I had installed joomla 1.6 and now still I am a new learner but know basis. a- I want to add custom form to my website where I can take data from users and save it to database . b- Then I also want a search from where user can search based on some criteria Like , user will add what property they want to sale , price ,location etc and also people can search what property are for sale. Hope you understand what i need. Any extension for this or tutorials available.
Looks like you need some extension to make it work. Check http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/vertical-markets/real-estate for that. But, since Joomla 1.6 is still new, I advise you to install 1.5 and play a while. If you are doing it for a hobby, then go on, but if you want to make a business, hire someone, it is not worth wasted time and nerves. Good luck
You are right vertical market can solve your problem. but if you want only form for submission of data then you an use jforms.
you can use jforms if you want only user submission and want to store that data in a database. Otherwise above mentioned extension is the best one for you
If you want to create powerful forms and want your users to add content using forms and then search content on basis of form fields i would recommend jSeblod component.It is really powerful CCK(content creation kit).