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Tyler Thomas
03-04-2009, 08:26 PM
So, I'm brand new to HTML, and I am wanting to make a website. Now should I go on and take a course? Or can it be taught online? I am using dream weaver right now, and in the design mode it seems quite simple.
Tyler Thomas
03-05-2009, 12:03 AM
so heres what I'm trying to do
I have a text box to insert a series of numbers, Then I have a list of carriers in a drop down menu
I want it so that the numbers in the box to be the first part of the email address before the @ sign,

And when I do my dropdown bar, there is a list of names, I want to make it so when you select one of those, it adds the last part of the mailing address, so

It'll change the Ending email to @gmail.com Or if you choose live, It'll change the email to @live.ca
its teasing my brain so much
And it seems so simple


Here's What I got so far

<HTML>
<body><br>
<form>
To:
<input type="text" name="To:">
<select name="Host"><option value="auto">--- Select Host ---</option>
<option value="gmail">Gmail</option>
<option value="live">Windows Live</option><br>
<br>
<textarea rows="5" cols="40">Enter message here...</textarea>
</form>
</body>
</HTML>
Fang
03-05-2009, 12:44 AM
There are many tutorials online (http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/myfirstsite/myfirstpage.html).
A basic html template:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

<script type="text/javascript">
</script>

<style type="text/css">
</style>

</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

To send an email correctly requires a server side language. Using JavaScript, a client side language, is unreliable for this action.
Charles
03-05-2009, 07:19 AM
Stop using Dreamweaver right now! It does a nice job of letting you think about your page visually but that only leads to bad pages. This isn't desktop publishing; it's about packaging information in a way that makes it accessible to all platforms. HTML is profoundly easy but if you're mental abilities aren't up to it (though I asure you they are) and you must use a WYSIWYG then use Amaya (http://www.w3.org/Amaya/). The UI takes a little getting used to but it forces you to think more deeply about what you are doing. In any case you should spend a lot of time in the museum and read mark, learn and inwardly digest: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/ http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/ http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/Your JavaScript problem is another matter. Strictly speaking you need to be careful to make sure that your page will not fail for those of us who do not use JavaScript and for us you would need a server side solution. Something like:<form action="server-side-script-for-the-JavaScript-free.php onsubmit="this.action = this.To.value + '@' + this.Host.options[this.Host.selectedIndex].value; return false">
Tyler Thomas
03-05-2009, 01:15 PM
What does that mean exactly, please PM me.