HTML Email Contact Form Help

[211R]

excuse me if this sounds stupid but i am new at all of this

I have created an Contact Email form on my website but i can not figure out what i need to do to make it send it to my email when someone fills it out and hits submit?

I think i need to put a email template or something in the cgi bin in order for this to work but thats where i get lost i have no idea what to put in there. andhow would i write the proper code for the FORM ACTION and what about the calling the ORDER page? can some one help me out?

Also i am using Tripod.com to buid my site on they have a template for a contact email but i wanted to make my own

this is what i have so far

<div>
<form action="http://88899looks.com/cgi-bin/"method="post">
<p>
<input type="hidden" name="form_email" value="gooddrs@yahoo.com" /><br />
<input type="hidden" name="form_thankyou" value="http://88899looks.tripod.com/thankyou.html" /></div>
<div align="center">
<div style="border:1px #; width:250px; margin-bottom:5px;background-color:#;">

<Main Page">
<input type=hidden name="required" value="name,phone,procedure,email,">
<div style="padding:10px; font: normal 12px Arial; text-align:left;color:white;">Name<br />
<input type="text" name="name" size="34" style="width:230px;" /><br />
Phone#<br /><input type="text" name="phone" size="34" style="width:230px;" /><br>
Procedure<br /><input type="text" name="procedure" size="34" style="width:230px;" /><br>
E-mail<br /><input type="text" name="email" size="34" style="width:230px;" /></div>
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
<input type="reset" name="reset" value=" Clear" />
</p>
</form>
<div>
<div>

[Leprakawn]

I have no idea if Tripod allows PHP, but if they do try this form.

[tony the ferret]

do you have an upto date link to this reply, tried to click it, but i get error 404

[Leprakawn]

Originally Posted by tony the ferret

do you have an upto date link to this reply, tried to click it, but i get error 404

lol! Just click the Contact Form link under the "These links might help you out" section!!!

You get sheepified!

PS: The contact form has been updated with more features (security code; file upload)

[curtiss]

Originally Posted by Leprakawn

lol! Just click the Contact Form link under the "These links might help you out" section!!!

I must admit that I didn't see it either. A 404 page almost always turns me around immediately.

[seccondbest]

After using PHP my websites e-mail box was filled with spam, it seems PHP is vonurable to injectors.
I received spam to me sendt to me from my own website that was used by others or something, anyway it scared me now I am using perl and CGI to send my online form by e-mail and that works a great site to obtain a working perl/cgi script is:

http://www.thesitewizard.com/ and the from is called feedback.form

by the way i changed the script so it alowes me to receive the name e-mail address and phone number on top of a comment box by e-mail if you need help im willing to send the changed file called CHfeedback.pl


think about it you dont want spam do you?

[Leprakawn]

Well, there are other verification/validation scripts out there that can be added to the one I listed.

Example: char (character) limitations, or the verification code. I loaded those onto one of my client's e-mail forms, and there has been zero spam since doing so.

[seccondbest]

I knew you would have something for me.

Now the question:

is it posible to use a verification thingy in my feedback form so it will not submit without filling out the verification. sort of disable the submit button.

this is the script that I called contact.form:

<form action="/cgi-bin/chfeedback.pl" method="post">
<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" summary="feedback form" height="290" width="468">
<tr><td height="1" width="170" align="right">Your Name:</td><td height="1" width="254" align="right"><input type="text" name="name" size="35" /></td></tr>
<tr><td height="1" width="170" align="right">Email address:</td><td height="1" width="254" align="right"><input type="text" name="email" size="35" /></td></tr>
<tr><td height="1" width="170" align="right">Your Phone #:</td><td height="1" width="254" align="right"><input type="text" name="phone" size="35" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" height="166" width="442" align="center">
Type here your question or comments<br />
<textarea rows="6" cols="52" name="comments"></textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" colspan="2" height="23" width="442">
<input type="submit" value="Click here to send this E-mail" /><br />
<a href="http://www.thesitewizard.com/">Powered by thesitewizard.com</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

can it be done and more important......How?


tell me please please please
**or your pot of gold is mine**

[Allen]

do you mean verification like CAPTCHA or do you mean that the fields are validated before form submission?

[seccondbest]

I think what i mean is:

I dont care what they fill in the fields (clowns will allways excist), but...
the can not hit submit without typing some kind of a verification code.

Ya know like the fancy colored boxes with hard to read text that ya need to copy into a box

I hope this makes sence cause the more i type the more confused i get.


did I just say that out loud?

[curtiss]

Originally Posted by seccondbest

I think what i mean is:

I dont care what they fill in the fields (clowns will allways excist), but...
the can not hit submit without typing some kind of a verification code.

Ya know like the fancy colored boxes with hard to read text that ya need to copy into a box

That's what Allen meant when he said "CAPTCHA". I think CAPTCHA might actually be a specific brand name for one of those types of scripts, but the name is used pretty universally among users, no matter which image verification code they're using (kind of like the way some people ask for a "coke", even though they really just want some kind of soda, or people call just about any kind of adhesive bandage a "band-aid").

I hope this makes sence cause the more i type the more confused i get.


did I just say that out loud?

Unfortunately, that happens to me every time I start typing up a question, too, so I know how you feel.

[Leprakawn]

Well, if I am not mistaken, the PHP form I linked to above--here--already comes with the verification script you are asking for!

May I offer you a sheep?