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Personalised Independant E-mail Forms?

The only problem I have seems to be submiting them

         

groover17

10:53 pm on Mar 11, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I've been trying for weeks to make an e-mail for that can be (dare I say it) easily adapted to different sites, with out success. I have everything working accept the 'submit' factor.
Is it possible to send a e-mail from a 'free' website to the webmaster's e-mail without having a website e-mail? Or would I need to link the site to an e-mail? If either is possible how would I do it?

JAB Creations

1:36 pm on Mar 12, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Hi groover17 and welcome to WebmasterWorld!

For clarification I'm assuming that you've put together a serverside script to handle incoming emails and that you're able to use it except to send email?

You'll need to clarify your question and your position a bit more please.

John

groover17

3:35 am on Mar 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I have all the fields set up (Name, Subject & Message). The 'Reset' button works properly and the Submit button... well, appears to just refresh the page.

I have an e-mail address that I've planned to recieve the e-mails if that's what you meant (I'm pretty new to web-designing/building), though from how it sounds (in your post)like I do need to link it to an e-mail so it will send.
Ideally I would like to redirect to the home page after the submition, but I figure I need to get the basics first.

So, what would I do next? If need be, how would I link the 'Submit' button to an e-mail?

JAB Creations

11:59 am on Mar 13, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



If your submit button is not working correctly first check your action to ensure its pointing to your script.

Generally a clean form would look something like this...

<form action="contact.php" method="post">
<fieldset>
<label for="custom"></label><input name="custom" type="text" value="" />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</fieldset>
</form>

Besides any normal inputs you may want to clean up the form and ensure your page validates.

Beyond that it is most likely an error with the script. If that is the case you'll need to post a new thread in the appropriate forum (such as PHP, Perl, ASP, etceteras).

In any case you will most likely need to post some code otherwise it's just a blind guessing game.

John