Email Subject and Template

eddie 21 Jul, 2007
email subject comes blank, but it is setup in "Email Subject:" (there is no custom switch anymore.

email template doesnt affect email.

CAPTCHA doesnt work either (shows up but its impossible to get it right), but i am not too worried about it

usign latest version of as today. whats the fix? thanks<br><br>Post edited by: eddie, at: 2007/07/21 01:58
GreyHead 21 Jul, 2007
Hi eddie,

email subject comes blank, Don't know without more information, please post an image of your General tab for the form. Do you have anything in 'Subject field'?

email template doesn't affect email You need to change the setting in ChronoForms Configuration to 'My Template'. We expect this to become a 'per form' setting in the next release or so.

CAPTCHA doesn't work either Again, I don't know without more information but if the image is showing up them most likely this is a session problem and the verification code isn't finding the stored hash.

Bob
eddie 21 Jul, 2007
the template works now. sorry if i missed this pre answered question in the forum somewhere (although it deserves to be in the FAQ, don't you agree?)

the email subject is filled with with 40 characters total, no special characters, no numbers, no trailing spaces. it comes up
completely empty, every time.

separate Q: to change name of a form field , i need to change only the respective database column name and the "Auto generated" field before i change the form field name, right? same goes for adding form fields and keep using the same table? i understand this is at my own risk

thanks mucho

PS: it doesnt bother me, but the IP record needs a space (Submitted byxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
eddie 21 Jul, 2007
i just noticed that the form email is using $mosConfig_mailfrom/$mosConfig_fromname for from address/from name

thats why it doesnt have a subject - it is not grabbing the values from where it is supposed to.

E
GreyHead 21 Jul, 2007
i just noticed that the form email is using $mosConfig_mailfrom/$mosConfig_fromname for from address/from name Those are the mosMail defaults - that's most likely because you haven't completed the 'From name' and 'From e-mail' fields in the General tab.

I doubt that's the cause of the missing subject though

although it deserves to be in the FAQ, don't you agree? I agree but hopefully it will be changed shortly.

to change name of a form field , i need to change only the respective database column name and the "Auto generated" field Yes, and for completeness - plus any template, element title or JavaScript that uses it.

Bob
eddie 21 Jul, 2007
i think i got it. the tooltip explanation and the names used for the fields are incredibly ambiguous, almost as if you meant to puzzle the users of your component. you could save yourself a lot of hassle by placing examples of the values that would go in each field in the tooltip.

is there a way to set the subject without using a hidden field?
GreyHead 21 Jul, 2007
Hi eddie,

is there a way to set the subject without using a hidden field? Yes, put it in 'Email Subject' and leave 'Subject field' empty.

See this thread for a simple worked example.

Bob
eddie 22 Jul, 2007
thank you bob for the reply

Name: <input name="name" value="" type="text"><br />
E-mail: <input name="email" value="" type="text"><br />

i have name and email under different field names (it begins with a number) and the table in the DB has already been setup with those different names. is it mandatory to setup this way to have the email sent to the form admin use the form filler's name/email?

i got the subject right

thanks again<br><br>Post edited by: eddie, at: 2007/07/22 04:58
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