Using aMAILzing
You will be learning how to install aMAILzing and use it to make your own forms.
What is it?
Amailzing is a script you use to make your own forms.
Step 1: You need to download aMAILzing here*. Please be aware that you have to be using .php to use aMAILzing. (*external link. It will open in a new window.)
Step 2: Upload the "amailzing.php" file to your FTP server.
Step 3: Open the "amailzing.php" file, and find the part at the top where it looks like this:
Click for a larger view. It will open in a new window.
As it says in the picture, change the "allie[@]heartdrops[.]org" to the email address you want the forms to be sent to. You can also change the thank you message if you don't like it.
Step 4: To make your own form, you have to actually use codes and piece them together yourself. If you need help, you can open up the "example.php" file for help.
If you wanted to make a form that included your name, you would use
<input type="text" name="name">.
If you use XHTML, then you would use
<input type="text" name="name" />.
If you want to make a question required, you would add "REQUIRED" in the name, so
<input type="text" name="name"> would now be
<input type="text" name="nameREQUIRED">.
You must always have to begin and end every form with the following codes:
<form method="post" action="amailzing.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Questions here.
</form>.
If you want a form to have a certain subject, you have to add <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="SUBJECT HERE"> somewhere in your form. If you use XHTML, don't forget to add the slash, so it would look like this: <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="SUBJECT HERE" />. You change the "SUBJECT HERE" in the "value" section to whatever you want the subject to be.
If you want a form to show the thank you message after someone fills out a form, you have to add <?php echo stripslashes($_GET[message])?> where you want the thank you message to show up.
Step 5: Time to put that all together! Now let's say I wanted a form that includes your name, email, and a comment box. The code I would use the form would look like this:
(I'm using XHTML, by the way. If you're using HTML, you would take out the extra space and the slash(/) at the end of the inputs.)
<?php echo stripslashes($_GET[message])?>
<form method="post" action="amailzing.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Example" />
<input type="text" name="nameREQUIRED" /> Name (required)
<input type="text" name="emailREQUIRED" /> Email (required)
<textarea name="message" cols="30" rows="7"></textarea> Comments
<input type="submit" value="Send the email!" />
Powered by <a href="http://scripts.inexistent.org">aMAILzing</a>.
</form>
There you go! You now should understand the basics of using aMAILzing! Contact me if you don't understand something! :)
See how the form would actually look like (Please do not use this form!):