Automated Contact Page...

[mvolpone]

Does Xara have the ability to create an automated contact page that forwards all of the user info to an email address or do I have to use a third party script? If so, which third party script is free and easy to use???

Thanks in advance,

Mike

[Acorn]

Does Xara have the ability to create an automated contact page that forwards all of the user info to an email address or do I have to use a third party script? If so, which third party script is free and easy to use???
Thanks in advance, Mike

Mike there are a number of Form widget can can e used to collectcontact information: Local designs gallery > Components > Print & web components > Forms or use the On-line Content Catalogue > Search forms in All.

Acorn

[KamenPPavlov]

Hey Acorn,

In case you use any of the forms from the Content Catalogue, how to configure them, so they will actually send the information filled-in to a specified email?

[Acorn]

You need to go to the parent site of the form builder and see how it is done.

Acorn

[RKissane]

Mike,

In looking at a lot of the widgets that Xara has, you also need to understand that the form is hosted on the parent site of the widgets maker. You need to visit the parent site to see about costs. One of the things is that a lot of the sites only allow so many forms to be processed for free in a month before the system either stops or charges are applied. How many process requests do you think your form will generate in a month?

If you want to host a form on your site and and your site has PHP capability then take a look at "PHP form mail maker" which is free.
http://phpfmg.sourceforge.net/ or http://www.formmail-maker.com/generator.php
I will warn you this is not a fancy form builder but it does work well.

If you are doing a lot of sites then I would think about Simfatic Form maker.
https://simfatic.com/forms/order
There is a charge for the software but you are able to make as many forms as you need and you host them on website.

If you do a search with google on the Talkgraphics forum you will find this has been discussed quit a bit in one form or another. (Talkgraphics search function does not work real well, that is why it is best to use google)

Ray

[Acorn]

Mike,In looking at a lot of the widgets that Xara has, you also need to understand that the form is hosted on the parent site of the widgets maker. You need to visit the parent site to see about costs. One of the things is that a lot of the sites only allow so many forms to be processed for free in a month before the system either stops or charges are applied. How many process requests do you think your form will generate in a month?If you want to host a form on your site and and your site has PHP capability then take a look at "PHP form mail maker" which is free. http://phpfmg.sourceforge.net/ or http://www.formmail-maker.com/generator.phpI will warn you this is not a fancy form builder but it does work well.If you are doing a lot of sites then I would think about Simfatic Form maker. https://simfatic.com/forms/order There is a charge for the software but you are able to make as many forms as you need and you host them on website.If you do a search with google on the Talkgraphics forum you will find this has been discussed quit a bit in one form or another. (Talkgraphics search function does not work real well, that is why it is best to use google)Ray

Ray, thank you for precising this so well.

For newbies, open your browser and type in site:www.talkgraphics.com/ and save to the favorites or bookmarks bar so you can reuse.
Thereafter to search TG for a Post, right-click on the shortcut to open in a new tab.Leave a space and type in the new search phrase you are after.

This works in Google and DuckDuckGo.

As a bonus you can use site:<MySiteURL>/to see how well your site has been crawled.

Acorn