Creation of the form with TOWeb |
You first need to select the paragraph where you want to add you form and if needed, add a new paragraph for it. Then check the option Add also to this paragraph and select A form in the list. A new tab named "Form" is now available in your paragraph from where you will need to :
- click on the Add field button to add a new field to your form. Different types are available (text, selection list, email, date, ...) and you can change their properties your needs (its name, size, a mandatory field, ...)
- then select the type of form to use with the Form settings button.
In order to receive the form content by email you must setup a form action. We advise you to turn on the i-Service Form located in the Settings > i-Services screen.
If you have a script or if you host provider is providing one or if you don't want to use the i-Service Form of TOWeb you will need to enter your script URL. You may choose also the "Send the form data using the mailing software of your visitor" method from the list of action and enter your email address but we don not recommend this options because it depends on the computer configuration of your visitor and may not work for everyone (and even if you receive the email, its content may be incomplete or not readable). |
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Protect your web forms with a captcha |
| A visual code called “captcha” can be added to all your website forms to protect you from spams. This feature can be activated from the "Settings > Security" step. For more information please see how to activate and use captcha. |
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Add tooltip texts on web form fields |
| When adding or editing a field in a form you may now enter an optional help message on that field. If a message is specified then a icon will appear next to the field to allow visitors to see it in a tooltip when mouse goes over it. The addition of a form occurs in a paragraph with the Add to this paragraph > a form. The position of the tooltip icon can be chosen at the Properties window of the form and the style of the tooltip form icon of all your forms can be changed in the screen Theme> Topic content. |
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What to do if you don't receive any form email |
- Verify first that you correctly created you form following all the instructions and advice previously mentioned in this page.
- Verify your anti-spam filters. Not only the one of the email reader installed on your computer but also the one of your email provider as many of them offer this service (like Yahoo or AOL for example). As anti-spam filters follow their own rules to determine if an email is a spam by not only checking the sender's email address but also by analyzing the email content, such filters may have wrongly consider order emails as a spam and placed them in a spam folder. Therefore you need to verify that your form emails are not located in such a spam folder and if your anti-spam filter is configured to automatically delete any spam then disable it before to test again by sending a new fake form from your website to see if you receive it.
- Verify that no internet security software installed is blocking the post of the form from your website by posting not only from your computer but also from another computer (you may ask your friends or relatives for instance to do a test). If you receive any form content by email when posted from another computer then the issue is local to your computer and probably due either to the internet security level of your web browsers or to a security software installed on your computer. In such a case you may try to restore the web browser internet security settings to the default level before to make another test. If the issue is not coming from there then temporary deactivate your internet security before to proceed to another form test to determine which one is blocking the form submission and check its documentation to authorize such actions on your machine.
- Verify you activated the i-Service Form located in the "Settings > i-Services" screen.
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HTML programming (developers only) |
| If you have HTML coding skills and a script able to send form data to your email address you can your the source code lines directly in TOWeb script field |
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We don't provide any assistance in programming HTML form or developing scripts so you will need to obtain your form & script or create it by yourself, but as an example you will find below a basic form containing few fields (name, email, and message plus a submit button) that you may use, replacing the "youremail@yourprovider.com" with your own email address.
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<form action="mailto:youremail@yourprovider.com" method="post">
<table>
<tr><td align="right">Name: </td><td align="left"><input type="text"
size="63" name="name"></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right">Email: </td><td align="left"><input type="text"
size="63" name="email"></td></tr>
<tr> <td align="right" valign="top">Message: </td><td align="left"><textarea
name="message" cols="48" rows="3"></textarea></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td><input type="submit" Value="Submit your message"></td><tr>
</table>
</form> |
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