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		<title>Top 5 Plugins to Build Contact Form for WordPress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anish Lama</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each site needs a contact form, or a form to communicate with site owner and the user of site. Being WordPress developer, I&#8217;ve been like an ostrich while using contact forms for the...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Each site needs a contact form, or a form to communicate with site owner and the user of site. Being WordPress developer, I&#8217;ve been like an ostrich while using contact forms for the client&#8217;s projects. In early days of my career, I always used <a href="http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin/" target="_blank">CformsII</a>, and then I started using <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/" target="_blank">Contact Form 7</a>. Now, it has been shifted to Gravity Forms (Premium). Its own preferences and each of them have their own pros and cons. Here are list of top 5 contact form plugins to use.</p>
<h2>CformsII</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin/" target="_blank">CformsII</a>CFormsII is a contact form that has an incredible amount of features and is very customizable. CFromsII offers lots of features. And some of the unique and notable features are “tell a friend” functionality, database tracking of submitted data, backup &#038; restore, submission limitations (for registration etc) and widget support. </p>
<h2>Contact Form 7</h2>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/" target="_blank">Contact Form 7</a> can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form and the mail contents flexibly with simple markup. The form supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and so on.<br />
<img src="http://designgala.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/contact-form-7.png" alt="" title="contact-form-7" width="530" height="530" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2763" /></p>
<h2>Fast Secure Contact Form</h2>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/si-contact-form/" target="_blank">Fast Secure Contact Form</a> lets site visitors send a quick E-mail message. It claims to blocks all common spammer tactics. Includes a CAPTCHA and Akismet support. Additionally, the plugin has a multi-form feature, optional extra fields, and an option to redirect visitors to any URL after the message is sent. Very much customizable.</p>
<p><img src="http://designgala.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/si-contact-form.jpg" alt="" title="si-contact-form" width="510" height="755" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2764" /></p>
<h2>Contact Me</h2>
<p>The quickest and easiest way to put a contact form on your WordPress blog. Use the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contactme/" target="_blank">ContactMe</a> button and contact form to turn visitors into customers. Visitors click eye-catching ContactMe button. The button opens a contact form in popup.<br />
<img src="http://designgala.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/contact-me.png" alt="" title="contact-me" width="507" height="508" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2765" /></p>
<h2>Tiny Contact Form</h2>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tiny-contact-form/" target="_blank">Tiny Contact Form</a> is minimalist form that allows site visitors to contact you by email.</p>
<p>Did I missed any best ones? Please share which ones are your bests.</p>
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		<title>How to Send E-Mail using PHP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Design Gala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article explains about sending a simple plain mail using PHP mail function.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="firstletter"><span>T</span></span>his article explains about sending a simple mail using PHP mail function.</p>
<h3><strong>Creating a Email Form using HTML</strong></h3>
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<pre class="html4strict" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #009900;">&lt;<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">form</span> <span style="color: #000066;">method</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;post&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">action</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;&quot;</span>&gt;</span>
Sender Email: <span style="color: #009900;">&lt;<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">input</span> <span style="color: #000066;">type</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;text&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">name</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;sender_email&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">size</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;18&quot;</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">/</span>&gt;</span>
Receipent Email: <span style="color: #009900;">&lt;<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">input</span> <span style="color: #000066;">type</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;text&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">name</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;receipent_email&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">size</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;18&quot;</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">/</span>&gt;</span>
Mail Subject: <span style="color: #009900;">&lt;<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">input</span> <span style="color: #000066;">type</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;text&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">name</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;email_subject&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">size</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;18&quot;</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">/</span>&gt;</span>
Email Message: <span style="color: #009900;">&lt;<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">textarea</span> <span style="color: #000066;">name</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;message&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">rows</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;50&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">cols</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;6&quot;</span>&gt;&lt;<span style="color: #66cc66;">/</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">textarea</span>&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #009900;">&lt;<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">input</span> <span style="color: #000066;">type</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;submit&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">name</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;submit&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">value</span><span style="color: #66cc66;">=</span><span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Send Email&quot;</span> <span style="color: #66cc66;">/</span>&gt;</span>
<span style="color: #009900;">&lt;<span style="color: #66cc66;">/</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">form</span>&gt;</span></pre>
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<h3><strong>PHP Code For Handling Action and Send Email</strong></h3>
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<pre class="php" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #b1b100;">if</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #990000;">count</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000088;">$_POST</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #339933;">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
 <span style="color: #000088;">$sender_email</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$_POST</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;sender_email&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
 <span style="color: #000088;">$receipent_email</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$_POST</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;receipent_email&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
 <span style="color: #000088;">$email_subject</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$_POST</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;email_subject&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
 <span style="color: #000088;">$message</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$_POST</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;message&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
 <span style="color: #000088;">$result</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #990000;">mail</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000088;">$receipent_email</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$email_subject</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$message</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;From: <span style="color: #006699; font-weight: bold;">$sender_email</span><span style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;">\n</span>&quot;</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
 <span style="color: #b1b100;">if</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #000088;">$result</span><span style="color: #009900;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
    <span style="color: #b1b100;">echo</span> <span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;Mail has been send successfully.&quot;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
 <span style="color: #009900;">&#125;</span>
 <span style="color: #b1b100;">else</span> <span style="color: #009900;">&#123;</span>
    <span style="color: #b1b100;">echo</span> <span style="color: #0000ff;">&quot;There was a problem in sending email.&quot;</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span>
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<p>This is just a method of how to send a simple email using PHP. In above script there is no way of proper error checking and other advance email functionalities like sending of HTML email, custom headers.
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