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Form
Mail
Setup Information
FormMail-clone is clone of Matt Wright's formmail.pl under
a less restrictive license. It should behave almost exactly
as formmail.pl, but it is completely written from scratch
so there might be a few minor visual differences.
The form action line should be,
<form action = "http://yourdomain.com/cgi-sys/FormMail.cgi"
method = "post">
FormMail.cgi 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
Description: This form field allows
you to specify where you wish your form results to be mailed
to. 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@yourdomain.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 and submitted. 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, 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. NOTE: in your code use all-lowercase for the
word "email"
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: 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 browser 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.
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: 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 the user will end
up at;
<input type=hidden name="redirect"
value="http://domain.com/file.html">
To allow the user to specify a URL
he/she wishes 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.
Syntax:
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
Description: Allows you to have Environment
variables included in the e-mail message you receive after
a user has filled out your form. This is 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.
HTTP_USER_AGENT - The browser the
client is using to send the request.
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: 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 a return_link_title on
the following report page. This field will not be used if
you have the redirect field set, although 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://domain.com/file.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:
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="return_link_title"
value="Back to Main Page">
Field: background
Description: 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.
Syntax:
<input type=hidden name="background"
value="http://domain.com/image.gif">
Field: bgcolor
Description: 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.
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="#000080">
Field: vlink_color
Description: Changes the color of
visited links on the resulting page. It 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">
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