forms & confirmation page not working

[Guest]

Well, I've set up two forms on my website to send feedback via e-mail to me,
and neither are working. I originally had them set up to go to my gmail
account, but after reading through some of the posts here I switched them to
my domain-based e-mail account. However, they are still not working.

Furthermore, my confirmation page is not loading. I know it has succesfully
uploaded to the site, but when I submit the form I get a 404 page.

I can't tell if this is something I'm doing wrong or something I need to
take up with my host company. The website is www.stacyreeves.com and the
"contact" and "pricing" pages are the ones with the forms. Any suggestions
would be appreciated!

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Have you had your host set up the forms to email transport in the FP server
extensions?

 

[Guest]

I'm pretty sure. I'm using GoDaddy.com, and their tech support site says
that their FrontPage extensions allow you to set up a form that will e-mail
you the results.

Have you had your host set up the forms to email transport in the FP server
extensions?
--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
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Well, I've set up two forms on my website to send feedback via e-mail to
me,
and neither are working. I originally had them set up to go to my gmail
account, but after reading through some of the posts here I switched them
to
my domain-based e-mail account. However, they are still not working.

Furthermore, my confirmation page is not loading. I know it has
succesfully
uploaded to the site, but when I submit the form I get a 404 page.

I can't tell if this is something I'm doing wrong or something I need to
take up with my host company. The website is www.stacyreeves.com and the
"contact" and "pricing" pages are the ones with the forms. Any
suggestions
would be appreciated!

 

[Nicholas Savalas]

Dear Stacy,
Forget FrontPage components. They are moody, proprietary, cumbersome, and
not very flexible. Here is your form to email code:
-----------------------------------------

<form action="mailto:[email protected]" method="post"
enctype="text/plain">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="rightframe_thanks.htm">
<p><font face="Garamond" color="#FFFFFF">
Name: <input type="text" name="name" size="32">
</font></p>
<p><font face="Garamond" color="#FFFFFF">
E-Mail: <input type="text" name="email" size="31">
</font></p>
<p><font face="Garamond" color="#FFFFFF">
Comments: <br>
<textarea rows="10" name="comments" cols="32"></textarea></font></p>
<p><font face="Garamond" color="#FFFFFF">
<input type="reset" value="Reset" name="reset">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit">
</font></p>
</form>

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By the way, I am not a big fan of that frame set-up you use; it is almost
unreadable at 640x480 and very confusing at 800x600. I like your look, but
I'd consider a redesign of that frame baloney - Search engines will surely
parse, for example, http://www.stacyreeves.com/rightframe_contact.htm -
http://www.stacyreeves.com/topframe.htm -
http://www.stacyreeves.com/leftframe.htm (try clicking those links) and
anyone who goes to those links is lost. Frames out of their framing pages
need more scripting (see how complex this is getting?) - you might want to,
say, put this in the head of every framed page (except, of course,
rightframe_thanks.htm, for obvious reasons):
------------------------------------

<script>
if (parent.location.href == self.location.href){
window.location.href = 'http://www.stacyreeves.com'
}
</script>

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Nicholas! I will add in that script. I know just very basic HTML,
so I'm trying to get up to speed as best I can. The website layout is very
temporary.. A no-frames version is coming soon and hopefully someday a Flash
version, if I can ever figure it out. Anyway, thanks for the help!

 

[Trevor L.]

Dear Stacy,
Forget FrontPage components. They are moody, proprietary, cumbersome,
and not very flexible. Here is your form to email code:

I agree with Nicholas.

But I find that even his code does some strange things.
It adds +++ into the text and diaplays a warning message

You could try this
</html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript"></script>
function sendform()
{
var body = ""
with (document.form1)
{
var i = elements.length , j = 0
while (i-- > 2) // drop last two elements
{
body += elements[j].value + "%0d%0a"
// line break after each element
j += 1
} // end while
}
window.location = "mailto:" + "myname" + "@" + "mydomain" + ".com"
+ "?subject=Hello%20from%20Me"
+ "&body=" + body
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<form action = "" name="form1">
<p><font face="Garamond" color="#FFFFFF">

Name: <input type="text" name="name" size="32"><br />
E-Mail: <input type="text" name="email" size="31"><br />
Comments: <br/ >
<textarea rows="10" name="comments" cols="32"></textarea><br />

<input type="reset" value=" Reset " name="reset">
<input type="button" name="submit" value=" Submit " onclick="sendform()" />

</font></p>
</form>

</body>
</html>

 

[Nicholas Savalas]

I am Trevor's biggest fan. His is, indeed, a better answer.
It just lacks the little feature I was trying to convey in the first place,
before the room started spinning wildly (the redirect issue, remember?):

<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="rightframe_thanks.htm">

Include that, and you are all set.
--
Nicholas Savalas
http://savalas.tv
---------------------------------

Dear Stacy,
Forget FrontPage components. They are moody, proprietary, cumbersome,
and not very flexible. Here is your form to email code:

I agree with Nicholas.

But I find that even his code does some strange things.
It adds +++ into the text and diaplays a warning message

You could try this
</html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript"></script>
function sendform()
{
var body = ""
with (document.form1)
{
var i = elements.length , j = 0
while (i-- > 2) // drop last two elements
{
body += elements[j].value + "%0d%0a"
// line break after each element
j += 1
} // end while
}
window.location = "mailto:" + "myname" + "@" + "mydomain" + ".com"
+ "?subject=Hello%20from%20Me"
+ "&body=" + body
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<form action = "" name="form1">
<p><font face="Garamond" color="#FFFFFF">

Name: <input type="text" name="name" size="32"><br />
E-Mail: <input type="text" name="email" size="31"><br />
Comments: <br/ >
<textarea rows="10" name="comments" cols="32"></textarea><br />

<input type="reset" value=" Reset " name="reset">
<input type="button" name="submit" value=" Submit " onclick="sendform()"
/>

</font></p>
</form>

</body>
</html>

 

[Trevor L.]

I am Trevor's biggest fan. His is, indeed, a better answer.
It just lacks the little feature I was trying to convey in the first
place, before the room started spinning wildly (the redirect issue,
remember?):
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="rightframe_thanks.htm">

Include that, and you are all set.

My biggest fan is a bit too much.You have given me more help than the other
way around.

Anyway, apologies for omitting the crucial part. I was concentrating on how
to write a form to an email, because it is something I have been doing
lately. And in my cobbling together a response via cut and paste, I left
this out.

Gives himself smack on hand