creating Forms

Princess$ · 15-12-2007, 10:06 PM

Hi, I own a site and i want to create a form, anyway im using frontpage 2007, i createthe form from the options but when u click buttons it stays on the same page and dont send u answers to ur email

helps.

Forge · 15-12-2007, 10:08 PM

I speak for most members when i say GOOGLE IT! lmao joking.

Can you post the code?

Ini · 15-12-2007, 10:12 PM

You need to also use PHP to actually send the message

Forge · 15-12-2007, 10:12 PM

Oh and frontpage is absolutely crap. Dont use it

Ed. · 15-12-2007, 10:14 PM

thats not true - frontpage is good if you know how to use it - but i do prefer dreamweaver

Forge · 15-12-2007, 10:15 PM

frontpage is good for plain HTML but crap for anything else. Zend owns!

Flisker · 15-12-2007, 11:12 PM

there is no Frontpage 2007 it was discontinued after 2003 version... it has a new name and new everything in 2007 and the new one is total crap compaired to 2003...

Heres a contact form:

(NOTE I DID NOT MAKE THIS IM JUST POSTING IT)

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Email Form </title>
</head>
<body>

<form method="post" action="sendeail.php">

<!-- DO NOT change ANY of the php sections -->
<?php
$ipi = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
$httprefi = getenv ("HTTP_REFERER");
$httpagenti = getenv ("HTTP_USER_AGENT");
?>

<input type="hidden" name="ip" value="<?php echo $ipi ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="httpref" value="<?php echo $httprefi ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="httpagent" value="<?php echo $httpagenti ?>" />


Your Name: <br />
<input type="text" name="visitor" size="35" />
<br />
Your Email:<br />
<input type="text" name="visitormail" size="35" />
<br /> <br />
<br />
Attention:<br />
<select name="attn" size="1">
<option value=" Sales n Billing ">Sales n Billing </option>
<option value=" General Support ">General Support </option>
<option value=" Technical Support ">Technical Support </option>
<option value=" Webmaster ">Webmaster </option>
</select>
<br /><br />
Mail Message:
<br />
<textarea name="notes" rows="4" cols="40"></textarea>
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Send Mail" />
<br />
Free Code at: <a href="http://www.ibdhost.com/contact/">ibdhost.com/contact/</a>
</form>

</body>
</html>

save as contact.html or what ever you want

PHP Code:


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Sendemail Script</title>
</head>
<body>

<!-- Reminder: Add the link for the 'next page' (at the bottom) -->
<!-- Reminder: Change 'YourEmail' to Your real email -->

<?php

$ip = $_POST['ip'];
$httpref = $_POST['httpref'];
$httpagent = $_POST['httpagent'];
$visitor = $_POST['visitor'];
$visitormail = $_POST['visitormail'];
$notes = $_POST['notes'];
$attn = $_POST['attn'];


if (eregi('http:', $notes)) {
die ("Do NOT try that! ! ");
}
if(!$visitormail == "" && (!strstr($visitormail,"@") || !strstr($visitormail,".")))
{
echo "<h2>Use Back - Enter valid e-mail</h2>\n";
$badinput = "<h2>Feedback was NOT submitted</h2>\n";
echo $badinput;
die ("Go back! ! ");
}

if(empty($visitor) || empty($visitormail) || empty($notes )) {
echo "<h2>Use Back - fill in all fields</h2>\n";
die ("Use back! ! ");
}

$todayis = date("l, F j, Y, g:i a") ;

$attn = $attn ;
$subject = $attn;

$notes = stripcslashes($notes);

$message = " $todayis [EST] \n
Attention: $attn \n
Message: $notes \n
From: $visitor ($visitormail)\n
Additional Info : IP = $ip \n
Browser Info: $httpagent \n
Referral : $httpref \n
";

$from = "From: $visitormail\r\n";


mail("YourEmail", $subject, $message, $from);

?>

<p align="center">
Date: <?php echo $todayis ?>
<br />
Thank You : <?php echo $visitor ?> ( <?php echo $visitormail ?> )
<br />

Attention: <?php echo $attn ?>
<br />
Message:<br />
<?php $notesout = str_replace("\r", "<br/>", $notes);
echo $notesout; ?>
<br />
<?php echo $ip ?>

<br /><br />
<a href="contact.php"> Next Page </a>
</p>

</body>
</html>

save as sendeail.php

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