The simple email form is the most used by beginners when they start an awards programs.It doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles,its not very fancy.But it's easy to set up,easy to customize and for a beginner it gets the job done.Plus it better than just saying use the email me banner below and telling them what information to send you.The form will use their email program to send you their information. but you can make sure you get the information you need to make a fair judgement on the sites submitted.

What does the form need to work ?

Well the form will need a way of knowing where to be sent when completed,that your email address written like this in the forms script mailto:YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HERE

Then the form will need a way of being filled out, that means there is a box for a name,an email address, their website address,name of their website,and in most cases a place to put a description of their website.

There can be other things like what type of bowser is your site best viewed in,or category of your site,or anything you would like to add to your form.

Here is what a basic form will look like on your page.

NAME :

EMAIL:

       WEBSITE NAME:

            WEBSITE URL:

                          DESCRIPTION:

The above sample isn't a live form and won't send me an application it is only for demonstration

Hosted forms are forms on your site that are processed by a CGI script hosted on another server.The methods for setting them up are different for each form host.Most of them are easy to set up and are fully customizable.