Jump to content

creating a submition form on a webpage


grim_reefer
 Share

Recommended Posts

lol ha.. erm :whistling:

i dont know what software to use.. i was looking last night at Mozilla's HTML editing features and other HTML editor software and - i could learn the code but it will take me ages i know.. it looks understandable - but a hell of a lot more complex than the codes i know (Visual Basic, and other older forms of "Basic" (qbasic, bbc basic, basic) and old and new forms of DOS)

the web publsihing software i have available to me is:

NetObjects Fusion 7 (demo) - seems simple enough to use when i tried using it but maybe a bit too basic - plus i dont know if the HTML it writes will work with most browsers and computers

WebStudio 4 (demo) - looked simple to use again from screenshots and the literature on the website (havent tried it though). also looked like it had more features or at least an easier interface to use to find and implement features

Office - dont really want to use this for much, the first two webpages have been published through this, and i know how bad the code it writes is (previous experience) so i made it simple as just mostly text..... whats strange is - our logo loads on my computer at home through IE (after a long time waiting or clicking on the image :huh:) and someone else who tried it through AOL and IE, said the image wouldnt load no matter how long they waited - but it works everytime and loads right away in Mozilla Firefox!!! was created with Word (Micro$oft) - doesnt work in IE (Micro$oft)! terrible!

i could use a HTML editor to make a website that works properly on all computers if i knew the code, but i dont

so anyway i need to create a submiting form on a webpage, i can use any of the programs available or something else - i dont mind

our webpages available so far (havent been updated)

Home Page

Prices

i guess id like it to email the submitting data to us - not collect on and waste our webspace or anything like that

Link to comment
Share on other sites

in addition to a page with a submission form for orders..

i need to create a better naviagtion bar for the left side of the webpages

here is roughly what is should look like (so far)

BUSINESS STATIONARY

+ PRICES (SMALL QTY'S.)

+ BUSINESS CARD DESIGN EXAMPLES

+ FULL-COLOUR BROCHURE DESIGN EXAMPLES

ADVERTISING SPACES

+ BILLBOARDS

+ BUS SHELTERS

+ MAGAZINES / NEWSPAPERS

+ POSTERS

+ TAXIS

DELIVERY

+ PUBLIC BUSINESSES

- SELECTED / SPECIALISED RECIPIENTS

- LOCAL COMMUNITY

- LARGE SCALE DISTRIBUTION

+ TRADE BUSINESSES

- SELECTED / SPECIALISED RECIPIENTS

- LOCAL COMMUNITY

- LARGE SCALE DISTRIBUTION

every line would be a clickable link (main pages, sub-pages)

i know these things can be done in the demos of web publishing software i have.. i didnt try though, i just made a series of links in Word :whistling: this would be fine - but id like them in a seperate frame along the left-hand side

Link to comment
Share on other sites

been looking on Front Page..

i could put a lot of effort into creating our website on that (for now) - but it could be a lot of wasted work if the site isnt very efficient, and if it will be all changed one day when there is a better way for us to have this done

i have just recreated our current homepage with Front Page (the file size is less than 10% of what it was when created with Word :rolleyes:) - just home what ive done will work once ive uploaded it

but the submission form - i dont know how to make this with Front Page?..

Link to comment
Share on other sites

i do not know  :blushing:  im with BTopenworld/connect, they host our webspace

do you know if they do or can i find this information?

What package do you have?

Do you mean which BT connect package? :unsure: :unsure:

Scarecrowman i have searched for plenty of HTML editors - but the code will take me too long to learn :(

Photoshop seemed to write decent code - produced a quality result that works on IE and Mozilla Firefox :D

here is the link to the page:

www.startermotordrives.co.uk/fishnetproductions/businesscards

i can edit the background imagery now if i please

Front Page produced a fast loading page which has worked on IE and Mozilla Firefox :) page couldnt seem to be found on AOL though

www.startermotordrives.co.uk/fishnetproductions

there are links to the other two pages on there

id appreciate if anyone would let me know about a problem with anything on their browser? thank you

does anyone know how i could add affects to text? like in photoshop - id like to add a bevel or glow to make the text stand out more

Link to comment
Share on other sites

there are three links on the homepage that should work -

- our email

- link to "business stationary"

- link to examples of business cards

Thanx for that link scarecrow man - the basic tags i already had a vague understanding of - but now i know how to use them and where to look if i forget.. gonna see if i can learn more

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_examples.asp

this page is very informative and well structured :D might be able to write the HTML myself yet! :P

Link to comment
Share on other sites

looking to create a form:

http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?fi...yhtml_form_mail

problem is, when you click send, on my computer it loads a message to send in outlook express - so you have to click send.. i dont want it to do that, i want it to just send the message without loading a email message on the computer. how do i fix the code to do this?

also - it doesnt seem to show how to turn a "textarea" into an input field

i can make a textarea, and i can make an input field - but i want the two together?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well. First of all, the MAILTO:[email protected] is a tag which opens the default mail program, and types the adress in automatically. If someone had a default mail client of Outlook or Thunderbird, the corresponding program would open.

If you want to just have the user enter information into the form and have it be sent to you via e-mail, don't ask me. :D There is a way, but I'm not a web designer. Sorry :P

Link to comment
Share on other sites

all i simply have to do is change it to our email address (not someone@whatever) and create the form how i want it - however id prefer it to just send, not them have to click Send on their default browsers mail message that opens.

also, on their website it only shows how to make text input, checkbox input, radio button input - but not TEXTAREA input :( OR a way to make the text input take up more than one row

Link to comment
Share on other sites

mm its amazing what you can do by looking at other websites source code :P ive managed to include a textarea's value in the email it creates - now i just gotta find out how you make it send the data to my email address, instead of opening a email from their browser

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hi

You need a little php script, to do this. I have one on my site, that i use.

When i get a little time i will send you the page and you can configure it to your own needs. It is not that hard to do.

Once you fill out the text field and click send it will send the message to you, and then display a HTML page just saying thank you for your message.

If you want to have a look at it goto www.freiburg-nomads.de look at the sponsors page, but you wont be able to get the php script from viewing the source code as it get's hidden on the server.

Tony

Link to comment
Share on other sites

damn :( i never really ever noticed there was two spellings of the word - and i dont use spellcheckers most the time! i know the spelling of the majority of words but obviously i aint been checking good enough

ill fix that

as it says the website is under construction and nobodys designs are 100% infalable from the start, its the finishing product and services (and website) thats important and their impression of all that. no-one even sees our website yet! we arent trading yet! :lol:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Do you mean which BT connect package? :unsure: :unsure:

That's what I meant, I thought maybe I could find out more about the hosting to see if it included frontpage server extensions.

You can easily make a form in frontpage to send you the results by e-mail (I have done this before) but the server it's hosted on would need the extensions installed for it to work.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

erm hold on. i think its called "BT Connect Web" and it has 50MB of webspace. i dont know where the cd is anymore, but i have various emails from over the last few years and some that had new diallers to download

right anyway, i just logged in and its "Connect Anytime Account" - thats all it says really.. im gonna search for Frontpage Server Extensions

if it is possible i dont mind doing this through Front Page, or using the php script from Tony when he can post it. whichever way works best :)

EDIT

http://btbusiness.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/btb...hZ2U9MQ**&p_li=

that link has something about creating forms like i want to (and guestbooks too) that email you the data when people use the website - but not about what you asked

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Privacy Policy