Problem

You want to create a web-to-lead form on your Force.com site to capture prospective customers' personal information. You also want to create a custom contact page that will appear when customers submit their information.

Solution

Create two Visualforce pages: one to capture a prospect's information and another to display the confirmation. You'll also need to extend the standard controller to redirect public users to a custom contact page when they submit information.

1. Click Setup | Develop | Pages.
2. For the Label, enter Thank You Page and for the Name, enter ThankYou.
3. Replace the existing Visualforce markup with the following:

   <apex:page title="Job Application" 
              showHeader="false" standardStylesheets="true">
     <apex:composition template="{!$Site.Template}">
       <apex:define name="body"> 
           <br/>
           <center>
           <apex:outputText value="Your information is saved.  Thank you for your interest!"/>
           </center>
           <br/>
           <br/>
       </apex:define>
     </apex:composition>
   </apex:page>

   Next, you'll create an create an extension for the standard controller. By default in Salesforce.com, a standard controller directs the user to the standard detail page after saving the related record. However, standard detail pages can't be made public via sites. To direct users to a custom Visualforce page, you must create an extension for the standard controller. The controller extension creates a new lead record and redirects users to the “Thank You” page. To create the extension:Click Setup | Develop | Apex Classes.Click New.In the editor, add the following content:

   public class myWeb2LeadExtension {
   
       private final Lead weblead;
   
       public myWeb2LeadExtension(ApexPages.StandardController
                                   stdController) {
          weblead = (Lead)stdController.getRecord();
       }
   
        public PageReference saveLead() {
          try {
          insert(weblead);
          }
          catch(System.DMLException e) {
              ApexPages.addMessages(e);
              return null;
          }
          PageReference p = Page.ThankYou;
          p.setRedirect(true);
          return p;
        }
   }

1. Click Setup | Develop | Pages.
2. For the Label, enter Contact Us Page and for the Name, enter ContactUs.
3. Replace the existing Visualforce markup with the following:

   <apex:page standardController="Lead"
              extensions="myWeb2LeadExtension"
              title="Contact Us" showHeader="false"
              standardStylesheets="true">
    <apex:composition template="{!$Site.Template}">
     <apex:define name="body">
      <apex:form>
       <apex:messages id="error"
                      styleClass="errorMsg"
                      layout="table"
                      style="margin-top:1em;"/>
         <apex:pageBlock title="" mode="edit">
           <apex:pageBlockButtons>
              <apex:commandButton value="Save"
                                  action="{!saveLead}"/>
           </apex:pageBlockButtons>
           <apex:pageBlockSection title="Contact Us"
                                  collapsible="false"
                                  columns="1">
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.Salutation}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.Title}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.FirstName}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.LastName}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.Email}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.Phone}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.Company}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.Street}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.City}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.State}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.PostalCode}"/>
            <apex:inputField value="{!Lead.Country}"/>
           </apex:pageBlockSection>
        </apex:pageBlock>
      </apex:form>
     </apex:define> 
    </apex:composition>
   </apex:page>
   

Finally, make the pages available on your site:

1. Enable the new Visualforce pages:
   1. Click Setup | Develop | Sites.
   2. Click your site label.
   3. In the Site Details page under Site Visualforce Pages, click Edit.
   4. Select ContactUs and ThankYou and click Add.
   5. Click Save.
2. Make sure the fields you exposed on your “Contact Us” page are visible on your site:
   1. In the Site Details page, click Public Access Settings.
   2. Under Field-Level Security, next to Lead, click View.
   3. Verify that the Visible setting is enabled for the Address, Company, Email, Name, and Phone fields. Click Edit to change the visibility of any settings.
3. Grant the “Create” permission to your site for the lead object:
   1. In the Site Details page, click Public Access Settings.
   2. In the Profile page, click Edit.
   3. Under Standard Object Permissions, select the “Create” permission for Leads.
   4. Click Save.
4. Access your “Contact Us” page via your public site and test your new lead form.