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FORMMAIL FEATURES
Formmail allows you to create sophisticated forms without
CGI scripting.
To use Formmail, create a form with any decent web page
creation software.
The form action line should be
<form method="POST" action="/cgi-sys/formmail.pl">
Notice that the path is /cgi-sys.
This is the path to our universal CGI BIN, which holds the 'formmail.pl' script.
The 'formmail.pl' script will do all the programming work for you. You
alter the behavior of formmail by using hidden fields in your form.
There is only one form field that you must have in your
form for Formmail to work correctly. This is the recipient field.
| Field: recipient
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| This form field allows you to
specify to whom you wish for your form results to be mailed. Most likely, you will want to
configure this option as a hidden form field with a value equal to that of your e-mail
address. |
| <input type=hidden
name="recipient" value="username@your_domain.com"> |
Optional Form Fields:
| Field: subject |
| The subject field will allow you
to specify the subject that you wish to appear in the e-mail that is sent to you after
this form has been filled out. If you do not have this option turned on, then the script
will default to a message subject: WWW Form Submission |
If you wish to choose what the
subject is:
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="Your
Subject"> To allow the user to
choose a subject:
<input type=text name="subject"> |
| Field: email |
| This form field will allow the
user to specify their return e-mail address. If you want to be able to return e-mail to
your user, I strongly suggest that you include this form field and allow them to fill it
in. This will be put into the From: field of the message you receive. |
| <input type=text
name="email"> |
| Field: realname |
| The realname form field will
allow the user to input their real name. This field is useful for identification purposes
and will also be put into the From: line of your message header. |
| <input type=text
name="realname"> |
| Field: sort |
| This field allows you to choose
the order in which you wish for your variables to appear in the e-mail that FormMail
generates. You can choose to have the field sorted alphabetically or specify a set order
in which you want the fields to appear in your mail message. By leaving this field out,
the order will simply default to the order in which the browsers sends the information to
the script (which isn't always the exact same order they appeared in the form). When
sorting by a set order of fields, you should include the phrase "order:" as the
first part of your value for the sort field, and then follow that with the field names you
want to be listed in the e-mail message, separated by commas. |
To sort alphabetically:
<input type=hidden name="sort" value="alphabetic">
To sort by a set field order:
<input type=hidden name="sort"
value="order:name1,name2,etc..."> |
| Field: redirect |
| If you wish to redirect the user
to a different URL, rather than having them see the default response to the fill-out form,
you can use this hidden variable to send them to a pre-made HTML page. |
To choose the URL the user will
end up at:
<input type=hidden name="redirect"
value="http://your_domain.com/filename.html"> To allow the user to specify a URL he wishes to travel to once the
form is filled out:
<input type=text name="redirect"> |
| Field: required |
| You can now require for certain
fields in your form to be filled in before the user can successfully submit the form.
Simply place all field names that you want to be mandatory into this field. If the
required fields are not filled in, the user will be notified of what they need to fill in,
and a link back to the form they just submitted will be provided. |
| If you want to require that the
user fill in the email and phone fields in your form, so that you can reach them once you
have received the mail, use a syntax like: <input
type=hidden name="required" value="email,phone"> |
| Field: env_report |
| Allows you to have Environment
variables included in the e-mail message you receive after a user has filled out your
form. Useful if you wish to know what browser they were using, what domain they were
coming from or any other attribute is associated with environment variables. The following
is a short list of valid environment variables that might be useful: REMOTE_HOST - Sends the hostname making a request.
REMOTE_ADDR - Sends the IP address of the
remote host making the request.
HTTP_USER_AGENT - The browser the client is
using to send the request. General format: software/version library/version. |
If you wanted to find the remote
host and browser sending the request, you would put the following into your form:
<input type=hidden name="env_report"
value="REMOTE_HOST,HTTP_USER_AGENT"> |
| Field: title |
| This form field allows you to
specify the title and header that will appear on the resulting page if you do not specify
a redirect URL |
If you wanted a title of
"Feedback Form Results":
<input type=hidden name="title" value="Feedback Form
Results"> |
| Field: return_link_url |
| This field allows you to specify
a URL that will appear as "return_link_title", on the following report page.
This field will not be used if you have the redirect field set, but it is useful if you
allow the user to receive the report on the following page, but want to offer them a way
to get back to your main page. |
| <input type=hidden
name="return_link_url"
value="http://your_domain.com/filename.html"> |
| Field: return_link_title |
| This is the title that will be
used to link the user back to the page you specify with return_link_url. The two fields
will be shown on the resulting form page as: <ul> <li><a
href="return_link_url">return_link_title</a> </ul> |
| <input type=hidden
name="return_link_title" value="Back to Main Page"> |
| Field: background
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| This form field allows you to
specify a background image that will appear if you do not have the redirect field set.
This image will appear as the background to the form results page. |
| <input type=hidden
name="background" value="http://your_domain.com/image.gif"> |
| Field: bgcolor |
| This form field allows you to
specify a bgcolor for the form results page in much the way you specify a background
image. This field should not be set if the redirect field is. |
| For a background color of white:
<input type=hidden name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> |
| Field: text_color |
| This field works in the same way
as bgcolor, except that it will change the color of your text. |
| For a text color of black:
<input type=hidden name="text_color"
value="#000000"> |
| Field: link_color |
| Changes the color of links on the resulting
page. Works in the same way as text_color. Should not be defined if redirect is. |
For a link color of red:
<input type=hidden name="link_color"
value="#FF0000"> |
| Field: vlink_color |
| Changes the color of visited links on the
resulting page. Works exactly the same as link_color. Should not be set if redirect is |
For a visited link color of blue:
<input type=hidden name="vlink_color"
value="#0000FF"> |
| Field: alink_color |
| Changes the color of active links on the
resulting page. Works exactly the same as link_color. Should not be set if redirect is. |
For a visited link color of blue:
<input type=hidden name="alink_color"
value="#0000FF"> |
Any other form fields that appear in your script will be
mailed back to you and displayed on the resulting page if you do not have the redirect
field set.
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