Instantflash
Jun 28 2008, 03:09 PM
Alright, I'm intermedite at writing webpages in html however I have one questoin. I want to have people (anyone) submit information via a couple of boxs on one page, and when the user presses submit, the info will transfer to another html page. Note that the server I am hosting one only supports html. Any tips?
Darin McGrew
Jun 28 2008, 04:16 PM
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Any tips?
Get a host that supports server-side (e.g., CGI, PHP) programs, so you can process form data. HTML alone can't do this.
Instantflash
Jun 28 2008, 04:33 PM
Ok, another question I have then is that how would I be able to make the information that the person just typed in those boxs, send to a cirtian email? Would that be a cgi script also?
pandy
Jun 28 2008, 05:19 PM
Yes, or PHP or some other server-side language. You can, but shouldn't, use "mailto", but that isn't reliable at all.
http://htmlhelp.com/faq/html/forms.html#mailto-formIf you can't run scripts on the server, I think it's much better to use a service that handles the form for you and emails you the result. Note that free services are likely to involve ads, but if they are in the email only you see them.
http://www.hotscripts.com/Remotely_Hosted/Form_Processors/