Forms

SX Web Solution has  pre-configured  a 'eform.pl' (form mail) script in your CGI-BIN. This script is designed to process any forms that you write for your site. No knowledge of CGI is necessary to implement a working form on your website.

Add the following 4 lines to your form document and your form will send the information to the specified e-mail address.

1. <form action="/cgi-bin/eform.pl" method="POST">
2. <input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="email address">
3. <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Title of Form">
4. <input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://yourdomain.com/thankyou.htm">

The above 5 lines need to be placed at the beginning of your HTML coding that starts the forms. The above 5 lines declare that the forms in your HTML page will be processed by the eform.pl script in your CGI-BIN (Line 1). The 2nd line requires the "username" field, which is used for the email address of the one utilizing the form. Then, the 3rd line tell the form script to send the completed forms to the specified recipient (your e-mail address of whomever's you set it for). The 3rd line tells the form script to place the declared subject line into the form sent to the recipient via e-mail. The 4th line tells the form script to send the visitor filling out the form to a page thanking them for filling out the form. These are the only codes you need to interface with to get the forms working.

Don't forget to create a 'thankyou' page for your form.  Please note that if you DO NOT want to use the "thankyou.htm" you can specify:

<input type="hidden" name="thankurl" value="no">

(this will display a default thank you page for you, saves some HTML coding)

Also, at the place in your HTML code where you ask the visitor for their e-mail address change the coding to reflect something like this:

<input type=text name="email">What is your e-mail address?

The key parameter is the name="username". This will take the e-mail address from the form and place it into the e-mail form that is sent to the recipient (declared in Line 2 of the form coding). Otherwise, the recipient will receive mail from "No-Email-Given@whatever.com" (a null used in the form script if no e-mail address is found via the username parameter).

Note: The RECIPIENT email address MUST be one recognized on the server where your domain resides. In other words, use an email address created under your domain name. Or else, an email address using your domain name that is aliased to another email account outside of our server network. Otherwise eform.pl will generate the ERROR "Bad Recipient" address. This configuration is for SPAM prevention.