How do I add a contact form to Avalanche?

To add a contact form to your Magento store you’ll need to do the following:

1) Go to CMS > Pages.

2) Create a new Contact Us page or choose the page where you’d like to embed the form.

3) On the Content tab, click the “Show / Hide Editor” button.

4) Paste the following code inside the editor:

{{block type="core/template" name="contactForm" form_action="/contacts/index/post" template="contacts/form.phtml"}}

For Avalanche 1.3.1 and earlier you’ll need to upload the following file to your server:
/app/design/frontend/avalanche/default/template/contacts/form.phtml

<?php
/**
 * Avalanche for Magento 1.6+
 * Designed by Fast Division (http://fastdivision.com)
 *
 * NOTICE OF LICENSE
 *
 * This source file is subject to the EULA
 * that is bundled with this package in the file license.txt.
 * It is also available through the world-wide-web at this URL:
 * http://fastdivision.com/legal/license.txt
 *
 * @author     Fast Division
 * @version    1.3.1
 * @copyright  Copyright 2012 Fast Division
 * @license    http://fastdivision.com/legal/license.txt
 */
?>
<div class="grid_12 white-box">
    <h1>Contact Us</h1>
    <div class="white-box-inner">
        <div id="messages_product_view"><?php echo $this->getMessagesBlock()->getGroupedHtml() ?></div>
        <form action="<?php echo $this->getFormAction(); ?>" id="contactForm" method="post" class="site-form">
            <ul class="form-list">
                <li class="field">
                    <label for="name" class="required"><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Name') ?><em>*</em></label>
                    <div class="input-box">
                        <input name="name" id="name" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Name') ?>" value="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($this->helper('contacts')->getUserName()) ?>" class="input-text required-entry" type="text" />
                    </div>
                </li>
                <li class="field">
                    <label for="email" class="required"><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Email') ?><em>*</em></label>
                    <div class="input-box">
                        <input name="email" id="email" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Email') ?>" value="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($this->helper('contacts')->getUserEmail()) ?>" class="input-text required-entry validate-email" type="text" />
                    </div>
                </li>
                <li class="field">
                    <label for="telephone"><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Telephone') ?></label>
                    <div class="input-box">
                        <input name="telephone" id="telephone" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Telephone') ?>" value="" class="input-text" type="text" />
                    </div>
                </li>
                <li class="field">
                    <label for="comment" class="required"><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Message') ?><em>*</em></label><br/>
                    <div class="input-box">
                        <textarea name="comment" id="comment" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Comment') ?>" class="required-entry input-text" cols="50" rows="8"></textarea>
                    </div>
                </li>
            </ul>
            <div class="buttons-set">
                <input type="text" name="hideit" id="hideit" value="" style="display:none !important;" />
                <button type="submit" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Submit') ?>" class="action-button"><span><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Get In Touch') ?></span></button>
            </div>
        </form>
    </div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
    var contactForm = new VarienForm('contactForm', true);
//]]>
</script>