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Insert a Contact Form in AWARDSPACE.COM

This tutorial covers adding a contact form to your web site hosted on awardspace.com. You have the option of adding the form with an external HTML editor and then uploading the file via FTP or you using AWARDSPACE.COM's built-in File Manager. The tutorial for adding an email form using their File Manager is outlined below.

A sample contact form hosted on AWARDSPACE.COM can be seen here.

1. Create Your Form HTML

The first step is to generate form HTML code using myContactForm.com, a free form creation service. Read our tutorial for doing this here.

2. Open a Web Browser and go to AWARDSPACE.COM

a. Login to your AWARDSPACE.COM account.


3. Open up the File Manager

a. Click the Website Manager button.

b. Click the File Manager icon.

4. Create a New File or Open an Existing File

a. To create a new file, scroll down to Create File / Folder area. Type in your desired File Name and click Create File.

b. To open an existing file, click the Edit File icon next to your file.

5. Add the Form HTML to Your File

a. Move the cursor to the location within the HTML that you would like to insert your email form.

b. Paste the form HTML into the Window (Edit > Paste, or 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.

c. Click

6. 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 test it.

A demonstration form hosted on AWARDSPACE.COM can be seen here.

Common Problems Encountered by Users:

I submit the form and get a form location error.

This typically occurs when you are testing a form that has not yet been published to your live website. If you are still having this problem once you have uploaded the file to the live website, please read below.

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