This can be downloaded here: download formmail

Once downloaded you should extract the files and make the following edits:

Edit formmail.php changing $TARGET_EMAIL to a domain that you want the form to be able to email, this is your receiving domain, e.g. for nethosted.co.uk this is what we set it to:

$TARGET_EMAIL = array(EMAIL_NAME."@nethosted\.co\.uk$");

A few lines below this edit the DEF_ALERT value to a default email you want alerts to go to, for test@test.com it is set to:

define("DEF_ALERT","test@test.com");

That is the entire formmail configuration necessary, you then just need to edit the default form to put in some info, this is very well commented so going through this sampleform.htm file you can’t really go wrong, the only things you actually need to setup are the post address (STEP 1 in the comments) to the full path to the formmail script on your site, and the recipient address (STEP 2 in the comments) which is where the form submission gets sent to.

Of course you can then customise the sample form and build it into your site to make it look attractive, but this is all that is needed for the basic setup.

1. Login to cPanel and select the Web Disk icon

2. Create a webdav account as shown

3. In Dreamweaver select the Site menu then choose New Site and fill in the details for your site and click next

4. You can choose whether to edit locally or on the server, choose which you prefer and click next

5. You then need to enter the details for your webdav account that you just set up, for the server address this is https://www.yourdomain.com:2078 replacing yourdomain.com with your site address, and using the username and password you just created in cPanel.

6. Once you’ve entered these details click test connection and you should see this working as shown above

We do provide full unrestricted SSH root access on our VPS servers and our Dedicated servers, if this is required then these are the services you should look at.

• Windows Vista: Go to the Start Menu and in the search box type “cmd” and press enter.
• Windows XP/2000/98/etc. : Go to the Start Menu and choose Run… . In the box type cmd (Windows XP, 2000) or command (Windows 95, 98, Me) and press enter.

When you do this you will have the command prompt open, from here you can run the command “tracert <IP>”, <IP> being the IP or hostname of the computer you are testing your connection to. Here is an example: Once you have taken the traceroute you can copy this by clicking the icon in the top left and going to Edit -> Mark, then dragging the cursor over the text and right clicking once it is highlighted to copy this to the clipboard. From here you can paste it into a support ticket or email and this information will be useful in diagnosing any connection problem you may have.

http://servername.nethosted.co.uk/phpinfo/

For example if you are on Pluto you would go to:

http://pluto.nethosted.co.uk/phpinfo/

to see the phpinfo() page.

85.13.250.34 www.nethosted.co.uk

This format remains the same across operating systems, however the location of the hosts file does vary. Here is where you can find it on different operating systems:

• Windows 95/98/Me: c:\windows\hosts
• Windows NT/2000/XP Pro: c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
• Windows XP Home: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
• Mac OS X: /private/etc/hosts
• Linux: /etc/hosts

On Windows Vista they have unfortunately decided to make things more complicated and less accessible, but it’s still possible to make changes to this. You need to edit the file with administrator rights, to do this in Vista:

1. Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories
2. Right click “Notepad” and choose “Run as administrator”
3. Click “Continue” on the security prompt
4. Select File -> Open
5. Browse to “C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc”
6. Change the file filter selection from “Text Documents (*.txt)” to “All Files (*.*)”
7. Select the “hosts” file and “Open”
8. Make the changes that you require and save the file.

For OS X or Linux you should edit this file with your favourite text editor from the root account.
Using this method can save you a lot of headaches in the site development process, and offers you the flexibility to develop your site from anywhere without having to mess about with changing the DNS servers on your web hosting. It also removes the need to consider DNS caching and propagation. This method works for any kind of hosting you have, be it linux hosting, reseller hosting or even VPS hosting.