Formalis Software/WebFormLite

WebFormLite

WebFormLite is a CGI script to process the output of HTML forms on web sites. WebFormLite is extremely simple to use but still handles all types of HTML FORM elements including multiple selection boxes. WebFormLite includes a subset of the features in the soon to be released WebForm 2.0.

Bee.Net has purchased a site license for WebFormLite covering all Bee.Net business customers. This allows each business web site hosted by Bee.Net to use the WebFormLite script with a single form on their web site. This service is available at no additional charge to Bee.Net business customers, however no support is provided by Formalis Software. Follow the steps below to create a form on your web site to use with WebFormLite.

Form Design for WebFormLite

Step 1: Create an HTML form named "form.htm".

Step 2: Set your form to use WebFormLite.

Change the <FORM> tag to the following:

<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="/fsscript/webform/webformlite.pl">

Step 3: Include your email address in the form.

Output from WebFormLite will be sent to your email address. You must include a hidden field between the <FORM> and </FORM> tags to identify your email address. The hidden field should take the form:

<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="!email" VALUE="your-email-address">
Remember that your email address must be given as an internet style address of the form "user@hostname". As an example, "webformlite@bee.net" is a valid internet style address. If you give an incorrect address, you will not receive output from your form. Finally, do not enclose your email address in angle brackets (< >).

Step 4: (optional) Include the name of your website in the form.

When people submit your form, they will see a confirmation page to show that their submission was successful. If you want the name of your web site to appear on that page, you must include a hidden field between the <FORM> and </FORM> tags to identify the name of your web site. Do not try to include any HTML in this field, it will not work. The hidden field should take the form:

<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="!sitename" VALUE="site-name">

Step 5: Place the form at the root of your web site.

If your site has its own domain name (e. g. www.website.com) then the URL for your form must be:

http://www.website.com/form.htm
If your site resides under the bee.net domain (e. g. in the website directory) then the URL for your form must be:

http://www.bee.net/website/form.htm

Step 6: Test your form.

Before adding it to your web site, try your form to see that it works. If you have not configured it properly, it will return you to this page.

WebForm vs. WebFormLite

The table below compares the features of WebForm and WebFormLite. For more information about WebForm, please visit the Formalis Software web site.

Feature	WebForm	WebFormLite
Works with all form capable browsers	Yes	Yes
Information sent to you by email	Yes	Yes
You receive information in a human readable format	Yes	Yes
Supports all types of INPUTs in an HTML form	Yes	Yes
Shows user a confirmation that message was sent	Yes	Yes
User can customize confirmation message	Yes	No
User can specify subject line of email message	Yes	No
Capture "`Reply-to`" address from submitted data	Yes	No
Supress blank fields	Yes	No
Verify information at submission time	Yes	No
Site Licensing Available	Yes	No

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