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Basic HTML forms question

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  • 01-07-2005 11:44pm
    #1
    CGorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭


    I've very limited html knowlege and am playing around with building a basic website. I want to include a simple comment form that sends the data via email to my email account. However it does'nt seem to send, I think I saw somewhere saying that this aspect of html is no longer supported by most browsers, is this correct? My very simplistic code is along these lines 
      <html>
  <body>
 <form action="MAILTO:myaddress@gmail.com" method="post" enctype="text/plain">

 <h3>Send me your comments</h3>
 Name:<br>
 <input type="text" name="name"
 value="yourname" size="20">
 <br>Mail:<br>
 <input type="text" name="mail"
 value="yourmail" size="20">
 <br>
 Comment:<br>
 <input type="text" name="comment"
 value="yourcomment" size="50">
 <br><br>
 <input type="submit" value="Send">
 <input type="reset" value="Reset">

 </form>
 </body>
 </html>


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    #2
    rancheros
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭rancheros


    I'd imagine you need some sort of script to send it, that code will only open a mail client and insert entered data, it will not automatically send it


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    #3
    CGorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭CGorman


    Thanks, where should I head to figure out how to build such a script or see an example of one?


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    #4
    CGorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭CGorman


    I've been basically working off http://www.htmlgoodies.com so far, but certain aspects of the site are limited or confusing.


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    #5
    CGorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭CGorman


    Actually I think you've solved my problem - your one word - script - has saved me from wasting ages more messin with basic html.... hopefully i can pick up javascript quick!


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    #6
    rancheros
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭rancheros


    don't think javascript can do it, check out perl or vb both very easy to learn or even php


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    #7
    CGorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭CGorman


    yeah im reading about php now


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    #8
    CGorman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭CGorman


    Ok, i've decided to leave the forms until im live - I have'nt actually set up with a host yet (althought I will be later this month with letshost.ie), because i've a large volume of work to get done first and theres no point paying for hosting of something thats still relatively incomplete.

    Thanks rancheros for your help.


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    #9
    rancheros
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭rancheros


    No problem, if ur having trouble with scripts give us a pm and i'll see what i can do


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    #10
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    Check out http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html if your server will support it


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    #11
    Zaltais
    Closed Accounts Posts: 304 ✭✭Zaltais


    GoneShootin wrote:
    Check out http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html if your server will support it

    There is actually a more secure, and more robust, version of Matt's script here. In fact, even Matt himself recommends them over his own version.


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