Form Mail - server scripts

Question

Howdy all,
I use DW 2004MX. If this topic has been addressed before, I'm
sorry. I am trying to make a very simple form mail work on my
website; name, address, phone # and send. I know for a fact there
are two types of form scripts on my server, and both are activated.
One is a CGI (gdform.cgi), and the other is a PHP (gdform.php). My
server is Godaddy if that matters. I have read many messages about
form mail, but cannot find out how to MAKE IT ALL WORK. I have been
looking for a step-by-step answer, but no luck so far. BTW, I am a
newbie. The manual I have is "aftermarket", and is near useless for
the form mail stuff. The web address is www.azaleatrail.com
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
MonaLisaWest

Answer 1

> One is a CGI (gdform.cgi), and the other is a PHP
> (gdform.php). My server is Godaddy if that matters.
my suggestion from trying to sort out questions from others
hosted with go
daddy- don't bother with either of those scripts.
I assume that you can use php files within your site?
If yes- i suggest this script:
http://boaddrink.com
-->phpformmail
the instructions are in the zipped folder.
short list of instructions i suggest (use your own info of
course)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/macromedia.dreamweaver/search?q=alan+php
formmail+edit+recipient&start=0&scoring=d&
1)go to
http://boaddrink.com
-->phpformmail
download it.
http://www.boaddrink.com/projects/files/phpformmail/phpformmail_class...
.2.zip
extract the ZIP file.
2) open formmail.php in dreamweaver
Make the following changes (in code view, turn line numbers
on)
2a)
line 4,
define('CHECK_REFERER', true);
change to:
define('CHECK_REFERER', false);
reason: too many people use a firewall or Norton security to
restrict this.
2b)
Line 43
$referers = array('www.example.com', 'example.com');
change to the url address of your web site.
reason: this probably isn't needed since we just turned the
referrer
checking off. but change it anyway.
2c) *********this is the hard-coding of the recipient address
into the php
file, where it is totally invisble**********
Line 46
$recipient_array = array();
change to:
$recipient_array = array('me' =>
'[email protected]);
**put YOUR email address in to replace
[email protected]
reason: this sets the email address the form results will be
sent to.
3) now do a File-->Save As and save this file to within
this Local Site
folder.
4) in dw's File Panel, find formmail.php and upload it to the
remote site.
5) Now open your form html file in dreamweaver,
5a)click the mouse into the form area, and select the
<form> tag on the
lower left margin of the design window.
In the Property Inspectory, it should now show the properties
of the <form>
tag. In the Property Inspector, to the right of the ACTION
line, click the
folder icon and browse to and select the copy of the
formmail.php file
you've saved to within this site.
5b) now go to dw menu-->Insert-->Form
Objects-->Hidden Field
This inserts a hidden form field.
In the property inspector, change the NAME of this field to:
 recipient
And the VALUE of this field to:  me
the code should look like:
<input name="recipient" type="hidden" id="recipient"
value="me">
6) Save and upload the form page.
Try the form from the website.
Optional:
make a new page for a thank you for submitting message.
In the form, insert another hidden field.
Name:  redirect
Value:  the full absolute
http:// address to the new thank you page.
There is other information about that script in the Docs
folder.
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/