How to make one and use it?

I tried to grasp formmail but it was greek to me. Anyone have a good script or any information on how to set-up something like this.

I have a weak contact page i'd like to turn into something that can generate leads.

thanks,

Eric

I use this one http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpformgen/
as long as you can use php on your server.

But that seems to take someone off my site. Am i correct?

I was looking for a script i can actually implement into my contact page that doesn't redirect to /phpforms etc.

Or did I do it wrong?

I have developed my own script for websites which I maintain. It is few lines of PHP code.

That one, which use Kyle, looks good too.

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I don't think phpformgen takes you off your site. You will need to download the software and produce the forms you want.

However, the PHP it produces is not necessarily the cleanist.

Good luck in your search...

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search hotscripts. com for email scripts.. That is where i get free scripts for EVERYTHING i need.
(althought some of those might need to be modified so beware if you're not able to at least notice the HTML parts of it)

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I have tried to get these scripts to work but can't seem to do it to save my life. Can someone give me a walk-through or explain it in detail?

I need lead capture of some kind. I've only had one deal off a phone call from someone that Googled my site. I get about 3-14 hits per day so something needs to change.

There is a forum for help here http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=149299
to run the phpformgenerator.

Copy and past the code below, correct the domain email address and the thanks page. (hope this works for you, it's what i use.) Should look like:
http://www.buyerbroker-denver.com/va...l/contact.html
(ugly page, i know)



<FORM ACTION = "/cgi-sys/formmail.pl" METHOD = "POST" class="normal">
<div align="left">
<p><font face="Verdana">
<input type="hidden" name="recipient2" value="YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS , DOMAIN SPACIFIC">
<input type="hidden" name="subject2" value="Comments from your real estate site">
<input type="hidden" name="env_report2" value="REMOTE_HOST,REMOTE_ADDR,HTTP_USER_AGENT">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect2" value="http://YOUR THANKS PAGE.html">
<b>Name:<br>
</b><span class="style4">
<input type="text" name="yourname" size=32>
</span></p>
</div>
<p align="left"><b>Your Email:</b>&nbsp;<br>

<input type="text" name="email2" size=32>
</p>
<p align="left"><b>Your Phone:</b><br>

<input type="text" name="phone" size=15>
</p>
<div align="left">
<p>&nbsp; </p>
</div>
<p align="left"><b>Preferred way to contact:</b> <font face="Verdana"> </font><font face="Verdana"><span class="style4"><br>
<input type="radio" name="contact_method" value="Phone" checked>
<span class="style5"><font size="2">Phone </span>
<input type="radio" name="contact_method" value="Email">
<span class="style5">Email</span></span></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>If by phone, the best time and day to reach you:</b> <span class="style4"><font size="2"><br>
</font></span></font></p>

<div align="left">
<ul class="style4" style="margin-bottom: 0">
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0">
<p><font face="Verdana">
<select name="timeofday">
<option>Morning</option>
<option>Afternoon</option>
<option>Evening</option>
</select>
<select name="dayofweek">
<option>Monday</option>
<option>Tuesday</option>
<option>Wednesday</option>
<option>Thursday</option>
<option>Friday</option>
<option>Saturday</option>
<option>Sunday</option>
</select>
</font>
</p>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
<p align="left"> <font face="Verdana"><b>How may I help you?</b> </font>

</p>
<div align="left">
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0">
<p><font face="Verdana">
<textarea name="how_can_we_help" rows="14" cols="50" wrap="VIRTUAL"></textarea>
</font>
</p>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0;">
</ul>
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0;">
</ul>
</div>
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0;"><p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Verdana">
<input name="submit" type="submit" class="normal" value="Submit">
<input name="reset" type="reset" class="normal" value="Clear">
</font></p>
</ul>
</form>

Now i'm getting somewhere. I like that script. Simple and it allows the client to spill their guts to me.

So it didn't work. I'm sure it's not a problem. I'm hoping you (denver buyer broker) may be able to assist me until i'm good to go?


Here's the code I have:


<FORM ACTION = "/cgi-sys/formmail.pl" METHOD = "POST" class="normal">
<div align="left">
<p><font face="Verdana">
<input type="hidden" name="recipient2" value="ejsmortgage@comcast.net">
<input type="hidden" name="subject2" value="Comments from ejsmortgage.com">
<input type="hidden" name="env_report2" value="REMOTE_HOST,REMOTE_ADDR,HTTP_USER_AGENT">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect2" value="http://www.ejsmortgage.com/thankyou.htm">
<b>Name:<br>
</b><span class="style4">
<input type="text" name="yourname" size=32>
</span></p>
</div>
<p align="left"><b>Your Email:</b>&nbsp;<br>

<input type="text" name="email2" size=32>
</p>
<p align="left"><b>Your Phone:</b><br>

<input type="text" name="phone" size=15>
</p>
<div align="left">
<p>&nbsp; </p>
</div>
<p align="left"><b>Preferred way to contact:</b> <font face="Verdana"> </font><font face="Verdana"><span class="style4"><br>
<input type="radio" name="contact_method" value="Phone" checked>
<span class="style5"><font size="2">Phone </span>
<input type="radio" name="contact_method" value="Email">
<span class="style5">Email</span></span></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>If by phone, the best time and day to reach you:</b> <span class="style4"><font size="2"><br>
</font></span></font></p>

<div align="left">
<ul class="style4" style="margin-bottom: 0">
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0">
<p><font face="Verdana">
<select name="timeofday">
<option>Morning</option>
<option>Afternoon</option>
<option>Evening</option>
</select>
<select name="dayofweek">
<option>Monday</option>
<option>Tuesday</option>
<option>Wednesday</option>
<option>Thursday</option>
<option>Friday</option>
<option>Saturday</option>
<option>Sunday</option>
</select>
</font>
</p>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
<p align="left"> <font face="Verdana"><b>How may I help you?</b> </font>

</p>
<div align="left">
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0">
<p><font face="Verdana">
<textarea name="how_can_we_help" rows="14" cols="50" wrap="VIRTUAL"></textarea>
</font>
</p>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0;">
</ul>
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0;">
</ul>
</div>
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0;"><p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Verdana">
<input name="submit" type="submit" class="normal" value="Submit">
<input name="reset" type="reset" class="normal" value="Clear">
</font></p>
</ul>
</form>

I highlighted the email because I noticed you had "domain specific" in your code above. Does it have to be domain specific in this case? Like me@mydomain.com? Or am I fine with what I have?

So anyway, I made a temporary test page here: http://www.ejsmortgage.com/1.htm

Everything looks right but it doesn't seem to work. It goes straight to a "missing fields" page. Go ahead and try it.

I think it has to do with the formmail.pl I have formail handy but it's not uploaded on the server. How do I install it?