Required Form Fields
When creating an enquiry / feedback web page at least one field is required in order for the form to be submitted to a recipient.
The Recipient field specifies to whom the form results are to be emailed. This field will likely be configured as a hidden form field with a value equal to a valid e-mail address. Optional fields may be added as required.
Syntax:
The following code must be entered anywhere inside your Form tags:
<input type=hidden name="recipient" value="recipient@mydomainname.tld">
Where: recipient@mydomainname.tld is the receiving email address.
Example:
This example displays the required form fields along with several optional fields.
| Code | Result |
| <html> <body> <FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=”/cgi-bin/formmail/FormMail.pl”> <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=”recipient” VALUE=”sales@mydomain.com.au”> <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=”subject” VALUE=”Form Submitted Email”> <P>Please enter your Name:</P><INPUT NAME=”Realname”> <P>Enter your comments:</P> <TEXTAREA COLS=19 ROWS=5 NAME=”user_comment”></TEXTAREA> <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE=”Send Comments”> </FORM> </body> </html> |
The following information is then sent to the recipient email address specified:
Return-Path: <return@userdomainname.tld> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2010 13:33:30 +1000 To: sales@mydomain.com.au Subject: Form Submitted Email Email: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by realname() on Friday, July 3, 2010 at 13:33:30 --------------------------------------------- user_comment: These are the comments typed into the comment field. ---------------------------------------------
Note: The code in this article is for information only. Netregistry cannot provide support for website coding related issues. Please contact a website developer for issues related to programming with HTML.
Anti-spam measure
The recipient email address specified in the HTML code should be an email address related to your domain name.
If another domain name is required:
- Open a new *.txt file (using Notepad)
- Type each recipient on a new line. e.g:myalternateaddress@hotmail.com
myalternateaddress@yahoo.com - Name or save the *.txt file allowed_recipients.txt.
- Upload this file to the /CGI-BIN directory.
