Email Form

[allochory]

Hello!

I'm using your theme and it is great. However, I've run into one final poblem with the email form. I get the error "Sorry , it seems that my mail server is not responding. Please try again later!" I am not sure where the problem is coming from... I've tried changing the email in the _config.yml and contact_me.php, to no avail. I'm new to this, so perhaps there is something wrong with my setup. Any thoughts?

[y7kim]

Hi,

First of all, thanks for using the theme!

Your issue is actually expected, as github pages only serves static content

• ie. mail/contact_me.php doesn't work when hosted on github pages. It is
  not too hard to fix however:

First, you will need to sign up for a mail sending service like SendGrid or
Mandrill, which allows you to send email via a Javascript API.

Then, you can modify the ajax request in the 'submitSuccess' method
(line20) in /js/contact_me.js - you will have to replace the url field with
the appropriate API endpoint, and pass the appropriate parameters according
to your mail service provider.

Those are the high-level instructions I will leave you with - if you have
any more questions about implementing it, just let me know. I may be able
to give you some more hands-on help if you are not that familiar with JS
and API's.

Best,

Rick

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 5:40 AM, allochory notifications@github.com wrote:

Hello!

I'm using your theme and it is great. However, I've run into one final
poblem with the email form. I get the error "Sorry , it seems that my mail
server is not responding. Please try again later!" I am not sure where the
problem is coming from... I've tried changing the email in the _config.yml
and contact_me.php, to no avail. I'm new to this, so perhaps there is
something wrong with my setup. Any thoughts?

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[allochory]

Rick,

Thanks! This is great. I am not familiar, as this is only my second
website, but I'll dive in and see how things go. I appreciate your help
and if I get completely stuck I might take you up on your offer!

Tyler

2015-05-30 18:27 GMT+02:00 Rick K. notifications@github.com:

Hi,

First of all, thanks for using the theme!

Your issue is actually expected, as github pages only serves static content

• ie. mail/contact_me.php doesn't work when hosted on github pages. It is
  not too hard to fix however:

First, you will need to sign up for a mail sending service like SendGrid or
Mandrill, which allows you to send email via a Javascript API.

Then, you can modify the ajax request in the 'submitSuccess' method
(line20) in /js/contact_me.js - you will have to replace the url field with
the appropriate API endpoint, and pass the appropriate parameters according
to your mail service provider.

Those are the high-level instructions I will leave you with - if you have
any more questions about implementing it, just let me know. I may be able
to give you some more hands-on help if you are not that familiar with JS
and API's.

Best,

Rick

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 5:40 AM, allochory notifications@github.com
wrote:

Hello!

I'm using your theme and it is great. However, I've run into one final
poblem with the email form. I get the error "Sorry , it seems that my
mail
server is not responding. Please try again later!" I am not sure where
the
problem is coming from... I've tried changing the email in the
_config.yml
and contact_me.php, to no avail. I'm new to this, so perhaps there is
something wrong with my setup. Any thoughts?

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[zbeekman]

@allochory: Take a look at my version for an email form that works on github pages: https://github.com/zbeekman/zbeekman.github.io

[y7kim]

very nice solution zbeekman, thanks.

[Tamxaun]

Hello, I have a similar problem, my form doesn't validate information, just sends the message (

[Tamxaun]

okay I get it now, it seems that input wrap required a proper class

[zbeekman]

@Tamxaun can you please elaborate on the fix?

[Tamxaun]

it works when the wrap of input have a class .control-group, here is the example:

<fieldset class="control-group">
    <input id="email" type="email" data-validation-required-message="Please enter your email" required>
    <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</fieldset>

[shoichiaizawa]

The email form issue still seems persistent even after this fix #33. I was wondering what else I was missing to make it work 😢

[KompiAjaib]

Thanks Mr. @zbeekman
It was awesome... works perfectly on my blog

[thinkjrs]

Also wanted to add my thanks to @zbeekman for the static email solution. I updated the URL on line 23 in /assets/js/contact_me.js (as suggested by @y7kim ) to //formspree.io/"myemail@blah.com" and after confirmation, it just works.

Thanks for sharing your hard work!

[leicao-me]

@thinkjrs Thank you very much. You gave a concrete solution of @y7kim 's answer.

[nedojp]

@thinkjrs is it possible to get a little bit of support in the contact form?

[Belmires]

Boa Tarde, estou como o mesmo problema alguém poderia me ajudar ?

[AsadbekNematov]

Rick,

Thanks! This is great. I am not familiar, as this is only my second
website, but I'll dive in and see how things go. I appreciate your help
and if I get completely stuck I might take you up on your offer!

Tyler

2015-05-30 18:27 GMT+02:00 Rick K. notifications@github.com:

Hi,
First of all, thanks for using the theme!
Your issue is actually expected, as github pages only serves static content

• ie. mail/contact_me.php doesn't work when hosted on github pages. It is
  not too hard to fix however:

First, you will need to sign up for a mail sending service like SendGrid or
Mandrill, which allows you to send email via a Javascript API.
Then, you can modify the ajax request in the 'submitSuccess' method
(line20) in /js/contact_me.js - you will have to replace the url field with
the appropriate API endpoint, and pass the appropriate parameters according
to your mail service provider.
Those are the high-level instructions I will leave you with - if you have
any more questions about implementing it, just let me know. I may be able
to give you some more hands-on help if you are not that familiar with JS
and API's.
Best,
Rick
On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 5:40 AM, allochory notifications@github.com
wrote:

Hello!
I'm using your theme and it is great. However, I've run into one final
poblem with the email form. I get the error "Sorry , it seems that my
mail
server is not responding. Please try again later!" I am not sure where
the
problem is coming from... I've tried changing the email in the
_config.yml
and contact_me.php, to no avail. I'm new to this, so perhaps there is
something wrong with my setup. Any thoughts?
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good morning. i am not familiar to APS so can i ask where i can get API to replace