| Field |
Description & Syntax |
| subject |
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 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"> |
| email |
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. <input type=text name="email">
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| realname |
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. <input type=text name="realname"> |
| redirect |
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. 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">
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| required |
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'
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"> |
| env_report |
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 a 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. For more information
on environment variables, see:
http://www.cgi-resources.com/Documentation/Environment_Variables/
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"> |
| sort |
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. Version 1.6 allows a little more flexibility in the
listing of ordered fields, in that 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. 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, name3,etc..."> |
| print_config |
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. 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">
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| print_blank_fields |
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.
If you want to print all blank fields:
<input type=hidden
name="print_blank_fields" value="1"> |
| title |
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. If you wanted a title of 'Feedback
Form Results':
<input type=hidden name="title" value="Feedback
Form Results"> |
| return_link_url |
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. <input type=hidden name="return_link_url"
value="http://your.host.com/main.html"> |
| return_link_title |
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:
<ul> <li><a href="return_link_url">return_link_title</a>
</ul> <input type=hidden name="return_link_title"
value="Back to Main Page"> |
| missing_fields_redirect |
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. <input type=hidden name="missing_fields_redirect"
value="http://your.host.com/error.html"> |
| background |
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.
<input type=hidden name="background"
value="http://your.host.com/image.gif"> |
| bgcolor |
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. For a background color of White:
<input type=hidden
name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"> |
| text_color |
This field works in the same way as bgcolor,
except that it will change the color of your text. For a text
color of Black:
<input type=hidden name="text_color"
value="#000000"> |
| link_color |
Changes the color of links on the resulting
page. Works in the same way as text_color. Should not be defined
if redirect is. For a link color of Red:
<input type=hidden
name="link_color" value="#FF0000"> |
| vlink_color |
Changes the color of visited links on the resulting
page. Works exactly the same as link_color. Should not be
set if redirect is. For a visited link color of Blue:
<input type=hidden name="vlink_color" value="#0000FF">
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| alink_color |
Changes the color of active links on the resulting
page. Works exactly the same as link_color. Should not be
set if redirect is. For a visited link color of Blue:
<input type=hidden name="alink_color" value="#0000FF">
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