Vae Guide

<v:formmail>

Creates a HTML form that will send an E-Mail when the form is submitted. The E-Mail will contain all of the information posted to the form. The <v:formmail> will take the place of a <form> tag in your HTML. Inside the opening and closing <v:formmail> tags, you should put at least one <v:text_field> or <v:text_area> tag and a submit button.

Required Attributes

  • to - the E-Mail address where the form data will be sent to upon submission.

Optional Attributes

  • email_template - if you would like to customize the E-Mails that are received, provide here a path to the filename for the E-Mail template to use. You will need to create two files: one HTML and one plain text. Users who disable HTML on their email clients will see the plain text version, while everyone else will see the HTML email. For example, if you set email_template="/formtemplate", then these files will be called formtemplate.html and formtemplate.txt.html and go in the root of your FTP. Inside these files you may include <v:yield /> as a placeholder for where the form data will go.

  • from - if specified, we will make the E-Mail that is sent come from this address.

  • from_field - if specified, we will make the E-Mail that is sent come from the address specified in this form field. Good for making the E-Mail look like it came from the person who sent the form.

  • newsletter - supply a newsletter code here and the user will automatically be subscribed to that newsletter when submitting the form. This assumes that the form asks for the user’s E-Mail address in the parameter named e_mail_address. To change this, set the newsletter_email_field attribute.

  • newsletter_confirm - if specified, the user will only be subscribed to the newsletter specified in the newsletter code if this request variable is passed on. This is usually used to make a checkbox that the user can check to opt-in.

  • newsletter_email_field - if specified, we will look for the user’s E-Mail address in the parameter with this name.

  • redirect - URL for a webpage where the user will be redirected after submitting the form. Usually used to display a thank-you page. If the ajax attribute is set, this URL will be loaded into the specified <div> container.

  • You may use any attributes that are accepted by the <v:form> tag.

If you want to build a form that is E-Mailed to different addresses based on the selection of a radio button or select box, simply name that radio button or select box __v:to and have it contain the E-Mail address that the form should be mailed to. This will override the to attribute.

Sample Usage

<h1>Contact Us</h1>
<v:formmail to="[email protected]" redirect="thanks.html">
 Your Name: <v:text_field name="Name" />
 Your Comments: <v:text_area name="Comments" />
 <input type="submit" />
</v:formmail>