Display of form result

[MikeMedia]

I need to submit form results to a page (not email)

I need those results to viewed by others repeatedly and over time until they are revised and re-posted.

I know how to make an HTML form. I need the syntax to send the variables to the display page and the syntax to keep those variables on that (styled) page. Notice how I edit this thread - click "submit" or "preview" and it appears as a web page? That's what I want to do.

I will also ultimately need to perfom a simple summing of numeric variables - in both the form and display. But I can wait for that.

I've researched Javascript, PHP, XML, and XForm - All I've gotten is confused.
I know this has to be elementary. I just keep getting these overwhelming suggestions. So here...

I'M DUMB! I'm not a programmer. I don't know languages or syntax. If someone knows where I can find a working example in which I can view the code and replicate it, I'd be grateful.

[MstrBob]

http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39991


As the thread suggests, the very first step is in figuring out what technologies you have to work with. What you are looking for can not be done with HTML/Javascript alone. You need a server-side language, such as PHP, ASP.NET, JSP, PERL, ect. So, what technologies do you have available?

[sae]

if you have php and mysql then do a search on google for creating a guestbook using php and mysql