How do you configure your form to submit to Formmail? The action of your form needs to point towards this script (obviously), and the method must be POST or GET in capital letters. Version 1.5 of FormMail offers many new ways to code your form to tailor the resulting HTML page and the way the script performs. 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"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To use a customized error page, see 'missing_fields_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 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:   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. 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 the request. REMOTE_ADDR - Sends the IP address of the remote host making the request. REMOTE_USER - If server supports authentication and script is protected, this is the username they have authenticated as. *This is not usually set.* HTTP_USER_AGENT - The browser the client is using to send the request. There are others, but these are a few of the most useful. If you have any suggestions for or problems with this website, please e-mail support@mercuryd.com