Introduction

Forms can add a lot of interactivity to your pages. But in order to do so - you need to have programs running on servers that can handle the forms.
These programs typically receive the form-inputs and then send them to your email-account.
Instead of simply placing a "mail-to"-link, that will let the users mailprogram pop-up, you can force the user to deliver certain inputs by having the mail sent from a form. This way the user is not required to have a mail program installed on their machine and you are sure that they can reach you.
It's typical to have certain required fields on the form, such as senders e-mail or name. Along with these goes optional fields.
If you don't know what a form is, or how to create one, you should check out a HTML-tutorial on the topic. Click here for a link to the Altavista search engine on how to create forms.
No matter how your form is composed - you will need a program that can receive the inputs and mail it to your account. That is what you will find on the example files.

The example files are well documented, to download click on the link below.

 Download example files