CGI Forms

Coolmail

The coolmail.cgi program will take user input from a HTML form and e-mail it to you using an e-mail address you specify. To use it include the following HTML line in your web page:

<FORM ACTION="/cgi-lib/coolmail.cgi" METHOD=POST>

There are several field-names that have special meanings that you can use (those marked with a * are mandatory).


*Recipient
This field lets you specify the e-mail address the information will be sent too. Use the following line of HTML code:
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="recipient" VALUE="myaddress@fastnet.co.uk">

Subject
This field lets you specify the subjet line that will be generated when the e-mail is sent. Use the following line of HTML code:

<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="subject" VALUE="Web submission">

Logo
This field allows you to choose a logo that will be displayed at the top of the screen in place of the default FastNet logo. To use it, insert the following code fragment:

<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="logo" VALUE="urllocationoftheimage">

Background
This field allows you to choose the background image that is displayed on the resulting page. To use it, use the following code fragment:

<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="logo" VALUE="urllocationofthebackgroundimage">

Company
This field lets you choose the company name that appears in the ALT tag of the above logo image. To use it, insert the following code:
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="company" VALUE="FastNet International">

Response
This field is optional and allows you to give a different response once the information has been successfully submitted for example, to tailor it to your own unique message. To use it use the following HTML code:

<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="response" VALUE="Thankyou for submitting your details">

Goto
Alternatively you can specify a page that the CGI will show once the information has been submitted. The file specified needs to be an absolute link. To use it use the following HTML code:

<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="goto" VALUE="http://www.(domain name).co.uk/formOk.html">

Blank
If the user enters nothing in the form then a different page can be shown using the following:

<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="blank" VALUE="formBlank.html">
Here is an example of the HTML needed to create a fully functioning form:

<FORM ACTION="/cgi-lib/coolmail.cgi" METHOD=POST>
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="recipient" VALUE="myaddress@fastnet.co.uk"> <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="subject" VALUE="Web submission"> <TABLE>
<TR> <TD>Enter your name</TD><TD><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="yourname" VALUE="" SIZE="30"></TD></TR>
<TR> <TD>Enter your address</TD><TD><TEXTAREA NAME="youraddress" ROWS="3" COLS="50"></TEXTAREA></TD></TR>
<TR> <TD>Enter your e-mail address</TD><TD><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="email" VALUE="" SIZE="30"></TD></TR>
<TR> <TD> </TD><TD><INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Click here to submit your entry"></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
</FORM>

Which would result in the following: