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[faydman]

I'm a rookie to website design and front page. I've got a signup form designed but can't seem to capture any of the data. Any tips/help would be appreciated.

 

[dustin_c1]

You need a server side script to do something with the form data.

A POST method is sent to the webserver when a form is submitted. At the backend, a script (PHP, VBscript, whatever) then needs to do something with the form data. Perhaps you want to dump it into a database or have it emailed out.

 

[Agent007]

agree with dc1. Are you using a scripting language?

 

[faydman]

ok. i'll try to do that. thanks.

haven't used any scripting language, simply created my web pages using front page...i set some of the properties of the form to capture the data both in a text file and also to have it emailed but it didn't work.

 

[Agent007]

I don't use frontpage, but i think the frontpage extensions allow you to capture form data without having to use PHP/ASP/etc.


Try the frontpage tut's included with the software...

 

[wherzwaldo]

It will not have any formatting whatsoever, but there's a way to do it without a script. Make sure your form tag looks like this:

<form method="post" action="mailto:[email protected]" enctype="text/plain">

I think this should work in most cases. Be sure to name all your form elements. That is how you tell the data apart.

If you need something more user-friendly and your server can support PHP, I have a simple script that will do the trick.

 

[faydman]

thanks for the help waldo

 

[faydman]

no luck. when i try editing the html and then saving it in front page, the line gets changed to include this: action="--WEBBOT-SELF--"

 

[schnarkle]

a script that works