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Send command in form on geocities site not working

         

maryszoo2002

3:44 pm on Jan 1, 2005 (gmt 0)



Hi,

I've just revised my website. Its a freebie on geocities -- here's the url if it helps to look at what I'm going to talk about

<Sorry, no personal URLs. See TOS [webmasterworld.com] -- so let's call it "myclub">

I am having difficulty with the send function in the form found on the page, Register Now. I have used "post", tried "get", also "mailto:". "Post" and "get" don't work. "Mailto:" doesn't actually sent to my email but seems to link to it.

The command given to me by geocities (<form method=post action="http://geocities.yahoo.com/forms?login=myclub">) tells me that the command "post" cannot be used with urls. I asked geocities for help and they recommended I load PageBuilder and go from there. I don't want to use PageBuilder -- I LIKE playing around with the html, understanding what I'm doing (even if I do make mistakes!). I've told them this but further help is coming slower than I would like.

I will be registering our own domain name and we will be hosted elsewhere BUT I won't have access to cgi. I figure I might as well just do what I can within the geocities environment for now and then transfer when the time comes.

I MUST be doing something wrong but don't know what. Anyone know? I would be very grateful for you help. This is driving me crazy.

Mary

[edited by: tedster at 6:12 pm (utc) on Jan. 1, 2005]

MichaelBluejay

6:47 pm on Jan 1, 2005 (gmt 0)

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This is a prime example of why you need to pay for hosting. If things don't work on a free host and you can't get help from the host... don't be surprised.

You can try posting the entire code from the form here (after anonymizing it), but likely moving to a real host will be the answer.

What is your site about? If it's not objectionable I might be able to give you some space on my server. (This is NOT an offer to the world, don't everybody start writing to me asking me for space.)