FormMail – creating an enquiry/feedback web page

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Online forms allow for a website user to send written information in a simple layout to a pre-defined email address, (e.g. sale@mydomainname.com.au) that might include various contact details.

FormMail.pl is a CGI script that can be used to send typed data on a web page to a recipient’s email address. This script comes pre-configured on all Netregistry web hosting packages except Economy Hosting. Additionally, the CGI script is not supported on our Windows and Apache servers. If you have Economy hosting then you will need to upgrade to Business Hosting and request the Zeus server.

FormMail is generally used for:

  • Enquiry forms
  • Feedback forms
  • Order forms

Note: FormMail is dependant on correct @referrer scripting.

How do I add a form to my website?

FormMail.pl is one of the default scripts included in the cgi-bin directory of your hosted web space.

To set up a form mail form:

    1. Login to the Account Level console using the Master Account Reference and Password.
    2. Locate the section Administer/Upgrade domain.
    3. Search for or select the required domain from the Select domain dropdown list.
    4. Click [Administer].
    5. Click Web Hosting.
    6. Under Webserver Options, select the enable CGI-BIN option.Note: Windows IIS does not support CGI-BIN. If you cannot otherwise view the CGI-BIN, please contact the Netregistry technical support team.
    7. Click Manage Web Packages.
    8. Click Install formmail.
    9. Add the following formmail script to your web page:

 

Code:

<html>
<body>
<form method="post"  action="/cgi-bin/formmail/FormMail.pl">
<input type="hidden"  name="recipient"  value="example@domain.tld"/>
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Form Submitted Email" />
<input type="hidden" name="required" value="email" />
<p>Please enter your Name:</p><input name="Realname" />
<p>Please enter your Email:</p><input name="email" />
<p>Enter your comments:</p>
<textarea cols="19" rows="5"  name="User_Comment"></textarea>
<input type="submit"  value="Send Comments" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

Result:

Please enter your Name:
Please enter your Email:
Enter your comments:

Note: The recipient is a required form field and must be included. in the above example, the subject, realname and user_comments fields are optional form fields. Optional form fields may be included as required or to personalise the form to meet the required needs of the web page.

This following information is sent to the recipient email address specified once a user clicks [Send Comments]:

Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2010 13:33:30 +1000 To: sales@mydomain.com.auSubject: Form Submitted EmailEmail: 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.

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