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Add a Contact Form to SmugMug
SmugMug is useful piece of software for creating your own photo galleries. It is quite easy to add email forms SmugMug. The steps for doing this are outlined below.
A sample form on SmugMug can be seen here.
1. Create Your Form HTML
Before getting started, it is important to first create your form code. Please read the tutorial for generating your form HTML code.
2. Login to the SmugMug Administration Area
a. Go to SmugMug.com and login.
3. Add the Form HTML to Your SmugMug Layout
a. Click the Tools > Go to Control Panel
b. Click the Edit link next to Advanced Customizer
c. Scroll down to the Custom Footer input area
d. Paste the form HTML into the text area (CTRL+V or Right Click and Select Paste). If you do not have your form code created and copied, please read this tutorial to learn how to do so.
e. Click the Update button at the bottom of the page
4. Test Your Form
Open a web browser and go to the web page containing your form. Fill out the form and press the submit button to test it.
A demonstration form created using a SmugMug web site can be seen here.
Common Problems Encountered by Users:
I submit the form and get a form location error.
If you are using myContactForm.com, you will need to login and make sure that you've set the Form Location setting to the proper URL for your form.
a. Login to myContactForm.com
b. Click the Edit Button
c. Click the Basic Form Information Button
d. Enter all variations of the URL where the form will appear. Typically this is the full URL of your web form with and without the www subdomain. You can also use wildcards (*) in this setting. For examples using http://www.mydomain.com/* would allow the form to be placed on any page uploaded to mydomain.com.
e. Click 