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Oct 25.2005

This is probley not the right forum for this, but I am trying to make “forms”.
What I need is to know how do I make them send from the page, and not from an email.. If you know what I mean, Because I use Outlook Express.. and Not everyone uses Outlook Express… So, Im worried that my forms will not send to me!

Can someone help me!

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@LiLcRaZyFuZzYOct 25.2005 — Do you want a contact page(form) on a site, or what?
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@the_treeOct 25.2005 — The "mailto" action relies on your visitors mail client wich is a pretty impractical approach. You would be better off using a process that runs [i]on your server[/i] (Server Side Scripting).

Client-side languages (HTML, CSS, Javascript) affect the behaviour of [i]browsers[/i]. Server-side languages affect the behaviour of [i]servers[/i]. If you want to edit a file, maintain a database or send an e-mail then you need a [i]server side language[/i]. Which one you use (PHP, ASP, ASP.net, CGI-Perl, JSP, ColdFusion) depends on what your host supports and on any prior experience that you may have.

[U][I][B]If[/B][/I][/U] your host doesn't support any server-side scripting then you can always use a remotely hosted service. [code=html] <form action="http://php.richardturner.com/mailer.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="form_email" value="YOUR_EMAIL@DOMAIN" />
<input type="hidden" name="form_thankyou" value="http://www.YOURSITE.com/THANKYOUPAGE.HTML" />
< -- Your Form Here -- > <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>[/code] (Dont forget to replace the email and thankyou page with your own.)
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@LiLcRaZyFuZzYOct 25.2005 — tree, did you [I]have[/I] to put all that uppercase? ?

it looks awful ?
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@Webbie101authorOct 26.2005 — The "mailto" action relies on your visitors mail client wich is a pretty impractical approach. You would be better off using a process that runs [i]on your server[/i] (Server Side Scripting).

Client-side languages (HTML, CSS, Javascript) affect the behaviour of [i]browsers[/i]. Server-side languages affect the behaviour of [i]servers[/i]. If you want to edit a file, maintain a database or send an e-mail then you need a [i]server side language[/i]. Which one you use (PHP, ASP, ASP.net, CGI-Perl, JSP, ColdFusion) depends on what your host supports and on any prior experience that you may have.

[U][I][B]If[/B][/I][/U] your host doesn't support any server-side scripting then you can always use a remotely hosted service. [code=html] <form action="http://php.richardturner.com/mailer.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="form_email" value="YOUR_EMAIL@DOMAIN" />
<input type="hidden" name="form_thankyou" value="http://www.YOURSITE.com/THANKYOUPAGE.HTML" />
< -- Your Form Here -- > <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>[/code] (Dont forget to replace the email and thankyou page with your own.)[/QUOTE]
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