Email Forms

[kennyaidan]

Hi,
I am currently designing my own webpage, and I was hoping to put a form onto my contact page where visitors can send me their comments, email address etc. It would be a very basic form but the code i have at the moment won't work can anyone see where i'm going wrong???
Any help greatly appreciated

thanks
aidan


Here's my form code

<form action="

http://my_confirmation_page.com/"

name="DATA" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="MAILME_TO" value="myemailaddress@XXX.com">
<input type="hidden" name="MAILME_REPLYTO">
<input type="hidden" name="MAILME_SUBJECT" value="Comment">

<table width="509" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="box" >


<tr>
<td colspan="4" class="title">Personal Details </td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<div align="left">* Title</div>
</td>
<td>

<div align="left">

<select name="title" class="navSelectsmall">

<option> </option>

<option>Dr.</option>

<option>Mr.</option>

<option>Mrs.</option>

<option>Miss</option>

<option>Ms.</option>

</select>
</div></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="3">

<div align="left">* First name of party leader</div>
</td>

<td>
<div align="left">
<input type="text" name="firstname" size="15" class="navFieldsbig">
</div></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<div align="left">* Surname of party leader</div>
</td>
<td>
<div align="left">

<input type="text" name="surname" size="15" class="navFieldsbig">
</div></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="3" >
<div align="left">* Email</div>
</td>
<td >
<div align="left">

<input type="text" name="email" size="15" class="navFieldsbig">
</div></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="4">
<div align="center">
<input type="submit" name="_IGNORE_Submit" class="turqBtn" value="Submit &raquo;">

</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

 

[manarth]

um, I haven't got a clue how this email form is mean to work - because there's nowhere for the form data to go which would put it into an email. where's your script?!

Take a look for formMail.pl for a free form mailer cgi script.

<marc> i wonder what will happen if i press this...[ul][li]please tell us if our suggestion has helped[/li][li]need some help? faq581-3339[/li][/ul]

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

>> the code i have at the moment won't work

What doesn't it do? Does it submit to the next page?

Dan

 

[kennyaidan]

When i say it doesn't work i mean the email doesn't arrive, it moves to the confirmation page but the email isn't sent???

 

[tviman]

That's because you don't have any directives that send an email. Your form "action" is: action="

http://my_confirmation_page.com/"

and that's exactly what it does. Your "action" has to be something that causes email to be sent. I'm not a fan of using action="mailto:...." but that will work. Do a keyword search on this forum and you'll probably find about a hundred ways to implement this type of action.

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[kennyaidan]

thanks for the help!!!

 

[YNOTU]

Excuse me kenny...

 

[YNOTU]

Would you mind properly closing your post please? You've had 16 post without having a sigle one properly closed.

Thank you.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

>> You've had 16 post without having a single one properly closed.

And that's the second time I've seen you tell someone off for non-closure immediately after they've thanked the posters for a working solution.

Not only that, but I started to go through kennyaidan's posts - and out of the first 5 I checked, 4 had been closed with a thank you - so I don't know where you get your stats from - but they're way off.

This isn't experts-exchange, you know - we don't need to fight over points! ;o)

Dan

 

[manarth]

a little FYI for those who don't know what 'closing a post' is referring to:

it's possible to award 'stars' in tek-tips; these are given to recognise an individual as particularly helpful.

to award a star, click the "* Thank xxxxxxxx for this valuable post!" link, found at the bottom left of each post.

Each star is a vote for 'TipMaster of the week'.

However, a courteous thank-you message is always appreciated

<marc> i wonder what will happen if i press this...[ul][li]please tell us if our suggestion has helped[/li][li]need some help? faq581-3339[/li][/ul]

 

[Wullie]

Stars are not mean't for closing posts, they never have been either.

A star is supposed to be awarded for a valuable post and should be a bolt from the blue. Saying that stars should be awarded to close a thread is simply wrong, pointless and it defeats every part of the whole system.

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I'm with Wullie on this... Stars should never be expected.

Remember that code is very subjective in terms of "greatness"... If you've spent 4 hours slogging away over an answer, you might think it's the best code in the world, but that still doesn't mean a star should be awarded automatically. The beauty [of the code] really is in the eye of the beholder ;o)

Dan

 

[ChrisHirst]

And maybe take note of this from the profile page,

[red]
No signature should include any reference to voting, stars, or marking posts as helpful. Doing so is cause for membership termination.
[/red]

I've always taken it to refer to posts as well



Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

 

[kennyaidan]

Sorry Guys for starting this argument but i was simply trying to show some common courtesy to "tviman" for his help. I'm sorry DeCojute if showing some basic manners is a problem around here!! In future can i get a definitive answer on how would you like the thread to be finished as everyone seems to have a different answer???

 

[ChrisHirst]

I wouldn't worry about it, far too many threads don't even get a thanks.

just saying thanks will do for most of us and posting what solved the problem is always useful for the members who search the forums first. ( well the few anyway! )



Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?