Tuesday, February 19, 2013

New software to replace Form Mail


Form Mail is the software used to translate a website enquiry form into an email that is then sent to the website owner. The software is supplied as part of the website hosting.
Just before Xmas they upgraded the software and this caused random errors to occur when a website visitor clicked on the Submit button.

Because of the uncertainty of the software I got a contractor to write a new software product (thanks Jamie) and this has now been installed on most  websites.
Bonus 1 – configuration details including  your email are now hidden.

Bonus 2 - a Captcha code can quickly be installed to reduce the amount of spam. For more on Captcha codes go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA. If you are having problems with spam and don’t have a Captcha code installed on your enquiry form, please let me know.