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I have put a contact form onto my website, but would like to improve on it. When I created it, I used Emailme Form, but was unable to design it the way I wanted it.

I have been told that I need a form processing script, but I don't understand how they work, or which one would be the best and cheapest to download.

Does anyone here have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

You can use either cgi or a custom phpfile to process your emails. Form processors are really scripts that takes data entered within the online form, compiles that raw data into text format, then emails the information off to the site owner.

Unfortunately, I don't know any goodopen source (free) form processors to download - I usually create my own in PHP.

You could try hotscripts.com and check to see if you can find a reasonable priced software that enables you to create these custom processors on your own.

I can recommend two good ones.

dB Masters FormM@iler (http://www.dbmasters.net/index.php?id=4) - This is a php script that is pretty easy to get working. You just need to fill in a few lines in the php file to match your form ids. It's open source (free) if you leave the author credits in. If you want to remove the credits, it's $20.

Tectite FormMail (http://www.tectite.com/formmailpage.php?WWWTECTITE=831c0ea440d1df1e691b63 e856106a7e) - This is another php script. It's a little more advanced than the one above. It is also open source.


If you're interested in either of them and need help installing and configuring them, let me know and I'll help you. smileys/smiley1.gif

Thank you both. I will check these out, but the php stuff sounds like what I want. It does sound like I will need to buy the program, as I don't want to have to leave the credits on, but I may just try it out and then once I get the money, I can buy the program.


If I need help, I'll let you know Susie.