This file should hopefully help you set up your script with the minimum of fuss. . To complete the setup please follow the instructions given below one-by-one;
1) Find out The Location of the Perl Interpreter.
2) Change the location of the Perl Interpreter and SendMail in the aceformmail.cgi
file.
3) Upload to your server.
4) Test The script from here
5) Set Up On Your Site
1) Find The Location of the Perl Interpreter
The Perl Interpreter is THE most important thing throughout this program.
basically what it does is take in the Perl code from the file, and then changes
it into computer language, which it then processes.
The usual location of the Perl Interpreter is at /usr/bin/perl or /usr/local/bin/perl.
some servers do not have it here, and you may need to check their FAQ's to out where it is.
you will need to change the location of this at the very beginning of
aceformmail.cgi; if you don't and it isn't the correct one the script won't work!
2) Change the location of the Perl Interpreter and SendMail in the aceformmail.cgi file
Now you need to open up the aceformmail.cgi files and change the location of the Perl Interpreter which is located at the top of the file. The default is /usr/local/bin/perl , but quite a lot of systems will require it to be set at usr/bin/perl.
You will also need to change the location of SendMail in this file. This is what sends you the e-mail from your website. This is located on the 11th line. You will be able to find out the location of SendMail on your servers FAQ's, or if not e-mail them and ask them where it is.
3) Upload to Your Server
Now you need to upload all of the following files to your server;
Files that need to be uploaded in ASCII mode;
aceformmail.cgi
A great FTP utility that will automatically decide how to upload files (ASCII or binary mode) is CuteFTP which can be downloaded from here. This FTP utility is free, but has banners shown at the top of the program.
4) Test The Script From Here
Now you need to change the following variables (below) in the form below (in the HIDDEN tags);
recipient - change to your e-mail
redirect - change to the page you want to be redirected to after submission
5) Set your forms up so they are directed at aceformmail.cgi
Now you need to create a form that will go from your HTML page to the aceformmail.cgi script. The way we have done this above is by using the following code;
<form method=
"POST" action="aceformmail.cgi">Obviously you can add other form boxes and all that BUT you must change the 'recipient' value to your e-mail address and the redirect to the page you want the visitor to be referred to after.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You should now have a fully working version of Ace Form Mail working on your server. We hope it helps bring more interactivity to your site.
Yours
The Ace Installer Team