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

[j14crab]

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.

[j14crab]

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.

[TheBearMay]

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

[gavshouse]

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

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

[Charles]

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

[Fang]

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.

[jonparsnip]

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.

[j14crab]

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

you just saved me so much time!