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:
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="Your Subject">

To allow the user to choose a subject:
<input type=text name="subject">

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:

<input type=text name="realname">

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:
<input type=hidden name="redirect" value="http://your.host.com/to/file.html">

To allow them to specify a URL they wish to travel to once the form is filled out:
<input type=text name="redirect">

Field:

required

Description:

You can require 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:

<input type=hidden name="required" value="email,phone">

Field:

sort

Description:

This field allows you to choose the order in which variables should appear in the e-mail that mailform generates. You can choose to have the fields 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.

Syntax:

To sort alphabetically:

<input type=hidden name="sort" value="alphabetic">

To sort by a set field order:

<input type=hidden name="sort" value="order:name1,name2,etc...">

Field:

print_config

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:

<input type=hidden name="print_config" value="email,subject">

Field:

print_blank_fields

Description:

print_blank_fields insures that all form fields are printed in the email, regardless of whether or not they were filled in. The default is "off", which means that unused form fields aren't e-mailed.

Syntax:

If you want to print all blank fields:
<input type=hidden name="print_blank_fields" value="1">

Field:

title

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':

<input type=hidden name="title" value="Feedback Form Results">

Field:

return_link_url

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:

<input type=hidden name="return_link_url" value="http://your.host.com/main.html">

Field:

return_link_title

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:

<input type=hidden name="return_link_title" value="Back to Main Page">

Field:

missing_fields_redirect

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:

<input type=hidden name="missing_fields_redirect" value="http://your.host.com/error.html">

Field:

background

Description:

This form field allows 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:

<input type=hidden name="background" value="http://your.host.xxx/image.gif">

Field:

bgcolor, text_color, link_color, vlink_color, alink_color

Description:

These fields modify the text, link, and background colors of produced HTML. .

Syntax:

<input type=hidden name="bgcolor" value="#000000">

Field:

filename

Description:

This is the file you want the form elements written to, where XXX is the name of the file which you want to use. Note, ".fileform.txt" will be appended to whatever name you choose.

Syntax:

<input type=hidden name="filename" value="XXX">

Field:

delimited

Description:

This will write out the form data in delimited format when using form.cgi.

Syntax:

<input type=hidden name="delimited" value="yes">