autorespons email

Hi all,

I am spending already my whole day on creating a autorespons message.

I have found two topics in this forum but still don't understand how to handle.

If i cut and paste codes from this forum i get the message like the attached file.

Is there some who is able to help me out with this.

Ít's quitte simple, i want to have an autoresponder with a thank you mail for filling in the form.

Many thanks upfront for the support

Hi Rob,

Sorry, I can't read that image at all so I have no idea what the problem is!

Do you need to send a second email that is different to the results email? Or is it enough to show a 'thank you' page after the submission?

Bob

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the quick reply. (i was already hoping you should react :-)

I need to send a second email which is different from the results. My clients can ask for a discount coupon, to get this they have to fill in a question form.

I want the autoresponding email to be a personal letter which contains the code. (this is just a standard code)

I found the code of ozzy (turkish & english form) which should contain everything, but when i just copy & paste the code it's nog seen as a html/php code but as plain text and the browser echo's the whole code.

check this link you will see the problem http://www.floor-shop.nl/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=test">
http://www.floor-shop.nl/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=test

Best regards

Rob

Hi Rob,

That looks completely bizarre . . . It should never show up like that. Does the code in your Form HTML box start with <?php or with <?php ??

If you have < there, please replace the code in the Form HTML box with the 'strange' code on your form page. I think you mat have been caught by the bizarre behaviour of the forums here that don't show code properly all the time.

Bob

Hi Bob

Please have a look at this forum post;

The code looks very strange, i asume this could be the problem then.

If i can't use this code do you have other ideas how to solve my problem with the autoresponder?

thanks

ROb

Hi Rob,

As I tried to say earlier, you can just copy and paste the code that is showing up on your web-page as this corrects the forum errors.

I've also now corrected the code in the post you liked to - apart from some characters in the Turkish text.

Bob

thanks Bob now it works, i have to rebuild the thing but i am sure this won't be a problem.

One last question, do you pherhaps know how to use the name of the person who filled in the form in the email which is automaticly send.

f.e.

Dear ....,

thanks for filling in etc etc

best regards Robert

Hi Robert,

Yes, create an html email template in the Form HTML tab including any results fields as {field_name}, then select the email template in the General tab.

Bob

First of all, let me say you have an amazing tool here. I can't believe how comprehensive it is. It does freakin everything. Nice job man.

One question: I'd like to be able to send an instant autoresponder to people. I've read several threads but none of them gave me the exact instructions on how to do this. I already have a landing page. Now, what I need is for an email to be sent to the visitor saying something like ...

"We received your inquiry and it is being processed...yada yada yada..."

And Maybe even say what they submitted below that..

name
email
textarea...


This thread came close to answering my question, but i need more specifics. Where would I insert the HTML code? What else needs to be done? If there is a tutorial on this you could point me to, I'd greatly appreciate it.

If u want to check out my form, it's at http://www.txwebdesigners.com/index.php/contact-us/email

It's working fantastically. I'm so impressed!

Hi tyson bravo,

Assuming that you are using CF v3.0 Create a new Email in the Setup Emails tab using a Dynamic To field - put the field_name where you ae collecting the email address in the Dynamic To field.

Then go to the Email Templaes tab and create a template for your email using {filed_name} where you want field values.

On the General tab set 'Email the Results?' to Yes.

Save your form and test.

Bob

Sweet! I didn't realize that was what the Dynamic To field was for. I got it working!

The only other issue I'm having is with the Captcha. How do I insert it into the Form? I went to the Anti-SPAM tab and switched the Image Verification to YES. I went to my form and filled it out, but there was no Captcha so i couldn't submit it...??

Also, is it too late for me to add new fields since I've already created the db? I just realized I need a few more fields from my visitors.

Thanks again!
Ty

Hi Ty,

I think you just need to add {imageverification} to your form html where you want the captcha fields to appear.

Ypu can delete the database table, add your extra fields, then create a new table. Or you can edit the existing table and autogenerated code to add more fields if you have data you need to preserve.

Bob

So in form HTML what would the whole string look like..?

For example, this is the string for the submit buttton.

<div  class="form_item"><div class="form_element cf_button"><input value="Submit" name="undefined" type="submit"></div>

I don't know how to insert {imageverification} in this string, as I don't know what div class it belongs to, etc...

HI tysonbravo,

Try

{imageverification}<div  class="form_item"><div class="form_element cf_button"><input value="Submit" name="undefined" type="submit"></div>

it comes with it's own div.
Bob

Is there a way to float it right? It's not lined up with the content above.

Hi tysonbrave,

Wrap it in a div and float it. The code generated from {imageverification} is

<input id="chrono_verification" type="text" value="" style="vertical-align: top;" name="chrono_verification"/>
<img src="http://example.com/components/com_chronocontact/chrono_verification.php?imtype=1"/>

Bob