Hosting / Forms

Using Forms

Create forms for your sites. CloudCannon sends named form data to email addresses of your choosing. Alternatively, use a hook to integrate with services like Zapier or IFTTT.

To create a form:

1. Add an HTML form to a file
2. Set the method attribute to post
3. Set the action to where the visitor is redirected after the form submission
4. Add form fields with name attributes to collect data from visitors

<form method="post" action="/success.html">
  <label>Email Address</label>
  <input type="text" name="email">

  <label>Name</label>
  <input type="text" name="name">

  <label>Message</label>
  <textarea name="message"></textarea>

  <label>Urgent</label>
  <input type="checkbox" name="urgent">

  <label>Type of Enquiry</label>
  <input type="radio" name="_subject" value="Sales Enquiry"> Sales
  <input type="radio" name="_subject" value="General Enquiry"> General

  <input type="hidden" name="_to" value="sales@example.com,support@example.com">
  <input type="hidden" name="_cc" value="sales.tracker@example.com">
  <input type="text" name="_gotcha" style="display: none;">

  <input type="submit" value="Send Message">
</form>

Special Fields

Use these fields to customise the email CloudCannon sends through the form. The fields can be hidden or visible depending on your requirements.

_to

The address (or addresses) that CloudCannon sends the email to. Send the email to multiple addresses by separating them with commas.

If a _hook is defined, this field will not be used.

<input type="hidden" name="_to" value="contact@example.com">

_replyto or email

The value used for the Reply-To header in the email. Use this to ensure clients reply to the visitor rather than a default CloudCannon address.

<label>
  Your Email Address
  <input type="text" name="_replyto">
 </label>

_subject

The subject of the email.

<select name="_subject">
  <option>General Enquiry</option>
  <option>Quote Request</option>
  <option>Support</option>
</select>

_cc

The value used for the CC header in the email. Use this to send a copy in another address (or addresses) without sending it directly. Send a copy of the email to multiple addresses by separating them with commas.

<input type="hidden" name="_cc" value="contact@example.com">

_hook

Instead of sending an email, a webhook can be supplied for the data to be sent to.

<input type="hidden" name="_hook" value="https://hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/1234567/abcdef/">

See Webhooks.

_gotcha

Honeypot field for preventing untargeted spam. CloudCannon does not send the email if this field has a value. Hide it with CSS to prevent visitors filling it out.

<input type="text" name="_gotcha" style="display: none;">

For better spam prevention try using Google reCAPTCHA.