an email form – tell a friend

Posted on November 16, 2008. Filed under: database, email form, form, form generator, formlogix, free, free form, html form, web database | Tags: , , , , , |

an email “tell a friend” form is used frequently nowadays, for recommending sites and products via emails. it is a ctually an auto response email form.
once you enter a site you like you can use its “tell a friend” email form by entering your friend’s email address and sending him a small message. the site’s url is of course sent along with these details.
creating a “tell a friend” form using an email form builder is easy. all you actually need in the form is some text that explains what this form is about, an email element so the form filler can enter the friend’s email address and a submit button to send the data of the form.
steps to create such a form with a form builder:
Steps to create a “tell a friend” form :
1) Enter the form creator.
2) Drag a Label element in to the design area and enter text explaining what the form is about. For example: Please enter your friends email address in order to recommend this site to him/her.
3) Drag another Label element and enter the text “Friends email address”.
4) Drag an Email element, place it next to the label and go to its element settings.
5) Enter the text “Friends email address” in the element “caption” field.
6) Make sure that it’s defined as mandatory and that its “Send Copy” checkbox is turned on. This checkbox is in charge of sending an email to the address entered by a user in the email element.
7) Go to the “Form Settings” and fill in a message in the “Email User Message” field. This message will appear at the beginning of the email sent to friends.
Make sure you use [n] when you want to create a line break. For example: Hi,[n]I wanted to tell you about this great site i found[n]Its called FormLogix.
8) Add a submit button.
9) Save the form.

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