Total newbie - how do i add a contact form

[jeni]

Hi!

I KNOW I must be missing something completely obvious but how do I add a contact form and other pages that will have form elements to them such as request a quote etc.

I can only find how to add brochure pages which seem to be only text...

Thank you!

[NormanRouxel]

You can embed your own HTML into a brochure fragment's Text field by enclosing it with !!< and >!!

Note that this won't work within Products as they use a FORM themselves.

[leehack]

You probably already have a contact form available to use on your site. If you put this link in your browser and change to your web address, it should appear.

http://YOUR WEB ADDRESS HERE/cgi-bin/mf000001.pl?ACTION=SHOWFORM

As for other pages, create them in an another package and add them into a 'text-only' fragment on a brochure page by embedding the html, just as Norman suggests.

[jeni]

Thanks for that - very helpful!!

Is there a way of embedding the contact form so that the "/cgi-bin/mf000001.pl?ACTION=SHOWFORM" doesn't show in the url bar? - it looks a bit strange.... would prefer a "proper" filename....

[pinbrook]

if you want a proper filename, I;d advise using your own formmail script.

There's a nice secure one at http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net/scripts.shtml