Contact forms

Forms are made up of fields (text, list, etc.) and a button that sends this information to the server.

The default behavior of the form is to send an email to your email address.

Creating a form

Creating a form is very simple: a form button (Send button) and the fields of your choice.

The submission itself is then done via your hosting service.

Simple form submission

The default sending system simply requires you to enter your email address (To).

Save time by entering your email address in your site's general properties so you don't have to enter it each time you create a new form.

Sending does not work with my host

You do not receive the email or an error occurs during sending.

There are limitations with some hosting providers.

Contact your host and ask them for a PHP code that works.

You can test the following PHP codes directly with custom sending in WebAcappella

If the code works, feel free to contact us to add settings in WebAcappella to make the forms easier to use.

We do not provide technical support for sending issues, as these depend on the hosting provider's operating and configuration variables. This page should help you if you encounter any problems:

See the page on email sending problems.

Customized sending with the mail function

If you have knowledge of PHP, you can completely customize form sending using the PHP mail function

php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

Classic PHP example of sending mail

Customized sending allows you to directly test any specific settings for the mail function that your host has provided you with.

Customized sending with the PHPMailer library

Below is an example of more advanced code using the PHPMailer library.

PHPMailer is an open source library used worldwide in most CMS.

You can use this example to check that your host correctly supports sending emails independently of WebAcappella.