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NavNet has recently added FormMail to our server - allowing for more complex forms that can be used within your web site. After you create your form you must FTP it to the server before you can test it. If you try to test it from your
computer's hard drive it will not work. This restriction means that non-NavNet won't be able to create forms that run off our server, potentially overburdening it.
To set up your html form to use the script, you must make sure the action
for the form is set to : http://www.navnet.net/cgi-bin/formmail.cgi (?). The action of your form needs to point towards this script, and the method must be POST or GET in capital letters.
For example:
<![CDATA[<FORM METHOD="GET"
ACTION="http://www.navnet.net/cgi-bin/FormMail.cgi">]]>
There is only one form field that you must have in your form, for FormMail to work correctly. This is the recipient field. 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:
<![CDATA[<input type=hidden name="recipient" value="email@your.host.com">]]>
See our example of a basic form. For all available optional fields - see the readme file.
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:
<![CDATA[<input type=hidden name="subject" value="Your Subject">]]>
To allow the user to choose a subject:
<![CDATA[<input type=text name="subject">]]>
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, we 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:
<![CDATA[<input type=text name="email">]]>
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:
<![CDATA[<input type=text name="realname">]]>
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:
<![CDATA[<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:
<![CDATA[<input type=text name="redirect">]]>
Version: 1.3 & Up
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:
<![CDATA[<input type=hidden name="required" value="email,phone">]]>
See our Resource area for links to other on-line tools and software....
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