eForm: making eForm work?

Ok I followed the instructions provided on this page http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/EForm

-I created a new document called "contact us" id 31.
-I created "ContactForm" chunk
-I created "ContactFormReport" chunk
-I then inserted the following code into the "Contact Us" document
[!eForm? &formid=`ContactForm` &subject=`[+subject+]` &to=`[email protected]`
&ccsender=`1` &tpl=`ContactForm` &report=`ContactFormReport` &gotoid=`1` !]


I loaded the contact us page, no form is displayed/shown did I do something wrong?

here is my chunk code, did i forget to insert an id somewhere?

ContactForm

<p class="error">[+validationmessage+]</p>

<form method="post" action="[~[*id*]~]" id="EmailForm" name="EmailForm">

<fieldset>
<h3> Contact Us</h3>

<input name="formid" type="hidden" value="ContactForm" />

<label for="cfName">Your name:
<p><input name="name" id="cfName" class="text" type="text" eform="Your Name::1:" /></p></label>

<label for="cfEmail">Your Email Address:
<p><input name="email" id="cfEmail" class="text" type="text" eform="Email Address:email:1" /></p> </label>

<label for="cfRegarding">Regarding:
<p><input name="subject" id="cfRegarding" class="text" type="text" eform="Form Subject::1" /></p> </label>

<label for="cfMessage">Message:
<p><textarea name="message" id="cfMessage" eform="Message:textarea:1"></textarea></p>
</label>

<label>&nbsp;</label><p><input type="submit" name="contact" id="cfContact" class="button" value="Send This Message" /></p>

</fieldset>

</form>

ContactFormReport

<p>This is a response sent by <b>[+name+]</b> using the feedback form on this website. The details of the message follow below:</p>

<p>Name: [+name+]</p>
<p>Email: [+email+]</p>
<p>Regarding: [+subject+]</p>
<p>Comments:
[+message+]</p>

<p>You can use this link to reply: <a href="mailto:[+email+]?subject=RE: [+subject+]">[+email+]</a></p>

It looks correct, I did not spot any problems with the call other than the call should be on one line, or with the chuncks. If it is in one line and still no show try turning the debug on &debug=`true` and see if any additional info is returned.

Also the subject tag should be [*subject*]. Use the [+ +] for tags within some specific snippet template chunks, in the site template use the satandard [* *] tags.




Also make sure that the eForm snippet is installed.

You shouldn’t use the same names for the formid and the tpl. Change the line:



to



and change your call to:


Let me know if that works.

Jay

Quote from: dev_cw at Dec 15, 2007, 08:19 AM

It looks correct, I did not spot any problems with the call other than the call should be on one line, or with the chuncks. If it is in one line and still no show try turning the debug on &debug=`true` and see if any additional info is returned.

Also the subject tag should be [*subject*]. Use the [+ +] for tags within some specific snippet template chunks, in the site template use the satandard [* *] tags.

[!eForm? &formid=`ContactForm` &subject=`[*subject*]` &to=`[email protected]` &ccsender=`1` &tpl=`ContactForm` &report=`ContactFormReport` &gotoid=`1`  !]

Also make sure that the eForm snippet is installed.

eForm is installed,

Quote from: smashingred at Dec 15, 2007, 08:26 AM

Let me know if that works.

Jay

it didn’t work jay

STRANGE, it works with this code
"[!eForm? &formid=`ContactForm` &subject=`[+subject+]` &to=`[email protected]` &ccsender=`1` &report=`ContactFormReport` &gotoid=`1` &tpl=`ContactForm`!]"

I can now see the form, I can send the email via the form, and got the following message
""Thank You!

Your information was successfully submitted."
but im not receiving any email in my inbox! (email is correct and not in spam folder either)

Is this a localhost install? Did you set up the email info in the configs. Is sendmail installed on your server? (is the path to sendmail correct?) Do you have email sending from other calls or applications on the same server?

Quote from: smashingred at Dec 15, 2007, 11:23 AM

Is this a localhost install? Did you set up the email info in the configs. Is sendmail installed on your server? (is the path to sendmail correct?) Do you have email sending from other calls or applications on the same server?

hi jay
hmm, its installed on my webhost. how do i setup the email configs???? sendmail???? what is that? no i dont have any email sending from other apps.

I think eForm uses the builtin mail() function to send mail. Usually, it needs no configuration unless your web host has it turned off (some do for security reasons).

If all you need is a simple contact form without the extra power of eForm, you might try SPForm:

http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,19357.0.html

It’s still very much under development but I’ve been using it for a while now with no problems. It uses the MODx phpMailer function and has pretty clear installation instructions (at least I hope it does).

It uses mail() by default but can be easily configured to use authenticated SMTP mail from any email account you have on any host if mail() doesn’t work for you.

Bob