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Form to E-mail
VPOP has made it easy to use our "form to e-mail" script. Just
"Cut n Paste" the following lines into the page where your form
lives. You'll want these lines to appear at the beginning of your
form.
<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/vpopmail.cgi">
<input type="hidden" name="recipient"
value="you@yourdomain.com">
<input type="hidden" name="subject"
value="subject in your e-mail">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect"
value="http://www.yourdomain.com/your_response.html">
Or try our
Sample Form Generator
For details on which portions to edit, how to make a complete form or
how to use your form with the secure server, just follow the
instructions located in the areas below.
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Form to E-mail Cont'd
Below is an explaination of what each line does and which portions to
edit. Do not include the numbers in your form.
1. <FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/vpopmail.cgi">
2. <input type="hidden" name="recipient"
value="you@yourdomain.com">
3. <input type="hidden" name="subject"
value="subject in your e-mail">
4. <input type="hidden" name="redirect"
value="http://www.yourdomain.com/
your response.html">
- This section calls the cgi script from our root cgi-bin and does
not need to be edited at all.
- This section tells the script where to send the results of the
form. You need only replace "you@yourdomain.com" with the
e-mail address of the person you want to receive the data.
- This section will determine what appears in the Subject
line of the e-mail you receive. This is great for identifying a
specific type of order if you have more than one form on your
site. Just edit the portion that says "subject in your e-mail"
and replace it with your preferred subject line.
- This part of the form allows you to display a new page once your
customer has hit the "submit" button. Most will display a page
that says something like, "Thanks for the order" or maybe include
further instructions.
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Advance Features
In this section we will explain how to use some of the adavnced
features. Each line below can be added to the three above for more
control over the use of your form.
1. <input type="hidden" name="sort"
value="order:field1,field2,etc">
2. <input type="hidden" name="required"
value="field1,field2,etc">
3. <input type="hidden" name="redirect"
value="https://www.vpop.net/~your_account/
your response.html">
- Use this option if you want the data from the form to be sent to
you in a particular sequence. Simply replace the items labled
"field1,field2,etc" with the names from your form fields. Be sure to
separate the names with a comma and no spaces.
- This option is used to make sure that certain fields in your form
are completed. If you have a field marked as "required" and the end
user leaves it empty, the form will be bounced and the user prompted
to fill complete the necessary fields. Again, just edit the area that
says, "field1,field2,etc".
- Secure Forms are best used with this option. Whenever you
leave a secure area, a note will pop up to the user and remind you
that an unsecure area is ahead. If you used a secure link to get to
the order form, you'll want to use this section. Just edit the area
described as ~your_account and replace it with your login
I.D. You'll also want to edit the name of the file that is returned.
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Different Form Fields
In this section we will discuss the different types of form fields
that are commonly used. Again, just "Cut n Paste" the source
provided, into your Web page.
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