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i have created an application page for a day camp...but when the client clicks the Submit button nothing happens...i put mailto:...in the button box but it still goes nowhere. Help!! i'm working in dreamweaver 8 -kristen

Submitted: 45 days and 19 hours ago.
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Computer OS: Mac OS X
Browser: Firefox

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 18 hours ago.

Info Request

hello,

 

can you show me your codes?

(you can give me the URL of your page)

45 days and 18 hours ago.

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the web site is
http://www.indigenousways.com/pages/application.html

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 18 hours ago.

Info Request

hello,

 

I just checked your page.

you need to have a mail sender application.

 

does your server support ASP or PHP?

45 days and 18 hours ago.

Reply

i don't know what an asp or a php is. i'm with host monster. what steps do i take to set that up?

Accepted Answer

hi again,

thank you. i just checked your form.

 

please make sure your ACTION must be pointed to mailto:XXX@XXX.XXX (your email address) also, please add enctype="text/plain"

 

in this case, the start of your form should be like this:

 

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="mailto:XXX@XXX.XXX" enctype="text/plain">

 

I hope that helps,

 

if not, please let me know, i will be here, so we can try alternative solutions.

Regards

 

 

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Expert: Jerry Hannell
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Answered: 10/7/2009

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Experience in Windows environment. ASP, Visual Basic, Ajax

45 days and 18 hours ago.

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can you hang on a second while i try that coding? i'll do this right now!!! thank you in advance

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 18 hours ago.

Info Request

of course.

45 days and 18 hours ago.

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sorry my computer didn't boot. it'll be just another moment

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 18 hours ago.

Info Request

ok , no problem. i will be here anytime.

45 days and 17 hours ago.

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ok that sort of worked...i put it in the form 13 part of the html..should i have put it in the form 1 part instead?

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 17 hours ago.

Info Request

oh by the way,

you don't need to create many forms.

 

only one form will be enough.

 

start from a form, and close the form tag. and between two form tags, put your inputs.

 

for example:

 

<form........................>

 

<input.............

<input.............

<input.............

<input.............

<input.............

 

</form>

 

45 days and 17 hours ago.

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i put the form 1 info in and added the action and the plain text as specified...when i went on the web to use the form...and hit submit the form cleared but it never showed up in my email...well not for the past 5 minutes anyway. where did the posting go?

45 days and 17 hours ago.

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sorry i just noticed that you did specifiy "the beginning of the page" i'll change that

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 17 hours ago.

Info Request

ok, please change it. and try again.

45 days and 17 hours ago.

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i changed the form and filled in the boxes on line to try it out. i clicked on submit and the form cleared but i don't know where it went and it never got to my email
XXXXX@XXXXXX.XXX

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 17 hours ago.

Info Request

hi,let me check it.

45 days and 17 hours ago.

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after we get that so the form is going to the email, can i add a sentence that will pop up saying "thank you for sending form" or something?

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 17 hours ago.

Info Request

hi again,

 

yes, we can do it. but firstly lets solve the main problem.

 

please delete yours.

and put these instead: (this is the FORM section only)

 

 

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="mailto:XXXXXXXXXXXXXX@XXXXX.XXX"enctype="type/plain">
<p align="right">your name </p>
</td>
<td><label>
<input type="text" name="your name" id="your name" />
</label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div align="right">email address </div>
</td>
<td><label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" />
</label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div align="right">Physical Address </div>
</td>
<td>
<label>
<textarea name="address" rows="4" id="address"></textarea>
</label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <div align="right">class you will attend </div>
</td>
<td>
<label>
<input type="text" name="class" id="class" />
</label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div align="right">date of class </div>
</td>
<td>
<label>
<input type="text" name="date" id="date" />
</label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div align="right">16 digit Credit card # visa/mc </div>
</td>
<td><label>
<input type="text" name="cc#" id="cc#" />
</label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div align="right">Expiration date </div>
</td>
<td><label>
<input type="text" name="expiration date" id="expiration date" />
</label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div align="right">3 digit security code </div>
</td>
<td><label>
<input type="text" name="sec code" id="sec code" />
</label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="right"> I have read release waiver and agree</div></td>
<td><label>
<input type="radio" name="radio" id="agree" value="agree" />
I agree</label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>
<label>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</label>
</form>

45 days and 16 hours ago.

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i pasted the text and this is what happened
when i hit submit an email popped up filled in but had all the scary html tags in between what is filled in in the box
like this..
your+name=kristen&email=
amtrophy%40rcn.com&address=zdhfxfgh&class=basic+1&da
te=sg&cc%23=zDgdhnfmghm35434534&expiration+date=1234&sec+code=123&radio=agre
e&submit=Submit

how can we make that look better?

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 16 hours ago.

Info Request

hello again,

 

unfortunately we cannot do anything.

(this is called url encoding)

 

another method is to use an asp or php form.

can you run asp or php on your server?

45 days and 16 hours ago.

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my server is host monster do i get an asp or a php there. what does that stand for? and where do i put it in the code?

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 16 hours ago.

Info Request

hi again,

we need to know if you have it.

 

please open a blank page.

 

into the page, add this codes:

<%response.write(now)%>

 

and save it as, asp.asp

 

and put it on your server.

 

and then run it (open it)

 

what do you see?

45 days and 16 hours ago.

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so make a new page then and post that code? i'll do that

i just went into a page someone else diod for me at americantrophy.com
the submit button works on that page
this is what the code looks like at the beginning of the form
<form method="post" action="http://www.americantrophy.com/cgi-bin/formal.cgi">
is this language i can use?

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 16 hours ago.

Info Request

yes, exactly. it is called scripting.

this is cgi.

 

but we can use php, or asp.

 

just let me know if we can use ASP (put the code and see if you are able to see today's date)

45 days and 16 hours ago.

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when i previewed in firefox i saw
<%response.write(now)%>
on the page

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 16 hours ago.

Info Request

did you give it an ASP extension? (xxx.asp)

45 days and 16 hours ago.

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i wrote the code into the body of the page and then saved the page as asp.asp
when i viewed it on the web it said
<%response.write(now)%>
i feel dumb . i think you didn't mean to do that?

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 16 hours ago.

Info Request

hi again,

i think your server does not support asp.

 

would you use a free form submission service like this?

http://www.emailmeform.com/

 

 

45 days and 16 hours ago.

Reply

i think i'd like to use the cgi form. can i do that?

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 15 hours ago.

Info Request

can you please open a new page

enter these codes

 

<?php
$to = "typeyour@addresshere.com";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) {
echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
} else {
echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
}
?>

 

and run it. please check if that works.

45 days and 15 hours ago.

Reply

do i place this in the code after the <body> or in the blank page
remeber i'm in dreamweaver and it interfaces for me.

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 15 hours ago.

Info Request

oh, by the way, can you show me your page, when you are done with it.

 

it will be better for you to use NOTEPAD when typing the codes.

 

just open a new notepad, and put the codes. don't include <body> and other html tags.

45 days and 15 hours ago.

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oh gosh , what's a notepad?

Posted by Jerry Hannell 45 days and 15 hours ago.

Info Request

oh sorry, i supposed you were on windows.

 

ok, you can do it with dreamweaver.

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