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The
action of your form needs to point towards this script (obviously),
and
the method must be POST or GET in capital letters. Version 1.5 of
FormMail offers many new ways to code your form to tailor the resulting
HTML page and the way the script performs. Below is a list of form
fields you can use and how to implement them.
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
Description:
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.
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="recipient" value="email@your.host.com">
Field:
subject
Description:
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
Syntax:
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
Description:
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.
If you want to require an email address with valid syntax, add this
field name to the 'required' field.
Syntax:
<input type=text name="email">
Field:
realname
Description:
The realname form field will allow the user to input their realname.
This field is useful for identification purposes and will also be
put into the From: line of your message header.
Syntax:
<input type=text name="realname">
Field:
redirect
Description:
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.
Syntax:
To choose the URL they will end up at:
<input type=hidden name="redirect" value="http://your.host.com/to/file.html">
To
allow them to specify a URL they wish to travel to once the form is
filled out:
<input type=text name="redirect">
Field:
required
Description:
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.
To
use a customized error page, see 'missing_fields_redirect'
Syntax:
If you want to require that they 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
Description:
Allows you to have Environment variables included in thee-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 attributes 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.
REMOTE_USER - If server supports authentication and script is protected,
this is the username they have authenticated as. *This is not usually
set.*
HTTP_USER_AGENT - The browser the client is using to send the request.
There are others, but these are a few of the most useful. For more
information on environment variables, see:
http://www.cgi-resources.com/Documentation/Environment_Variables/
Syntax:
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:
sort
Description:
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 is usually
the exact same order as 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. Version 1.6 allows a little more flexibility
in the listing of ordered fields, in that you can include spaces and
line breaks in the field without it messing up the sort. This is helpful
when you have many form fields and need to insert a line wrap.
Syntax:
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,
name3, etc...">
Field:
print_config
Description:
print_config allows you to specify which of the config variables you
would like to have printed in your e-mail message. By default, no
config fields are printed to your e-mail. This is because the important
form fields, like email, subject, etc. are included in the header
of the message. However some users have asked for this option so they
can have these fields printed in the body of the message. The config
fields that you wish to have printed should be in the value attribute
of your input tag separated by commas.
Syntax:
If you want to print the email and subject fields in the body of your
message, you would place the following form tag:
<input
type=hidden name="print_config" value="email,subject">
Field:
print_blank_fields
Description:
print_blank_fields allows you to request that all form fields are
printed in the return HTML, regardless of whether or not they were
filled in. FormMail defaults to turning this off, so that unused form
fields aren't e-mailed.
Syntax:
If you want to print all blank fields:
<input type=hidden name="print_blank_fields" value="1">
Field:
title
Description:
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.
Syntax:
If you wanted a title of 'Feedback Form Results':
<input type=hidden name="title" value="Feedback
Form Results">
Field:
return_link_url
Description:
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.
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="return_link_url" value="http://your.host.com/main.html">
Field:
return_link_title
Description:
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>
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="return_link_title" value="Back
to Main Page">
Field:
missing_fields_redirect
Description:
This form field allows you to specify a URL that users will be redirected
to if there are fields listed in the required form field that are
not filled in. This is so you can customize an error page instead
of displaying the default.
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="missing_fields_redirect" value="http://your.host.com/error.html">
Field:
background
Description:
This form field allow 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.
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="background" value="http://your.host.com/image.gif">
Field:
bgcolor
Description:
This form field allow 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.
Syntax:
For a background color of White:
<input type=hidden name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF">
Field:
text_color
Description:
This field works in the same way as bgcolor, except that it will change
the color of your text.
Syntax:
For a text color of Black:
<input type=hidden name="text_color" value="#000000">
Field:
link_color
Description:
Changes the color of links on the resulting page. Works in the
same way as text_color. Should not be defined if redirect is.
Syntax:
For a link color of Red:
<input type=hidden name="link_color" value="#FF0000">
Field:
vlink_color
Description:
Changes the color of visited links on the resulting page. Works exactly
the same as link_color. Should not be set if redirect is.
Syntax:
For a visited link color of Blue:
<input type=hidden name="vlink_color" value="#0000FF">
Field:
alink_color
Description:
Changes the color of active links on the resulting page. Works
exactly the same as link_color. Should not be set if redirect is.
Syntax:
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. There is no limit as to how many other form fields you
can use with this form, except the limits imposed by browsers and
your server.
FormMail
Version 1.6
Copyright 1996-1997 Matt Wright mattw@worldwidemart.com
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