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Formmail
Formmail allows you to
create form-to-email forms without CGI scripting.
To use Formmail, create
a form with any web page creation software.
The form action line should
be:
<form
method="POST" action="/cgi-sys/go.pl">
The
form action line for secure pages should be:
<form
action="host.adultmarketing.net/yourdomain(no www or .com)/cgi-sys/go.pl"
method="Post">
Notice
that the path is /cgi-sys. This is the path
to our universal CGI BIN, which holds the 'go.pl' script.
The 'go.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 |
| 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">
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| 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...">
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| 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">
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| 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">
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| 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.
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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 |
| 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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