To
get your FrontPage forms to work please follow
the instructions below:
Step 1: Create The Form First of all, you must design your form using
Microsoft FrontPage. If you have not created a
form yet, you can do so by selecting File ->
New Page from the menu and then clicking on
Page Templates... under "New from
template" on the right-hand side of your
screen. In the Page Template window double-click
on Form Page Wizard.
Step 2: The Form Properties
Once you have created a form, right-click on the
the submit button and select form properties,
you should see the following screen:
Click on the Send
to other option and then click Options.
Step 3: Form Action Instructions
A new window will pop-up which lets you specify
what action is taken when the submit button is
pressed.
Just type /cgi/formmail
in the Action box. Then click OK. Next
click Advanced on the "Form Properties"
screen, then click Add. You will see a
box pop-up like this:
Type recipient
in the name field and then the E-mail address
(such as your@email.com) that you
want the form results sent to in the value field.
That's all you need to do in order to get your
forms to work with J-INFO and FrontPage.
If you want to create a customized ThankYou.html
page that will be displayed after the user clicks
on the "Submit" button, you can create
a new Name/Value pair.
In the Advanced Form Properties window, click
Add again. Enter redirect
in the "Name" field and under "Value",
enter the URL location of your ThankYou.html page
in your site, like this: http://sitename.com/ThankYou.html