# Contact form e-mail **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [August 25, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178 "2025-08-25T14:07:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Godber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/godber/32/26521_2.png) [@Godber](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Godber)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/21 "2025-09-02T12:01:46Z")
brilliant. thanks ben ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/22 "2025-09-02T12:07:00Z")
> [@logrunner](#): > > When the “Honey Pot” gets activated, is it logged? No, not currently. ---
**Author:** ![bobsimoneau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bobsimoneau/32/31608_2.png) [@bobsimoneau](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bobsimoneau)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/23 "2025-09-02T12:12:48Z")
Thanks, but that log was from earlier in the night. All pages are now index.php and no joy. I created the logs folder and turned on Honey Pot. Site is [N1ET Contact Page](https://test-n1et.bobsimoneau.com/contact/) ---
**Author:** ![bobsimoneau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bobsimoneau/32/31608_2.png) [@bobsimoneau](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bobsimoneau)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/24 "2025-09-02T15:08:18Z")
Thanks to help from [Jan Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/fuellemann) I can see that neither the email or logs directory is published to the test site. They are not present in the local publish either. The attached picture shows the current structure under the api directory. ![Dir](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/c/9/c91a0c8f0012145191f0000a07652850123e7a40.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/25 "2025-09-02T15:20:42Z")
@dan What we are missing is the …/rw/elements/com.realmac.corepack/api/email file or directory. In the console, you will see a 404 whenever the SUBMIT button is hit and we see the error message. Do you have an idea why this is not published? Has this been omitted by one of the last updates? Thank you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/26 "2025-09-02T16:54:53Z")
Sounds like a “Re-Publish All Files” is required. You could also try exporting locally and see if everything is there. ---
**Author:** ![bobsimoneau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bobsimoneau/32/31608_2.png) [@bobsimoneau](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bobsimoneau)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/27 "2025-09-02T17:11:43Z")
“Re-Publish All Files” done multiple times with no change. I just exported the site, and the directories missing there also. ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/28 "2025-09-02T18:01:52Z")
We tried this both several times of course before bothering you 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Bigland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bigland](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bigland)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/29 "2025-09-03T00:34:09Z")
It is important to check what the apicheck says. It must show a green bar saying “Elements API is working as expected.” …/contact.php?apicheck Have you tried this? ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/30 "2025-09-03T01:06:53Z")
How do I do this? The test url is `https://fuellemann.info/test/bob/contact/index.php` but when I add ?apicheck I do not see anything. ---
**Author:** ![Bigland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bigland](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bigland)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/31 "2025-09-03T01:48:29Z")
`https://fuellemann.info/test/bob/contact/index.php?apicheck` If you see nothing, the php version is not correct. I have 8.1 but would NOT work, so I requested upgrade on the php to version 8.3.8 ![Screenshot 2025-09-03 at 10.49.27](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/5/b/5b8cda06e62c43683e68b9a2306f940f7fef711e.png) ---
**Author:** ![bobsimoneau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bobsimoneau/32/31608_2.png) [@bobsimoneau](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bobsimoneau)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/32 "2025-09-03T03:13:30Z")
I tried it on my php home test server and got. On the IONOS test site, I get nothing. ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/9/e/9e8c21f9f8c1a766d978b3703eb5d67be319090d.png) ---
**Author:** ![sbchasin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sbchasin/32/26943_2.png) [@sbchasin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sbchasin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/33 "2025-09-03T03:17:42Z")
Is PHP active and running on the IONOS test site you are using, and is PHP the required version?? ---
**Author:** ![LaPan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/lapan/32/92_2.png) [@LaPan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/LaPan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/34 "2025-09-03T03:25:28Z")
When you’re ready to get up and running in a jiffy, myself and @barchard are over here at Chillidog Hosting if needed. You’d have been running a week ago. ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/35 "2025-09-03T04:12:22Z")
Yes it is already set to 8.3.x ---
**Author:** ![graham-sm1th](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@graham-sm1th](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/graham-sm1th)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/36 "2025-09-03T06:14:08Z")
I too have spent hours and still the form doesn’t work. Seems to me Dan and Tom have their heads in the sand on this one, tried it at all the api check is 100% positive, the same settings work flawlessly in Joes’s stacks and I am about to ditch Elements unless a solution arrives today. Starting to think Joe is right tailwind might be great for simplicity but when it comes to the clever stuff it falls apart ---
**Author:** ![bobsimoneau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bobsimoneau/32/31608_2.png) [@bobsimoneau](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bobsimoneau)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/37 "2025-09-03T06:32:29Z")
I have unlimited storage at IONOS for about the price of Chilidog 20g plan. My four sites combined are about 50g ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/38 "2025-09-03T06:36:44Z")
> [@Fuellemann](#): > > …/rw/elements/com.realmac.corepack/api/email You won’t find a physical `/email` folder inside the api directory — and that’s completely expected. The API is built using a router-based system (like many modern frameworks), which means URLs like `/api/email` are _virtual routes_, not actual folders. When you make a request to `/api/email`, the request is routed internally by the app (usually via an index.php file) to the appropriate function or controller that handles email sending. So even though the folder structure doesn’t show an email subdirectory, the logic for handling `/email` is still there, just behind the scenes. ---
**Author:** ![bobsimoneau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bobsimoneau/32/31608_2.png) [@bobsimoneau](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bobsimoneau)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/39 "2025-09-03T06:37:06Z")
Yesterday I tried the contact form at PHP version 8.1 thru 8.4 with no joy. The ?APICheck failed on each too. ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178/40 "2025-09-03T06:40:47Z")
@graham-sm1th do you have a URL I can take a look at? > [@graham-sm1th](#): > > tailwind might be great for simplicity but when it comes to the clever stuff it falls apart Just to clarify: **Tailwind is a CSS framework** , so it only handles styling (like layout, colors, spacing). It has nothing to do with how forms work or how they submit to PHP scripts. If something’s not working with form submissions, it’s likely a backend or JavaScript issue and not a problem with Tailwind itself. Tailwind us responsible for how things _look_, not how they _work_. [Previous page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-e-mail/50178.md?page=3)