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Old 03-18-2004, 06:11 PM
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All cgi-bin's that I have ever seen have come with full instructions and a simple asp form called sendmail.asp

What I meant by trying different things, is with the look of the asp so that you can fully customize your page.

You have to remember - a first timer is going to use the asp like I did and have that ugly - "Thank You For Your Submission" page, that doesn't go anywhere and makes the visitor think that's it, time to go.

I thought I was getting fancy when i was able to make the form open up a new browser, that way when the visitor got to the "that's it page" they could close it. But that still left them on the form page.

I went through about 25 different tries before I came up with what I like, I now have my forms go to the asp which looks like every other page in the site and it says thank you click here to return to the main page. Nice, clean professional.

That took me many hours of trial and error. So for someone who is first time. I was there and I encourage you to expand your knowledge by learning something new.

Just remember, do it with a back up file and keep the original in tact, in case you have to start all over.

Good Luck
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