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The action of your
form needs to point towards this script at http://www.gmavt.net/cgi-bin/formmail.pl
, and the method must be POST or GET in capital letters. You must also
have requested use of the script from Technical Support.
Below is a list
of form fields you can use and how to implement them.
Necessary
Form Fields
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">
Optional
Form Fields
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 real name. 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: 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,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">
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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:
return_link_title
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.xxx/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 active 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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