Online Form Submission Scripts
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Now that you're familiar with some of the
more standard form fields you may be asking yourself, "What now?".
Well you need to have some sort of formmail script installed that
will send this info to some page or email address that you specify.
The best thing to do is to check with your web host to find out if
they have a predefined script already installed.
The web hosting with
www.WebsiteSpot.com already offers a formmail script
to handle all of your form requirements so there's
nothing to install or configure.
Form Mail ScriptIn order for your visitor to submit
their information to you via email you'll need a form mail script.
This is a script that is easily uploaded to your web hosting account
to a folder called 'cgi-bin'. Although it's a common folder with
most web hosting companies you may want to double check that they
offer you access to 'cgi-bin'Once you've confirmed that you will
need to download the script. A very popular yet easy to install
script can be found by
clicking here.
The download will include step by step instructions for installing
the script.
Once you have that installed you simply need to upload your form
using whichever FTP software
that you prefer and the form should work perfectly.
Advanced Formmail Scripts As I mentioned, I'm simply
covering the script that will email you the details. There are
scripts out there that will write the data to a
database so that you can filter or sort the data. You can also find
scripts that will write the information to a secure page on your
website so you have easy access to the information regardless of
where you're located.
If you're looking for some
information on some of the additional from
features I would recommend just searching for
some sites using your favorite search engine.
Not Ready For Building Forms? If you're not
ready to get into creating online forms from scratch
WebsiteSpot.com offers an
online wizard with their online website builder that asks you what
fields you want (ie. text, buttons, etc), then asks you how you'd
like the information delivered, & click submit. The form is created
automatically with no coding at all.
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