TCH-Don Posted December 22, 2002 Posted December 22, 2002 this is what I am using: ><form action="http://mysite.com/cgi-sys/FormMail.cgi" method="POST"> <input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="contact@mysite.com"> <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Feedback from your web site"> <input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://www.mysite.com/thanks.htm"> why do I see as the first thing, in the email I get back from the contact page redirect:http://www.mysite.com/thanks.htm how can I hide this? Quote
Lianna Posted December 22, 2002 Posted December 22, 2002 Turtle, you know that I don't know beans about HTML, but if that is the first line of your emails and the code immediately follows the 'subject', then... move that line of code to before the subject? What does that do? <now that you are all laughing hysterically... have a good night... I baked 16 dozen cookies, wrapped too many presents and watched Scooby Doo over and over with my son. Zoinks! I'm beat! > Lianna Quote
TCH-Don Posted December 22, 2002 Author Posted December 22, 2002 Ok, tried it, no change, don't forget, I love burn't cookies good night. Quote
TCH-Don Posted December 24, 2002 Author Posted December 24, 2002 I have looked at all the docs, but can't find an answer, this is the FormMail-clone, from the cpanel. any one have this solved? or using a different form mailer? Quote
TCH-Don Posted December 29, 2002 Author Posted December 29, 2002 No help? Ok, I'll try another form mailer. Quote
Head Guru Posted December 29, 2002 Posted December 29, 2002 Turtle. Good resource for Email Forms http://web.mit.edu/wwwdev/cgiemail/user.html Quote
Head Guru Posted December 29, 2002 Posted December 29, 2002 Here is link to the formail designers page. http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/formmail.html Quote
Head Guru Posted December 29, 2002 Posted December 29, 2002 Here is some actual info for you to browse on the formail clone. Optional Form Fields 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: To allow the user to choose a 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: To allow them to specify a URL they wish to travel to once the form is filled out: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: required Version: 1.3 & Up 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: env_report Version: 1.3 & Up 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. There are others, but these are a few of the most useful. For more information on environment variables, see: The CGI Resource Index: Documentation: Environment Variables Syntax: If you wanted to find the remote host and browser sending the request, you would put the following into your form: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: sort Version: 1.4 & Up 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. 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. Syntax: To sort alphabetically: To sort by a set field order: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: print_config Version: 1.5 & Up 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: print_blank_fields Version: 1.6 & Up 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: title Version: 1.3 & Up 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': -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: return_link_url Version: 1.3 & Up 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: return_link_title Version: 1.3 & Up 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: return_link_title Syntax: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: missing_fields_redirect Version: 1.6 & Up 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: background Version: 1.3 & Up 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: bgcolor Version: 1.3 & Up 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: text_color Version: 1.3 & Up 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: link_color Version: 1.3 & Up 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: vlink_color Version: 1.3 & Up 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: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field: alink_color Version: 1.4 & Up 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: Quote
TCH-Don Posted December 29, 2002 Author Posted December 29, 2002 Thanks Bill, I have been through those sites, and still no help for seeing redirect:http://www.mysite.com/thanks.htm as the first data in the returned email. It would not bother me, but I do not want the shelter to have to see this. I will look again, However I am trying Phorm Jr. v2.0 and so far it looks great! Thanks for all the work! Quote
Andrew Posted January 8, 2003 Posted January 8, 2003 Hey, Turtle -- didja ever solve this? I'm having the same problem. The first line of every message generated is "redirect:" etc. It's coming to me, so it's not a problem... just annoying. Andrew Quote
TCH-Don Posted January 9, 2003 Author Posted January 9, 2003 Hi Andrew No, but I tried Phorm Jr And I like it, I am switching all of my forms over to it. Quote
Andrew Posted January 9, 2003 Posted January 9, 2003 Ah, that looks wonderful -- clean and simple (just like me!). Something even I can figure out. Thanks! Quote
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