Online Form Submission Scripts
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David
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February 20th, 2012
Now that you're familiar with some of the more standard form fields you may be asking yourself, "What now?". Well you need to have some sort of formmail script installed that will send this info to some page or email address that you specify. The best thing to do is to check with your web host to find out if they have a predefined script already installed.
The web hosting with WebsiteSpot.com already offers a formmail script to handle all of your form requirements so there's nothing to install or configure.
Form Mail Script
In order for your visitor to submit their information to you via email you'll need a form mail script. This is a script that is easily uploaded to your web hosting account to a folder called 'cgi-bin'. Although it's a common folder with most web hosting companies you may want to double check that they offer you access to 'cgi-bin'
Once you've confirmed that you will need to download the script. A very popular yet easy to install script can be found by clicking here. The download will include step by step instructions for installing the script.
Once you have that installed you simply need to upload your form using whichever FTP software that you prefer and the form should work perfectly.
Advanced Formmail Scripts
As I mentioned, I'm simply covering the script that will email you the details. There are scripts out there that will write the data to a database so that you can filter or sort the data. You can also find scripts that will write the information to a secure page on your website so you have easy access to the information regardless of where you're located.
If you're looking for some information on some of the additional from features I would recommend just searching for some sites using your favorite search engine.
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