My tips from what I've learned:
1) Use FileZilla as it's a stellar free FTP app. I did have issues with a later version and went back to 2.2.23 at www.oldapps.com and it worked great.
2) Be sure your webhost allows for cgi scripts.
3) Code your form like this:
<form name="formmail" action="http://yourwebhost.com/cgi-bin/formmail.cgi" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="youremail@yourwebhost.com"><input type=hidden name="subject" value="Your Email Subject">
<input type=hidden name="redirect" value="http://yourwebhost.com/confirmation_page.htm">
<input type=hidden name="required" value="Name,email,radio,City,State,Address,Company,Phone">
and submit link: <input type=SUBMIT value="Submit">
IMPORTANT: Be sure that your field name matches your required values above. These are case sensitive.
For example:
<input type="text" name="Name" size="24" border="0">
NOT name="name"
4) Open the formail.cgi and search for: @referers =
Enter your webhost: @referers = ('yourhost.com');
Type in: These fields must be filled in
And change the font to verdana size 2, also add a back link (makes the missing fields page look a lot better):
***Paste After: <tr><th>
<font face="verdana" size="2">Error: Blank Fields</font></th></tr>
</table>
<table border=0 cellpadding="8" bgcolor=#ffffff>
<tr><td><font face="verdana" size="2">The following fields were left blank in your submission form:</font><p>
<ul><b><font face="verdana" size="2" color="#006699">
$missing_field_list
</ul></b></font><br>
<font face="verdana" size="2"> These fields must be filled in before you can successfully submit the form.<p>
<b><a href="javascript:history.go(-1)">Go Back</a></b>
***Before <hr size=1>
5) Save the .cgi in a folder cgi-bin in your main webhost directory: /
6) Right click the file and scroll down to: File Attributes and type in 755.
I think that's it : )