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- Adding a contact form to your website
Recommended Contact Forms
Online contact forms are an essential part of most websites because they allow visitors to quickly send you an email from your website page. Due to the increased security issues surrounding contact forms, we recommend the following two options ...
NMS FormMail
A CGI server-side form mail script that comes with standard features for basic contact form handling.
http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/
PHP SecureMailer
A PHP server-side form mail script that comes with advanced features for professional contact form handling including captcha and file attachments.
download securemailer_1[1].09.4 (79k)
We recommend the PHP SecureMailer however, both provide a good level of security features. If you need help installing either of these scripts then we can offer a paid installation service.
System Contact Form
If you are looking for a quick and easy contact form solution then you can use our server-side form as shown here.
To create this example form on your website, cut and paste the following code into your web page ...
<input type=hidden name="recipient" value="you@change-domain.com">
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="Email Subject Header">
<input type=hidden name="redirect" value="redirectpage.html">
<p>Name<br />
<input type="text" name="name" size="30"></p>
<p>Phone<br />
<input type="text" name="phone" size="30"></p>
<p>Email<br />
<input type="text" name="email" size="30"></p>
<p>Comments<br />
<textarea name="textarea" wrap="VIRTUAL" cols="30" rows="3"></textarea></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
<input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset"></p>
</form>
Change Elements
You will need to replace the bold variables with your own settings, then upload the page to your website and test to make sure it is working.
Form Path
Some servers have a slightly different path to the server-side form mail script so if the above example does not work then replace the first line with the following ...
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