms to be submitted without selecting a captcha image.
• There's now a specific error message for the name field.
• There's a small CSS fix for some templates.

Version 12.01, 17 July 2018

• You can now configure a log data retention period in days.
• The agreement required check value is now logged with the log data.

Version 12.00, 7 April 2018

• You can now configure the subject lines of the admin and user emails separately, and independantly of the subject line entered by the user, including variables.
• There's one new email variable, %V_SITE_NAME%.
• Css and captcha images are now loaded from /media instead of the component assets directory.
• The original 20 default image captcha images are no longer included - just download the image pack of your choice.
• If you use the image captcha system please check that your captcha images work as expected. You might need to reinstall your image pack.
• Captcha images now have non-blank alt text to improve SEO ranking.
• If you use the Joomla ReCaptcha plugin, it is now centered on the form.
• The name field on the form is now validated more strictly, and restricted to 60 characters.
• In the back end, several configuration pages have been reorganised. The variables list is now on a separate tab and has been reorganised to make it easier to use.
• The Bosnian (bs-BA) and Croatian (hr-HR) language files have been updated.
• The minimum Joomla version is now 3.7.0

Version 11.03, 19 December 2017

• Fixed: Version 11.02 produced a PHP notice error on some servers.

Version 11.02, 15 December 2017

• Now works with Joomla 4.00 alpha (Joomla 4 is not scheduled for release until mid-2018).
• Danish language files updated.
• Themes now load the en-GB theme language if the theme does not have the current site language.

Version 11.01, 3 August 2017

• Fixed: Version 11.00 did not show the default subject on the form.

Version 11.00, 25 July 2017

• The Send button is disabled after the form is submitted to protect against double sending.
• New config option to add the autofocus attribute to the first field.
• New config option to show an extra message at the top of the form if any fields are in error.
• Changes to the front-end CSS for better consistency in various templates.
• The width parameter on the menu item now applies only on large screens. On small screens the width reverts to 100%.
• Improved handling of Joomla session errors, for example when browser cookies are blocked or disabled.
• There is now a built-in trace function to help resolve complex problems.

Version 10.06, 2 June 2017

• Some minor cosmetic improvements and fixes.
• Re-coding of deprecated Joomla functions, in preparation for future Joomla versions.
• The minimum Joomla version required is now 3.4.8.

Version 10.05, 2 February 2017

• There was an error in the configuration validation logic in 10.04.

Version 10.04, 30 January 2017

• The confirmation page can now include variables from the form.
• The first form field now has the html5 "autofocus" attribute.
• Mandatory fields now have the html5 "required" attribute.
• The appearance of the form is now better than ever, with or without bootstrap.css loaded.

Version 10.03, 9 December 2016

• Fix for a PHP Notice error that could occur on some systems with version 10.02.

Version 10.02, 29 November 2016

• The email field on the form is now an html5 email field, which provides a usability improvement on mobile devices.
• When editing an email template, you can now click on a variable name to add it to the template.
• Small change to the handling of update checking.

Version 10.01, 31 October 2016

• Supports the Joomla Update System. Joomla will notify you of new releases, and you can install them with a single click in the Extensions Update Manager.

Version 10.00, 12 October 2016

• Now supports the Joomla ReCaptcha plugin, and compatible third party captcha plugins.
• The captcha configuration has been moved from the menu item to the component back end.
• You can now specify the magic word prompt.
• Installing when you have a captcha image pack installed now does not install the default captcha images.
• Improved form field styles. Some translation updates.

Version 9.02, 21 May 2016

• There is a new menu item option to control the width of the contact form.
• A minor bug fix to load the correct language file for the error message when the admin email address is missing or invalid.

Version 9.01, 7 April 2016

• Fix for Joomla 3.5.1 - more information here.

Version 9.00, 2 April 2016

• Joomla 2.5 is no longer supported.
• The old table-based form has been removed, leaving only the responsive form.
• Greatly improved front-end CSS.
• Admin page layouts updated.
• Updated German translation, and other minor improvements.

Version 8.08, 31 December 2015

• Added a configuration parameter for the Send button class.
• Logging has been upgraded to log more details, especially of the actual email addresses used, which should help with problem resolution.

Version 8.07, 8 October 2015

• Supports administrative access control
• Supports the Joomla Global option to add the site name to the page title.

Version 8.06, 23 March 2015

• Supports the collapsible sidebar in Joomla 3.4

Version 8.05, 10 February 2015

• There is now a "Raw Image Mode" option to solve problems with displaying the captcha images on a few servers

Version 8.04, 19 December 2014

• Label elements on the contact form now have "for" attributes.
• Fixed a bug with the theme selector in the back end image maintenance page.

Version 8.03, 8 September 2014

• Fixed browser detection for IE11.
• Set meta data if specified in the menu item.
• Minor improvements to front end CSS.

Version 8.02, 14 April 2014

• Fixed a bug that showed the wrong error message for the email address field in the responsive view.

Version 8.01, 21 February 2014

• Fix for a warning on Godaddy servers that the contact page was vulnerable to cross site scripting. There was no danger of a successful attack, but this version removes the warning.

Version 8.00, 4 January 2014

• Joomla 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 are no longer supported.
• The list input field has been reinstated.

Older history has been removed.