[RESOLVED] Help with a simple form......please

ok so I am an utter novice at this....please dont mock me! :)

ok so here it is, I used the steps of this site to create a form that will send a users email address to my email account so I can start to accrue them and send out newsletters...

here's the code I used:

<FORM METHOD="POST"target="mailto:alexander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="emailaddress" SIZE="20"><INPUT TYPE="submit"></FORM>

just as instructedhttp://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials...le.php/3479121.

When I tested it out and entered my email address into the field and hit the submit button, my email application opened up....this is not what I want.

I just want a simple text field that a user can submit his/her email address through the site with just one step to my email account. Can you please help.

Thanks in advance.

DID NOT MEAN TO REPOST....just went back in my browser window....understand the novice thing now?



ok so I am an utter novice at this....please dont mock me! :)

ok so here it is, I used the steps of this site to create a form that will send a users email address to my email account so I can start to accrue them and send out newsletters...

here's the code I used:

<FORM METHOD="POST"target="mailto:alexander@xxxxxxxx.com"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="emailaddress" SIZE="20"><INPUT TYPE="submit"></FORM>

just as instructedhttp://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials...le.php/3479121.

When I tested it out and entered my email address into the field and hit the submit button, my email application opened up....this is not what I want.

I just want a simple text field that a user can submit his/her email address to my email account. Can you please help.

Thanks in advance.

It can be done, but... you'll need a programming language on the server.

ok well ive never seen that done, but its action not target, see example below

HTML Code:

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<form action="mailto:alexander@xxxxxxxx.com" method="post">
  <input type="text" name="emailaddress" size="20">
  <input type="submit">
</form>

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And stay away from HTML Goodies, they have a well earned reputation for incorrect, incomplete and misleading information.

If you don't want the email client opening, then you will have to use a 3rd party form or install a server side script.

Hello, First post Woohoo!!!

Anyways....goto: http://www.emailmeform.com/

You'll find everything you need to know.

You've got the concept right, but you need a little piece of PHP or something to actually send the mail, you'll have difficulty trying to open an endusers' mail client...what if they use hotmail or something? :-)

Hope this helps.

thank you so much, that was an instant success!!!!

you just saved me so much time!