8 Steps to Making Forms Work on the Bama Server (and actually getting the data)

Step #1:

This is necessary to call which field will later be written to a text field or emailed to you. Most fields will be self-naming, but some will require more thought.
Use lowercase, no spaces in the names
Radio Buttons and Check Boxes: Name all your radio buttons with the same name, but make sure the value is different for each one.

For Example:

Would be coded like this:

Sex: <input type="radio" name="sex" value="male"> Male  <input type="radio" name="sex" value="female"> Female

to have the data written to a text file on the server (later to be downloaded and then put in your own spreadsheet or database):
<FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/BFormMail" METHOD=POST>

Appends field values to a flat-file database (text file), where file_path=the absolute or relative URL of your text file.
<input type=hidden name="append_db" value="file_path_and_name.txt">

Specify exactly which fields are appended to the database
<input type=hidden name="db_fields" value = "realname,email,homephone">

The separator character between fields in the database --I strongly suggest you use a semicolon or tab--if you use a comma, you will regret it later!
<input type=hidden name="db_delimiter" value = ";">

Make sure the name of the file matches the name of the text file you put in the "append_db" hidden field.

This is the hardest part.
Simply put, in order to be able to write to a text file, the server has to have permission. You have to give it permission.
After you have ftped the file to the server, go into WS_FTP (or whatever program you are using), and click on the name of the text file you have ftped up to the server.
Right mouse click and scroll down to chmod (Unix)
Set the permission to 662 (rwx, rwx, w) or, like this:
Now, go back up to the sub-directory that houses the file
Set the permission on the subdirectory to 773 (rwx, rwx, wx), or like this: