| 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: |
emailto |
| 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="hidden" name="emailto"
value="you@email.com> |
|
| Field: |
copysender |
| 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="hidden"
name="copysender" value="yes"> |
|
| 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"> |
|
| 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.
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:
<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. |
|
| 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: |
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 browsers sends the
information to the script (which is usually the exact same
order as 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. In the
listing of ordered fields, you can include spaces
and line breaks in the field without it messing up the sort.
This is helpful when you have many form fields and need to
insert a line wrap. |
| 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: |
print_config |
| Description: |
print_config allows you to
specify which of the config variables you would like to have
printed in your e-mail message. By default, no config fields
are printed to your e-mail. This is because the important
form fields, like email, subject, etc. are included in the
header of the message. However some users have asked for
this option so they can have these fields printed in the
body of the message. The config fields that you wish to have
printed should be in the value attribute of your input tag
separated by commas. |
| Syntax: |
If you want to print the email
and subject fields in the body of your message, you would
place the following form tag:
<input type=hidden name="print_config"
value="email,subject"> |
|
| Field: |
print_blank_fields |
| Description: |
print_blank_fields
allows you to request that all form fields are printed in
the return HTML, regardless of whether or not they were
filled in. FormMail defaults to turning this off, so that
unused form fields aren't e-mailed. |
| Syntax: |
If you want to print all blank
fields:
<input type=hidden
name="print_blank_fields" value="1"> |
|
| 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 return_link_title,
on the following report page. This field will not be used if
you have the redirect field set, but 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://your.host.com/main.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: |
missing_fields_redirect |
| Description: |
This form field allows you to
specify a URL that users will be redirected to if there are
fields listed in the required form field that are not filled
in. This is so you can customize an error page instead of
displaying the default. |
| Syntax: |
<input type=hidden
name="missing_fields_redirect"
value="http://your.host.com/error.html"> |
|
| Field: |
background |
| Description: |
This form field allow 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://your.host.xxx/image.gif"> |
|
| Field: |
bgcolor |
| Description: |
This form field allow 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="#FF0000"> |
|
| Field: |
vlink_color |
| Description: |
Changes the color of visited
links on the resulting page. Works in the same way 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 in the same way as link_color.
Should not be set if redirect
is. |
| Syntax: |
For a active link color of
Blue:
<input type=hidden name="alink_color"
value="#0000FF"> |
