diff --git a/config-example.py b/config-example.py
index 90f8dc8..d82b1bd 100644
--- a/config-example.py
+++ b/config-example.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 MYSQL_USER = 'user'
 MYSQL_PASSWORD = 'password'
-MYSQL_HOST = 'localhost'
+MYSQL_HOST = '%'
 MYSQL_DB = 'database'
 DEBUG = True
-SECRET_KEY = 'development key'
+SECRET_KEY = '\xd9\n\xe6[Hy\xf6\xac\x00\xd3b\xc2\xb3\x98Ii\x8e\x1b\xcb\xcc\x89'K\x1f'
 USERNAME = 'username'
 PASSWORD = 'password'
+MAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER = "admin@example.com"
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diff --git a/flask_site.py b/flask_site.py
index 2dfa62c..85f48b2 100644
--- a/flask_site.py
+++ b/flask_site.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import hashlib
 from flask_debugtoolbar import DebugToolbarExtension
 from admin import admin
 from flask.ext.mail import Mail, Message
+from wtforms import Form, TextField, TextAreaField, validators
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config.from_pyfile('config.py')
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ def teardown_request(exception):
     if db is not None:
         db.close()
 
+class ContactForm(Form):
+    name = TextField('Name', [validators.Length(min=4, max=25)])
+    email = TextField('Email Address', [validators.Length(min=6, max=35)])
+    message = TextAreaField('Message', [validators.Length(min=6, max=5000)])
+
 @app.route('/')
 def home():
     g.db.execute('SELECT * FROM blog_posts ORDER BY updated_on DESC')
@@ -57,12 +63,16 @@ def projects():
 
 @app.route('/contact', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def contact():
-    if request.method == 'POST':
-        request.form['name']
-        request.form['email']
-        request.form['message']
+    form = ContactForm(request.form)
+    if request.method == 'POST' and form.validate():
+        msg = Message(subject='New Message From wbrawner.com',
+            body="Name: {0}\nEmail: {1}\nMessage: {2}".format(request.form['name'], request.form['email'], request.form['message']),
+            recipients=["billybrawner@gmail.com"])
+        mail.send(msg)
+        flash('Thanks, your message was sent.')
+        return redirect(url_for('contact'))
     else:
-        return render_template('contact.html')
+        return render_template('contact.html', form=form)
 
 @app.route('/login', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def login():
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9ad933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+blinker==1.4
+Flask==0.10.1
+Flask-DebugToolbar==0.10.0
+Flask-Mail==0.9.1
+Flask-MySQLdb==0.2.0
+itsdangerous==0.24
+Jinja2==2.8
+MarkupSafe==0.23
+mysqlclient==1.3.7
+Werkzeug==0.11.4
+WTForms==2.1
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index cb8e1c7..291bba3 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CREATE TABLE blog_posts (
     text VARCHAR( 10000 ) DEFAULT NULL ,
     category VARCHAR( 50 ) DEFAULT NULL ,
     tags VARCHAR( 100 ) DEFAULT NULL ,
-    url VARCHAR(500) DEFAULT NULL UNIQUE,
+    url VARCHAR(100) DEFAULT NULL UNIQUE,
     created_on DATETIME NOT NULL ,
     updated_on TIMESTAMP NOT NULL ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 );
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diff --git a/templates/_formhelper.html b/templates/_formhelper.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5790894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/_formhelper.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{% macro render_field(field) %}
+  <dt>{{ field.label }}
+  <dd>{{ field(**kwargs)|safe }}
+  {% if field.errors %}
+    <ul class=errors>
+    {% for error in field.errors %}
+      <li>{{ error }}</li>
+    {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  {% endif %}
+  </dd>
+{% endmacro %}
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diff --git a/templates/contact.html b/templates/contact.html
index 9da917e..041b377 100644
--- a/templates/contact.html
+++ b/templates/contact.html
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 {% block body %}
 <div class="section" id="contact">
     <h2>contact</h2>
-    <form method="{{ url_for('contact') }}">
-        <input type="text" name="name">
-        <input type="text" name="email">
-        <textarea name="message"></textarea>
-        <input type="submit" value="submit">
+    {% from "_formhelper.html" import render_field %}
+    <form method="post" action="{{ url_for('contact') }}">
+      <dl>
+        {{ render_field(form.name) }}
+        {{ render_field(form.email) }}
+        {{ render_field(form.message) }}
+      </dl>
+      <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><input type="submit" value="Send">
     </form>
     <div class="one-half">
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