Email forms are very common and require certain code to work. iP:Hostmaster has setup a few scripts through the Control Panel to allow you to setup your email forms on your website.

These scripts require certain code in your website to actually function and forward any type of submission to an email address. Below you will find the most common code for our formmail clone which is relatively simple to set up and is CGI based. If you require further support in setting up your forms please contact us through our Email Support.

FormMail Clone Code Requirements

The first thing in any kind of submission form you will need is the form itself and the location that it will submit to. So your form tag should look similar to the one below.

<form action="http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-sys/FormMail.cgi" method="POST">

After the form tag you will need to insert the recipient (email address(es) you would like the form to submit to) tag, which should look like the following:

<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="e-mail@yourdomain.com">

Following the recipient tag comes the subject tag which relates to the subject of the email that is being sent from your website. We recommend to make sure that you can differentiate this subject from others.

<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Feedback from web site">

Once a form has been submitted you have the ability to send the person that submitted the form to a confirmation or thank you page by inserting the following code.

<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://www.yourdomain.com/thankyou.htm">

Once you have these tags inserted into your site and the rest of the form created you should be able to send email from your website without a problem.