Can I add a unique number to the beginning of theEmail Subject - Contact Us

[jetx]

I would like a unique number to be placed in the email subject field, placing it before the 'Website Inquiry from '... define('EMAIL_SUBJECT', 'Website Inquiry from ' . STORE_NAME);

So, for example, the received email subject would be something like: 3299 Website Inquiry from myStore

Any ideas as to how to achieve this? Thanks.

[kobra]

One would need to add a table or a record to an existing table as a counter
Then add code to lookup this table/value and increment it by "1" and include it - code it into the contact us file

Most likely as part of the "submit" action so that customers just navigating to this page do not add to the count

[jetx]

I see. Well the purpose of this is quite simple, it is to prevent emails being grouped within the same thread by subject and easier to fwd to sales reps without editing the subject, so anything unique within the subject field would work.

What about the using Date and Time, eg Mon May 27 2013 16:54:20 EST. Can you advise how I might use OFFICE_DATE_TIME as part of my email subject?

[DrByte]

Just add your desired prefix into the define. You can use straight text, or dynamic such as the current date.

[jetx]

Thanks, piece of cake. I used . date("D M j Y G:i:s T")

[DrByte]

That's probably a lot more "date" than really needed. But yes it'll work.

[jetx]

Indeed, I did end up cutting off the :s T portion of that. Unless I get more than one email per minute Google Apps will now threat them as separate emails and not combine them as part of a long thread.