Form Mail
Adam
Moffett Design provides the following form mail program on our server
to allow your clients to send mail to you from your website. This
script works for both UNIX and NT customers.
All you need to
do is to copy the below onto your form (make sure you change everything
in italics. Do not copy/cut and paste this information to your page,
otherwise it will not work. You must re-key it!
<form action="http://207.235.6.119/cgi-bin/nmail.pl"
method="POST">
<input type=hidden name="to" value="email address to send form
information to">
<input type=hidden name="redir" value="full http address of
the page to redirect to (after submitting)">
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="subject of the email"><br>
Email: <input type="text" name="email" value="a valid sender's
email address"><br>
Field 1: <input type="text" name="field1"><br> (enter
as many of these as you need changing the field1 with the appropriate
question)
</form>
The items in ITALICS
above indicated things that you need you to change with your information.
Just read what it says and fill in what will work for your website.
The nmail.pl script
does work. If it is not working for you there is something wrong with
the code you put on your form page. Please go back and carefuly check
to see that every line is correct and that you do not have any other
FormAction tags and that you did not call any of your fields something
that is needed by the script. If you have already put a fist through
the wall and you just can't get it contact the support team with the
FULL URL of the page and we will take a look at it for you.
If you are trying
to get this to work from the secure server replace the form action
tag with:
<form action="../cgi-bin/nmail.pl" method="POST">
Counters and clocks
Adam
Moffett Design has a counter script on the server. All you need to
do to use it is enter this line to your html:
<img src="http://207.235.6.119/cgi-bin/Count.exe?df=username1.dat&dd=A">
You need
to change 'yourdomain' to your username. If you want more than one
counter simply increment the 1 (change it to 2 for the second counter
etc.).
There
are a number of different styles of counters on the system, you can
try them out by changing 'dd=A' to 'dd=B' or 'dd=C' etc. Do not just
cut and paste the above counter code without modifying the username
as it will not work correctly.
The counter
script also works as a clock script. All you need to do to use it
is enter this line to your html:
<img src="http://207.235.6.119/cgi-bin/Count.exe?display=clock&timezone=GMT+0000">
You need
to change the 'GMT+0000' to reflect your timezone.
Using your own scripts
There
are a number of useful scripts you can pick up on the net. You
are welcome to use any script providing you have tested it first to
make sure that is will not crash the server. Note that on UNIX your
scripts must be located in the cgi-bin directory. On NT/Win2000 your
scripts will run from anywhere so don't need to be located in a specific
directory.
Here is what you
need to do:
1. FTP the script
to the cgi-bin directory
2. Upload the script using ASCII
3 4. Make sure you script uses the extension .pl or .cgi
4. Test the script from the web
We do not provide
ANY free help with scripts.
CPU Load:
You are welcome to use any script that you want. However some
scripts use way too much of the CPU. If this is the case we
will contact you and request that you make changes so that we can
maintain a fast server for everyone.
Please understand
the we cannot provide free programing support. This page has most
of the information you will need to solve most perl problems.
Almost all problems
with scripts will create a "Internal Server Error" message form the
web server. This means nothing to support or to you. The only thing
it tells you is that there is a problem.
With UNIX only:
FTP is your first line of defense: If the script writes to a file
then that file needs to be chmod 777 Check the path to perl, it needs
to be /usr/bin/perl. This is normally the first line in the script.
Note: NT/Win2000
does not support CHMOD'ing, you cannot use CHMOD at all, you must
request permission changes on files or directories with your support
representative.
Syntax Error "May
not have stripped carriage returns..." You must have used binary to
upload your script, always use ASCII.
Other errors, check
you coding, make sure you are using correct paths (paths are listed
at the first page of support - http://support.Adam Moffett Designsolutions.com/).
Your support representative will answer question as to the location
of programs and files on the server. They will not be able to help
in most cases with questions like "It doesn't work" or "I get x error".
Internal Server Errors
What is an internal
server error (ISE)?
An ISE simply tells you one thing, your script tried to do something
that it can't do or that there is an error in the script. Here are
the most common problems and solutions that cause ise.
P. Your path to perl is wrong
S. Set it to /usr/bin/perl for UNIX or perl.exe for NT
P. You uploaded the script binary.
S. Tell your ftp program to use ASCII
P. You are trying to write that the web server does not have permission
to write to.
S. chmod 777 any files that need to be written to (chmod using your
FTP client) if using UNIX, or contact your support representative
if using NT.
P. There is an error in the script.
S. Find and resolve the error
P. You are missing a lib file.
S. Upload and request support to install the lib for you.
P. You are trying to view a page other than .cgi or .pl in the cgi-bin
directory.
S. Move it out of the cgi-bin directory.
Using SSI
Adam
Moffett Design supports server side includes. You may use any script
in the manner. The only restriction is that you must name your page
anyname.shtml. shtml tells the server that the page may contain exec
tags that need to be run. SSI is not supported on html pages.
Installing lib files
Some
scripts require lib files to be installed, Adam Moffett Design is
happy to install any perl lib for you. We request that you upload
the lib to your home dir (untar them first if possible). Email your
support representative and they will then install the lib for you.
How
do I get started?