Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

[Pen03]

Hello, this is my first thread and all help would be appreciated : ) . . . I need to put 3 different forms on my Miva 5 website and have each form, when submitted, sent to an email inbox. Are there tutorials on making forms (i.e. contact forms) for use in Miva?

I do know how to create the actual form in Dreamweaver, however, output to the email address specified is an issue. Lastly, I've checked out some Modules for forms, however, my biggest concern is using that module outside of Miva's interface/dedicated pages.

In other words, I'm afraid the module won't work on static pages after purchasing the module, that could only be used within the Miva interface.

Please, any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading : )

-Pen03

[Rich]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

Have you considered producing the static pages in Miva or is that not suitable. Emedia sales do a nice email module and Emporium have a good one too.

I build Miva stores and websites. I originally used a php page for this. I now use a plugin to Dreamweaver called Form2Email. It's $50 which is quite pricey for just one store, but as I use it all the time, it is well worth it. What it does is takes the form that you create in Dreamweaver (for either static or Miva pages) generates a php folder which includes a script and you then upload this folder to your website. The form, when submitted is them sent to this php script and processes the form/email. You can have any number of forms.

I don't know if this is what you were looking for, but it's a neat little solution for both static and Miva pages.

[Pen03]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

Sounds like what I'm looking for . . .So, I can build the static pages/forms in Miva? I'm not sure how to do that, I'm so used to building websites in Dreamweaver. I'm assuming I can copy the code built in Dreamweaver and paste it in Miva. I know there are some free forms and scripts out there (I'm not sure if they are secure though).

Do you have a link to the Form2Email website? it would be great to use this for multiple websites if possible. Thanks Rich.

[Rich]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

In the "Pages" link in Admin are where all the page (templates) used in the store are kept. You can easily create a new page and add your html code to it to display whatever content you require. If it is a few extra static pages etc, this is a great way to do it so all content is controlled in Miva. If you have loads of pages, a CMS like wordpress may be better.
The simplest way to create a new page, is to copy the template code in the SFNT page, create a new page, paste the code in and the items relevant to the code will automatically be checked. You can "pull" miva elements into that page also by using items and code.

There are certain things in the dreamweaver code that you don't need to copy over to miva pages, eg doctype and CSS links etc etc as they are all handled by Miva for all pages.

For2Email
I discovered it's $30 now. You create the form as you would any other in Dreamweaver. You then access the plugin (in dreamweaver) make a few selections and it does the rest. It creates a folder to upload. Copy the form code (it tweaked it with some extra code) and paste it into the miva page and you are done.

Here is the website. They are doing some custom php coding for me and are very reasonable. There is also a "Capture" security plugin too that will secure the form. And yes you can use this on any amount of websites as it is a plugin to Dreamweaver.

http://www.hotdreamweaver.com/form-to-mail

[Pen03]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

Thanks! since I'm so new to Miva, I've decided to purchase a module through Miva Central from Emediasales called "Unlimited Forms for Miva Merchant 5". Have you had any experience with it? (out of curiosity). : ) i hope its easy, the site is scheduled to go live tomorrow.

[Rich]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

Yes I have used it and it is pretty easy. It's a good module

[Siamese-Dream.Com]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

...and have each form, when submitted, sent to an email inbox.

If you have the emporiumplus.com ToolKit module, then it is quite easy to do that as well. You can even set up a "Tell A Friend" page where visitors can send a friend a link to the page.

[Pen03]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

I'm still having trouble : ( . . . my form isn't sending the information to my email inbox! again I'm using "Unlimited Forms for Miva Merchant 5" below is the form code I'm using maybe someone who has used this module can tell me where I went wrong. Thanks for all of the help and suggestions earlier.

<form action="&mvt:global:sessionurl;" method="post" name="Catalog Request" id="Catalog Request">
<table width="612" border="0">
<tr>
<td width="309" height="30">Name:</td>
<td width="180"><input type="text" size="30" name="Name"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="30">Company:</td>
<td><input type="text" size="30" name="Company"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="34">Address:</td>
<td><input type="text" size="30" name="Address"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="36">Address2:</td>
<td><input type="text" size="30" name="Address2"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="30">City:</td>
<td><input type="text" size="30" name="City"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="28">State:</td>
<td><input type="text" size="10" name="State"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="32">Zip:</td>
<td><input type="text" size="10" name="Zip"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="25">Country:</td>
<td><input type="text" size="30" name="Country"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="32">Phone:</td>
<td><input type="text" size="30" name="Phone"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Email Address:</td>
<td><input type="text" size="30" name="EmailAddress"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="123"></td>
<td></td>
<td width="109"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Request"></td>
</tr>
</table>

<input type="hidden" name="Screen" value="&mvte:global:Screen;">
<input type="hidden" name="Action" value="ECONTACT">
<input type="hidden" name="ECRECIPIENT" value="[email protected]">
<input type="hidden" name="ECFIELDS" value="Name, Company,Address,Address2,City,State,Zip,Country,Ph one,EmailAddress">
<input type="hidden" name="ECFROMFIELD" value="email">

</form>

[eMediaSales]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

Hi Pen,

The most common reason for not getting forms sent to you via email is that you need to add your address to the valid recipients list.

Best,
James

[Pen03]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

Hi Pen,

The most common reason for not getting forms sent to you via email is that you need to add your address to the valid recipients list.

Best,
James

I checked it out, my email is in the valid recipients lists, not sure what to do at this point, is there a place I can get more directions on using the module?
: )

[Pen03]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

I used the sample form that came with the download from eMediaSales for the Unlimited forms module and I'm still not getting any form mail emails . . . any ideas friends?

[Rich]

Re: Getting a Form/Form Mail working with Miva 5

Check your settings in the module. Emedia provides support for their modules