Our form script sends the contents of a Web form page to an email address. You add HTML tags to the form page to pass the information the script requires.

Basic Form Script

You must add the following to your HTML:

To call the script:

<form action="/cgi-bin/sendform" method="post">

You must specify the email address to send the form to:
<input type="hidden" name="to" value="you@you.co.uk">

If you are asking the user for their email address in your form, you can call the text field "from" and the email will appear to come from that address, allowing you to use the "Reply to" feature of your email software.
<input type="text" name="from">

Returned Pages

You can specify the page that is viewed after the form is submitted:
<input type="hidden" name="page" value="/thanks.html">

Mandatory Fields

You may wish to set up your form page so that some of the fields are mandatory, that is, the form will not be submitted unless these fields are filled in.
<input type="hidden" name="mandatory" value="name email address">

You can specify the page that is viewed if the mandatory fields are not filled in:
<input type="hidden" name="errorpage" value="/wrong.html">

Autoresponder

You can add an autoresponder feature to send a confirmation email to the user.

Add these three hidden fields:

The email message:
<input type="hidden" name="auto_respond" value= "Thank you for your enquiry. We shall get back to you as soon as we can. The Webmaster">

The subject line of the email message:
<input type="hidden" name="auto_subject" value="Re: your enquiry">

The email address the message will appear to be from:
<input type="hidden" name="auto_from" value="info@nsl.co.uk">
This will allow the recipient to use the "Reply to" feature of their email software.

Format of the Form Email

The contents of your forms appear in the email in alphabetical order by field name, but you can specify a different order if you wish:
<input type="hidden" name="field_order" value="name,address,tel_no">
Any of your form fields not in this list will be added in alphabetical order after the listed fields.

You can also specify a subject line for the email:
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Information Request">
This is useful if you have several form pages on your site, or are managing multiple Websites.

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