Problems with formmail wizard...please help!

[designkitt]

Hello,
I need help creating a simple form that will submit to an email addressand have no experience at all. I tried using formmail configuration wizard but it was was too complicated. One of the files was 222 pages long with instructions. Impossible to find what I need. I have never used php only html. Can anyone help me with this? I have been researching this for two days now and getting very flustrated.

Thank you in advance!

[crabtree]

the idea of the wizard is you get a working form and a working formmail

you dont need to do anything 'cept upload them to ur server and test

you dont need to change formmail unless something doesnt work

[designkitt]

But there were 222 pages. What part of this am I suppose to download

[crabtree]

wot do you mean by "222 pages"?

after the wizard you should get a single ZIP file download

in the ZIP file there are 2 or 3 files (I can remember exactly)

one file is a README.txt file

you upload the sample form (.htm) and hte formmail.php (or whatever you chose to call it)

there's no need to read formmail.php, which is the only large file, unless you have problems with the form not working

[david_de]

You must be referring to formmail.php? That is the file what you are probably seeing is the comments, notes that are not a part of the script. As Crabtree said just upload it. If the wizard was given the correct information just upload formmail.php and sampleform.htm to the same location on your server. Then get on the server (www.yourserver.com/forms/sampleform.htm) and open the form. This example would be if you uploaded them to a folder called forms.

If the form works and sends you an email with the information you submitted you are on your way. Then just modify the html in the form to what you want. If you get an error message post here again with the message.

If you have lots of time and nothing to do read the comments, especially helpful if you suffer from insomnia. Should put you to sleep in a very short time.

[designkitt]

I went back to the wizard and reconfigured using version 7.12 instead of 7.13. I got it to work, but was unable to customize the form completely. For example, instead of name, I changed this field to client number, but when the info was sent to my email it came in as realname. I did change this in the sample form in several locations. Do I need to make changes to the php file? I also noticed that if I did not answer all the questions in the standard form it didn't prompt me to do so but sent the info which came to me as an error. Any way to it notify that a field needs to be filled out? Are there any security issues with this form?

David thank you for your advice!

[crabtree]

I changed this field to client number, but when the info was sent to my email it came in as realname. I did change this in the sample form in several locations.

if the field's name is "realname", then thats what it will be called in the results. if its called "clientno", then thats wht it will be called.

Do I need to make changes to the php file?

No, unless you need to change the config for some reason (e.g. to allow file uploads).

I also noticed that if I did not answer all the questions in the standard form it didn't prompt me to do so but sent the info which came to me as an error. Any way to it notify that a field needs to be filled out?

have u seen the "required" field in the sampel form? that's what controls what fields are required (funnily enough).

Are there any security issues with this form?

no. in my experience tectite formmail is the *only* form processor that as never had a security flaw (ask russel if u want to b sure)

[designkitt]

if the field's name is "realname", then thats what it will be called in the results. if its called "clientno", then thats wht it will be called.

I did change the field name to clientnumber in sampleform.htm but in the body of the email response realname remains and clientnumber was there too. Any idea why this is happening?

have u seen the "required" field in the sampel form? that's what controls what fields are required (funnily enough).

The sample form I see does none of the fields are indicated as required.

[crabtree]

yeah, its annoying about realname

realname (along with email) is a special field thats always included in the results

u can get rid of it by adding this to ur form:

<input type="hidden" name="mail_options" value="Exclude=realname" />

The sample form I see does none of the fields are indicated as required.

in the sample form u can see this:

<input type="hidden" name="required" value="email:Your email address,realname:Your name" />

thats what makes fields required.

change it to this:

<input type="hidden" name="required" value="email:Your email address,clientnumber:Your client number" />

or just this:

<input type="hidden" name="required" value="clientnumber:Your client number" />