mjames — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:11:37 +0000

Glad to help! Hope you stick around and be sure to visit us whenever you have another question. Take care.

JanCounselor — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:23:16 +0000

Thanks, Marc!

I just posted my form last night. I had some misinformation, and got some help from the tech at my web host last yesterday. I still have some tweaking to do, but find that I can use cgi scripts after all, just have to be ones that can work on an NT server.

They gave me one from Matt's Script Archive, and I'll visit there to see what else I can learn and how to so a few other little things to the form. At least it's up and working!

Thank you very much for your inputs, tho I don't always understand what you say; perhaps there's a basic assumption that I know more about all these things than I actually do!

JanCounselor

Re: Finding Other Than CGI scripts for forms

mjames — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:32:32 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by JanCounselor
Are you saying that the suffix (file type) is what dictates where it goes when a visitor clicks the submit button?

Yes -- changing the URL to the form posts to in the beginning of the form code dictates that.

Quote: Originally posted by JanCounselor
Is there an easy read you know of that's available without cost on forms (either online or off)?

Here's some stuff I found:

http://www.webmasterbase.com/article/538
http://www.ecommercebase.com/article/257/59 (about half-way down)

Finding Other Than CGI scripts for forms

JanCounselor — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 03:20:28 +0000

Thanks, Marc. I'll check that out ASAP.

I'm a real novice in forms. Are you saying that the suffix (file type) is what dictates where it goes when a visitor clicks the submit button?

Is there an easy read you know of that's available without cost on forms (either online or off)?

I'm leaning toward breaking them up into separate forms, but don't want to put any greater burden on my visitors than necessary, by making them fill out several separate forms. Maybe separate sections of the same page...

Your input is very much appreciated.

Jan

mjames — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 03:08:15 +0000

1. In most forms, you can keep the same fields and boxes and just change the path to the form file (usually .cgi, .pl, or .php) which process the form and interacts with the server to ultimately e-mail you. The script I recommend gives you its own formmail address so you should be able to just plug that in.

2. Unfortunately, it is a Perl/CGI script so it won't work on your NT server, only UNIX. I recommend having a look around Hotscripts.com and ResourceIndex.com as scripts for NT servers are much more scarce!

Creating/Sending a Mail Opt-in Form

JanCounselor — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 14:20:41 +0000

Thank you, Marc!

A couple questions:

The form I have created is quite extensive, and asks lots of questions of my visitors; gives them multiple opportunities to request such as a newsletter, and vote for other things they'd like to see on my site. Can I modify such a script to include all the info I want?

Perhaps I should not attempt to combine all of these in one form.

#2: Is this a free script to which you are referring me, and will it work with the NT server at my web host (can't do CGI scripts).

Thanks, again.

Jan

mjames — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:59:49 +0000

I think you would be better off using this script: http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html

There's a couple of reasons why it's better than what you're using. One, what you're doing now requires people to open their mail client when they submit the form -- what about those in public computers or who use Y! or Hotmail? And with this form script, you can specify multiple addresses for it to mail to so it's more efficient.