Collecting data from visitors: where to begin?

Visitor input

[wkpride]

I'm not sure which forum to ask the Question... but here it is:
I currently use FormMail Clone on my site to collect data from visitors, however I'd really like to be able to accept data and have it automatcally transfer to a predesigned page and upload to the server. I use dreamweaver but haven't figured out how to do it... Meaning I can build a page that accepts data... but I don't know the next step.

Thanks!

Keith

[penders]

If you want to actually upload and store data on the server that the user has entered then you need to call a server-side script (PHP, ASP or Perl perhaps) to store it in a database (MySQL possibly) or maybe just a simple text file.

If, however, you just want to mess around with what the user has entered and present it back to them on another page (without anything getting back to the server), then you can get away with just some client-side JavaScript, but nothing will be stored anywhere, apart from perhaps a cookie on the users machine?!

I've not used "FormMail Clone" - but I'm guessing it's a Perl script that runs on the server. Many aspects of getting input from the user will be similar... validation... reject it... accept it... store it (Database)... return output to user.

Hhhmmm, does that help?! Do you have a specific task in mind?