Adding a Webform to send email without revealing the email address

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Use a Webform to send email from a page on the site to a receiver of the email without exposing the email address.  This minimizes the capturing of email addresses for spam purposes.

To create a Webform to send email:

  • Click Administer > Content Management > Webforms
  • Use one of the existing Webforms, such as Message For <person>, as a "template" for the webform.  At the right of the entry line, click Edit.
  • At the top of the webform, click Clone.  This will create a copy of the webform.
  • Change the Title, Description, and E-mail To Address.
  • Click URL Path Setting.  Enter "to" + the person's name with dashes to separate words.  For example. to set up a webform for Bill Dornbush, enter "to-Bill-Dornbush"  This convention makes is easy to remember how you set up these forms.
  • Click Submit.

To link the webform into a page, edit the page's Body.  Create a link to the webform:

  • Highlight the text and/or image that is the link.
  • In the editor toolbar, click Insert/Edit Link ( )
  • In the Link window, in the URL field, enter a slash ( / ) followed by the URL Path Setting that you created above.  Note that Protocol changes to Other.
  • Click OK.
  • Save the page by clicking Submit.

 

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