Form info and Server Ext.

[Mike12tet]

I'm building a webpage in Frontpage 2003. I want to use a form in my webpage to get some feedback from visitors (in form of e-mail to me). My webserver doesn't have a FrontPage extension and I'm not sure if it's going to work (Apache Server with java extension). I read some article that there may be some conflict between froms created in MS FrontPage and nonFrontpage server extension. Is this true with FP 2003? If yes what I should do to get this work?
Do I need new software (Dreamweaver, GoLive)?

Thanks,

Michal

 

[CoreyBryant]

I have not heard anything yet re: FP 2003 & the extensions. If it is like all the other versions of Fp, you willl still need the extensions & from what I have heard, FP XP (2002) extensions work just fine. You can install FP extensions on an Apache Server. This should help you get started:

http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q202/1/98.ASP&NoWebContent=1

But you can use another form handler, like PHP to handle the form & e-mail it to you if you wish. Or you can use a CGI script as well.

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[Mike12tet]

Thanks Corey,
I'm sorry, but what is it PHP and CGI script to handle the form?

Michal

 

[CoreyBryant]

PHP is a server side language. You will need to check out:

http://www.scriptsearch.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Form_Processing/

- this will give you some ideas.

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[Mike12tet]

Does this require changes on the server site?
What about I just use dreamwaver as software instead of FrontPage?
I'm not sure what our IT people can or like to make any changes to our server.

Thanks

Michal

 

[CoreyBryant]

You can edit the form & create any form handler that you wish. Do you have PHP installed on the server? if so, you can use a PHP form handler:

http://scriptsearch.internet.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Form_Processing/

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[Mike12tet]

Thanks,
I will have to check with my IT dep. and see what I can do.

Michal

 

[CoreyBryant]

Anytime. They should not have a problem with the FP extensions, if they do - ask them if you can run PHP on there. Otherwise, you might check out:

http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html

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[Mike12tet]

I just talk to may IT and he said that to instal FP extension may be hard nut I should not have any problem to create the webpage in FP and than just FTP to our server.
I'm still worry about how the form will work.

Michal

 

[CoreyBryant]

You can create a form & use another handler (one of the ones that I pointed out), but you cannot create a FP form - meaning you cannot have FP handle the form & FTP the form to the server. It will not work.

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