FrontPage Secure Pages

Calling a form or page securely with FrontPage
FrontPage is not compatible with use of a shared secure certificate - the kind we offer free access to with every 123 customer.  But there is a workaround for this.  The instructions below describe how to set this up using the popular Formmail (form to email) script.

Here is what you'll need to do:
  1. First, have your account enabled for access to our secure server shared certificate.  If you haven't been enabled already, please let us know and we'll enable it for you.

  2. Download a copy of formmail.pl (the version linked here is "formmail.txt" - save this and rename to formmail.pl).

  3. Edit the formmail.pl script in just one place - line 38, "referers".   Be sure to modify www.domainname.com, domainname.com, your ip number, and the name of your secure server (you'll find this information in your welcome letter that you received when you signed up for your account).

  4. Upload your own copy of formmail.pl to your cgi-bin.

  5. Change the permissions on formmail.pl to RWX-RX-RX or "755". For more information on script permissions see Setting File Permissions.

  6. Create your form in FrontPage.

  7. Go the HTML editor section by clicking on the HTML tab at the bottom of your page.  Remove all of the webbot sections - they'll all be in gray, so they'll be easy to spot.

  1. Insert the following lines of code within the body of the form:

    <FORM ACTION = "https://secure.servername.com/domainname/cgi-bin/formmail.pl" METHOD = "POST">

    <input type=hidden name="recipient" value="you@yourdomain.com">

     (change the above code, substituting in your e-mail address where you'd like to have the form e-mail sent)

    These are the only 2 lines of code you must have in your form.  For more code options, click the Formmail button in your account Control Panel.

  2. Save the changes.

  3. Use the HTML editor again to edit the link to your form so that it is secure.  Here is the path to use:

    https://secure.servername.com/domainname/cgi-bin/formmail.pl

    Substitute in the name of your form.  Notice that the extension (such as .com) is not included at the end of the domain name in this path.

  4. Save the file and upload file(s) to your account.

  5. You are done!  Test your form and let us know if you have any problems with it.