Need help using form in Dreamweaver MX

[jaredgravatt]

Hi everybody. I am new to this forum and have been very impressed with everybodies helpfullness.

I have been reading over most of the posts and have learnt so much. I just have one question.

I have built a new site and would like to add a form function so that people can contact me and subscribe to my e-newsletter. Can someone please explain to me how you can make a form that all the results are emailed to you?

Thanks in advance for all your help

Jared

[bill]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld jaredgravatt.

I'm not a DW user so I can't give you specifics there. However, a basic form will need to be processed by something in order to send you the information. A popular method is to have the results e-mailed to you. A good way to start looking for what you need would be a script repository like hotscripts.com where you can find ready-made scripts, often for free. Look for "form processing scripts" or "e-mail form scripts". Something along those lines should get you headed in the right direction.

[DrDoc]

Your host may even have one or more of these scripts available already for you. In fact, they may have ready-to-use form examples you can use.

[calicochris]

I've kinda forgotten how to build a form in MX, but I do remember that I used to do e-mail forms easily. Have a look at the help in the package, you should be able to figure it out from there. These days I use php. Google for formtoemail and you'll find an easy php script for this.