E-mailing from forms

In this section, we will discuss how to create HTML forms in MODx that can send mail to the moderator of the site. Such forms are often used as enquiry forms or feedback forms. When a user enters some information, the moderator receives an e-mail with the details. In MODx, you can achieve this by using the eForm snippet. eForm can also validate the form before sending out the e-mail. The eForm snippet comes bundled with MODx and hence you don't have to install it.

To start using eForm, let us create a resource with the following details.

Field Name	Field Value
Title	Enquiry Form
Uses template	Learning MODx default template
Document content	[!eForm? &formid=`EnquiryForm` &subject=`[+subject+]` &to=`youremailid` &tpl=`EnquiryForm` &gotoid=`1` !]

Now, create a chunk with the name EnquiryForm, and with the following content.

<p class="error">[+validationmessage+]</p>
<form id="EnquiryForm"
method="post" action="[~[*id*]~]" >
&lt...