Posting option on geocities page

[sopheby]

I'm so sorry, I've been searching your website and these forums till I'm crosseyed and I haven't found the answer to my question yet, but it might be there, So if this has already been asked and answered, I'm really sorry.

I'm trying to create a feedback form on a geocities website. I'd like it to work just like a guestbook, but you're only allowed one guestbook per geocities webpage, and our webpage has several fiction stories posted on it in which I'd like to allow individual feedback for each story. I've got a great feedback form setup that is accessible from the fiction file, but I can't get the form to post. I get page not found or something. I think geocities doesn't allow the post operation, but maybe there's a way to do it that I'm not doing right. My javascript knowledge is nil.

Can anyone help?:confused:

[ShrineDesigns]

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do you have access to a cgi or perl program that handles forms?
are you able to save files and/or save to files submitted by a form to your directory?
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[sopheby]

1. No, I don't think so, unless one comes default with the software bundle installed on your hardrive. I've got a Mac G4 and an HP Pavilion with Windows ME.

2. I believe this is yes, as I can get the form to "open" an index of the subdirectory that the form is located in, even though I don't have an actual index.html file for the subdirectory. But I don't know how to write the script to cause the function of saving to another file. I'm really java illiterate! Can I "simply" say something like:

<form action="/geocities.com/webpage/filename.html" method="Post"> <input type="hidden" name=".state" value="1">

Of course, that's wrong, cuz it doesn't work, but at least you've got an idea of my attempted method. Argh!!

This may also be a very simplistic thought, but since guestbook functions work for the site, wouldn't feedback work, too? So that's another reason I think the answer to question 2 is yes.
So thanks for trying to help. Don't give up on me yet!!

[ShrineDesigns]

i know with angelfire they give you access to their cgi scripts and i'm sure the same goes for geocities. you may try searching geocities for form examples or even going to other geocities users sites and look at their forms; view the source and see if the form action points to the geocities server ("http://www.geocities.com/cgi-bin/*.cgi" or "/cgi-bin/*.cgi")

[sopheby]

Cool, thanks for the suggestions. Once the holidays settle down I'll do some snooping and you can be sure I'll come back and say "yay" or "nay" to forms on my site. Thanks again!

[Zach Elfers]

I'm on GeoCities and I have set up some email forms. Go to the add ons section and click on "Email Forms". Then they will give you an action you can use. Of course, I don't think the scripts can be used sort of like a guestbook or message board, but you can set it up so that they will email you. This will provide you with the feedback you want, but, unfortunately, you might have to add each response to your site by hand.