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Available Fields for Joomla Contacts

Here you will find all the available fields that can be used in the Joomla Contacts import and export routines. Please see the relevant tutorials on how to use these fields in a specific scenario.

Title Description Type Example
access

Set the access level for the contact.

Possible options

1:Public
2:Registered
3:Special

numeric 2
address

Address detail of Joomla contact

text 490 E Main Street Norwich
alias

Alias name of Joomla contact

text user-location
allow_vcard

Allow vcard for Joomla contact

Possible options

:Use Global
0:Hide
1:Show

numeric 1
articles_display_num

Number of articles to display

numeric 10
associations

Define associations to be set for a contact

text nl-NL#netherland-contact|el-gr#greek-contact
banned_email

List of banned email ids

text
banned_subject

Subject of banned email

text
banned_text

Content of banned email

text
category_path

The category path specifies in which category an contact belongs.

text user/user-location
catid

Id of the category an contact belongs.

numeric 2
checked_out

The ID of the user who has the contact item checked out.

numeric 642
checked_out_time

The time the contacts has been checked out.

text 2017-05-17 09:58:38
combine

This is a special field to allow you to combine fields into a single field.

text
con_position

Set the position of the contact.

Possible options

*:Use Global
0:Hide
1:Show

numeric 1
contact_delete

Field to delete contact during import

Possible options

Y:Yes
N:No

text Y
contact_layout

Set the alternative layout for the contact

text
country

Country name of the contact.

text India
created

The creation date of the contact

text 2017-05-17 09:58:38
created_by

The id of the user created contact

numeric 15
created_by_alias

Enter an alias to be displayed instead of the name of the user who created the contact.

text thepoet
custom

This is a special field that allows you to set a custom value to be used during export.

text main
custom_reply

If need to use custom reply for the contact.

Possible options

*:Use Global
0:Hide
1:Show

default_con

Set if the contact has a default content

Possible options

1:Yes
0:No

numeric 1
email

Email id of the user linked to the contact

text user1@test.com
email_to

Email id of the contact to send the email to.

text user2@test.com
fax

Fax number of the contact

numeric 123-567-78
featured

Set the contact as a featured contact.

Possible options

1:Featured
0:Not featured

numeric 1
hits

Set the number of hits for a contact

numeric 5
id

Primary key value of Joomla contacts table

numeric 1
image

Set a image for a contact

text
language

Set a language for a contact

text *
linka

Enter the URL for linka

text
linka_name

First additional link for the contact

text
linkb

Enter the URL for linkb

text
linkb_name

Second additional link for the contact

text
linkc

Enter the URL for linkc

text
linkc_name

Third additional link for a contact

text
linkd

Enter the URL for linkd

text
linkd_name

Fourth additional link for a contact

text
linke

Enter the URL for linke

text
linke_name

Fifth additional link for a contact

text
metadata

Set the meta description for the contact

text
metadesc

Set the meta description for the contact

text
metakey

Set the meta keywords for the contact.

text csv,import,export,joomla
misc

Enter the miscellaneous description

text
mobile

Set the mobile number of a contact

text
modified

The modified date and time of category

text 2017-05-17 09:58:38
modified_by

The id of the user who modified the category

numeric 12
name

Set the name of the contact

text Sample user
ordering

Set the order in which the contacts item is ordered.

numeric 3
params

Set the parameters of a contact

text
postcode

Set the postal code for a contact

text 110010
presentation_style

Set the parameter of presentation style of contact

text
publish_down

Set the end date for publishing the contact

text 05/17/17 09:58 AM
publish_up

Set the start date for publishing the contact

text 2017-05-17 09:58:38
published

If the contact is published or not

Possible options

Y/1:Published
N/0:Unpublished
-2:Trashed

numeric Y
redirect

Set the redirect for contact

text
rights

Set the content rights for this contact.

text Creative Commons
robots

Set the robots instructions.

text noindex, follow
show_articles

Set to show or hide articles

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_contact_category

Set to show or hide contact category

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_contact_list

Set to show or hide contact list

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_country

Set to show or hide country details

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_email

Set to show or hide email

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_email_copy

Set to show or hide copy of email

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_email_form

Set to show or hide email from field

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_fax

Set to show or hide fax information

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_image

Set to show or hide image

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_info

Set to show or hide information

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_links

Set to show or hide links

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_misc

Set to show or hide miscellaneous information

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_mobile

Set to show or hide mobile number

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_name

Set to show or hide contact's name

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_position

Set to show or hide Contact's position

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_postcode

Set to show or hide postal code

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_profile

Set to show or hide profile

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_state

Set to show or hide State

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_street_address

Set to show or hide street address

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_suburb

Set to show or hide city

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_tags

Set to show or hide tags

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_telephone

Set to show or hide telephone

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
show_webpage

Set to show or hide webpage

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric
skip

This is a special field that allows you to skip a field during import.

numeric
sortname1

The part of name to be used as first sort field

text Richard
sortname2

The part of name to be used as second sort field

text Elle
sortname3

The part of name to be used as third sort field

text Wil
state

Set the state name of the contact

text Delhi
suburb

Set the city name of the contact

text Delhi
telephone

Telephone number of the contact

text 76548239
user_id

Linked user id

numeric 12
validate_session

If session to be validated

Possible options

*:Use global
1:Show
0:Hide

numeric 1
version

Version number of the contact

numeric 1
webpage

Set the webpage reference for contact

text https://rolandd.com
xreference

Set the key reference of the contact

text https://rolandd.com

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