email form

[teammatt3]

I want to add an email form to my site. When someone clicks "submit" I want the input fields to go to my email. Can anyone make one? or can you recommend a site that offers free forms, WITHOUT ads:)

[brendandonhue]

Can't be done with javascript.
All you can do is a form that will open the user's mail client and fill in the message for you. But I wouldn't reccommend it because it won't work for people with web based mail, AOL, hotmail, etc. Also using that you don't have as much control over validating the form.

[Jonathan]

I would be happy to make one for you, but I only know how to make forms in HTML, that means only IE will be able to use it... but it is actually very simple...

<!-- Start form here -->

<FORM METHOD="post" action="mailto:your_e-mail@server.com" enctype="text/plain">

Your Name: <input type="text" value="Last, First" Name="name" onclick="this.value=''" Maxlength="20">

<input type="submit" value="Send your information">

<-- That is a very simple form -->

[teammatt3]

Is this the form you would make, or would you make one that does not send via mailto, that is the kind i want????

[Jonathan]

It just looks good... but you can't make one that is via e-mail with javascript.. you need a server...

[pyro]

Here's the PHP code to mail a form back to you. http://forums.webdeveloper.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9543#post48748

Then, in your form tag, go something like this:

<form action="mailer.php" method="post">