form help!!!

[Jmagge]

Hiya

I am doin a website on front page!! I have worked how to make a form but i am having trouble submiting the form!!! when a form is submited were dose it go (can it be sent to your machian?) plz help!

hiya im new and i need help plz help me! :confused: :confused: If ya want i will cheak your websites out!! plz help me aswell lol!

you can also email me at.... thumperandme@hotmail.com

PLZ HELP ME!

from jmagge

[PsychoticDude85]

Here's the code for the form you can copy and paste. Feel free to remove the HTML code for fields you don't need or adjust the various values to fit your liking.

Notice the blue text (only that on the right however). This is what you need to edit to customize the form.

1) The 1st line should be changed to the address of the FormMail script on your server.
2) The 2nd line should be the address of the page the user views after they submit the form. You may need to create this page.
3) The 3rd line is the email address the form results will be sent to.
4) The 4th line is the subject of the email when the form is sent to your address.

<form METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/formmail.cgi">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://www.yoursite.com/thankyou.html">
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="email@youremail.com">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Form Subject">

info from http://www.2createawebsite.com/build/html.html

[Jmagge]

can it het sent to my computer and not email?

[Jmagge]

Im really stuck on making forms could some one help me!!??? if your willing to help me post and i will email you!!

[PsychoticDude85]

I dont know that you can do that, except maybe with a database but that would probably need php not html.

an email form:

sends to email:
<form METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/formmail.cgi">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://www.yoursite.com/thankyou.html">
<input type="hidden" name="recipient" value="email@youremail.com">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Form Subject">

user writes in answer e.g name:
<p>Your Name: <input TYPE="text" NAME="Name" SIZE="40" MAXLENGTH="40">
</p>

drop down menu answer e.g gender:
<p>What's Your Gender?
<select NAME="Gender">
<option VALUE="Male">Male
<option VALUE="Female">Female
</select>
</p>

select from a few choices (click on them) e.g.age:
<p>How Old Are You?
<input TYPE="radio" NAME="Age" VALUE="0-25" checked>0-25
<input TYPE="radio" NAME="Age" VALUE="26-50">26-50
<input TYPE="radio" NAME="Age" VALUE="50 and over">51 and Over
</p>

submit form/clear form -buttons- (and end of form):
<p>
<input TYPE="submit" NAME="Request" VALUE="Submit This Form">
<input TYPE="reset" NAME="Clear" VALUE="Clear Form">
</p>
</form>

Thats the best I can do with html but you might be able to do more with php and MySQL.

[Terminator1138]

My question is you stated you want it sent to your computer but not email, how do you get your email then if its not via email :)...
Okay here is what you might be asking. You don't want the users email program to open and see your address right? And thus you get the email in your inbox.

Forum search is your friend :) (http://developers.evrsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3226&highlight=forms)
Another thread (http://developers.evrsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3746&highlight=forms)
Yep another example (http://developers.evrsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2829&highlight=forms)
This all depends on what you like it to do. HTH

[tmmoose]

Like This?? (http://www3.sympatico.ca/terry.mckee/old/page5.htm)

[Jmagge]

Well thanx anyway! dose anyone know the kind of questions i would need to ask if i was selling something on a form?

[PsychoticDude85]

I'd say check those already used by buisnesses as a reference and build it around those.

[Terminator1138]

Well it would help knowing what you want to sell....
For instance, if you selling them shaving gel, why ask them if they comb their hair?
Same point. Get detailed with what you want. Typically, forms can contain radio buttons/yes or no type of info, text, multi line text, and so forth.

kind of questions i would need to ask if i was selling something on a form?
kind of confusing. Are you selling a product? Something on a form is what you want. But if they can see something on the form, why sell it, better yet, why buy it they can see it on a form? :)

IF you are talking about selling stuff here is what I collect:
Name, address, emails, comments, domain, hosting package desired,
payment information, and a few more basic ones.