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I need to add latitude and longitude to Contact Component. In administrator\components\com_contact\contact.xml I added this two lines.

<field name="latitude" type="text"size="30"/>          
<field name="longitude" type="text"size="30"/>

administrator\templates\isis\html\com_contact\contact

<?php echo $this->form->renderField('latitude'); ?>
<?php echo $this->form->renderField('longitude'); ?>

When I save the form with values, the values are not saved?

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  • Ha ha. Perhaps for the same GMaps plugin as I use.
    – kokbira
    Commented Sep 5, 2017 at 17:01

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You need also add columns to table in DB

and may be you'll need to add code that will accept you field values and store then.

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The first problem is the path, you need override the component from: your_site/components/com_contact not your_site/administrator/components/com_contact

Also the code for the template must be in: your_site/templates/your_template

Here you have an example:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20586581/adding-fields-to-joomla-3-x-contact-component

Other possible solution is via plugin, find more info here: https://docs.joomla.org/Adding_custom_fields_to_core_components_using_a_plugin

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