Is it possible to create a user editable subject line for contact forms? I think it will help me sift through the mail and quickly figure out what is spam or simply figure out what message belongs to who. Thanks!

[KK]

Yes, of course.

Suppose following is the opening tag of send_mail

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<cms:send_mail from=k_email_from to=k_email_to subject='Feedback from your site'>

Instead of hard-coding the subject as above, we can use any variable for it. For example

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<cms:send_mail from=k_email_from to=k_email_to subject=my_subject>

or

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<cms:send_mail from=k_email_from to=k_email_to subject="<cms:show my_subject />">

The 'my_subject' could be an editable region that you define in the contact template for the site-owner to edit.

Does this help?

I actually meant front end user, not the site owner using the backend.

I think KK gave you the answer for a front end user to fill a field for your mail.

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<cms:send_mail from=k_email_from to=k_email_to subject="<cms:show frm_my_subject />">

In your form/page create a field ...

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<cms:input name='my_subject ' label='Your subject' type='text' required='1' />

This would be your editable subject.

[KK]

@cardmaverick, as @Tomarnst said, the principle remains the same - the point is that you are free to use a variable instead of the hard-coded string.

In the example above, if your contact form has an input named 'my_subject', the value submitted through it would be available as a variable named 'frm_my_subject' and that is what we use as the subject.