graphicsguy wrote: Basically

greg — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:56:00 +0000

graphicsguy wrote:

Basically I am just looking for something that when someone fills out the form, it sends me an email, and also sends them a thank you email.

Hi graphicsguy, welcome to TWF
Contact forms have two basic stages. Get data from user via the form, send all data provided to your email address. (further stages can be added such as a message to the visitor about how it went, when you will reply etc etc)

Using flash for an email form (stage 1) still requires something else to actually collect, check and send all the data form the form (stage 2), namely PHP.
If your template is written in HTML and has flash included (which is how most templates work) then you can use PHP with a HTML form.

A lot of templates come with the form ready but nothing happens when you submit it, this is because you have to create your own desired outcome. Frustrating perhaps, but you have to code yourself what email address it is from, what mail system will be used to send the email etc etc.

I haven't seen the code for your template, but using a HTML form rather than flash would be much easier as it seems you don't have a lot of coding experience. Rather than editing flash as well as HTML and PHP, it would perhaps be easier for you to view some basic HTML form examples/tutorials and PHP form sending tutorials.
Just an option which will get you a basic contact setup for people to contact you with, which is what I think you want.

However you do it, you will need to edit the template code and at least create a new PHP file for sending the form data.
I don't know your level of coding experience, but running a site often brings a requirement of at least a little knowledge of coding. It also help sin the future for changes and updates if you know how your site is coded and how to edit/change it to suit your needs.

-Importantly, ANY data a user enters anywhere on your site, such as into a form, should be validated. That is check it conforms to your required criteria.
Such as name is alpha only, and doesn't have any characters like !"£$< >@, a valid and working email address is present etc

graphicsguy

webwiz — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:49:03 +0000

graphicsguy wrote:

Basically I am just looking for something that when someone fills out the form, it sends me an email, and also sends them a thank you email.

In my beginner Web Design class, several students have used this Wufoo contact form successfully. The free version has an innocuous advert on the "thank you" page - you can probably live with that.

Hi graphicsguy, Welcome to

decibel.places — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:24:01 +0000

Hi graphicsguy,

Welcome to TWF!

A considerable share of my work involves enabling various forms for designers... but with a little knowledge you can do it yourself!

A Google search should solve this, but you say you "really don't get" it.

I think this tutorial at Tizag is a good one, and goes into more detail with graphic examples than I can easily provide here.