Contact Form - submitting informatio

[acuddyre]

Hi I have copied and pasted part of a contact form from dreamweaver templates and I don't know how to make it work. I have the fields and everything, i'm just not sure how to get the submit button on there and how to tell the computer where to send the information. thanks!

[Compguy Pete]

THere is the main FORM tag that has to include an ACTION.

There are 3 basic types of submitting form data.
1. use of an email client to send your form from the senders PC
2. online script to email inbox
3. inclusion into a Database

The order above is not just by chance it's also the order of worst to best. Using option number 1 locks out your yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and MSN users since only email clients like Outlook or Outlook Express.

Number 2 is the most popular as it uses a Server Side script to send the form data to your PC generally to your email box.

In cases like yours I HIGHLY suggest you email your Hosting Provider and ask them if they have a script already installed and waiting for you to use or if they have a submit method they would prefer you use.

Get that info post it back here and I'll gladly help you out further to help you get it working.