Form to Thank You

[ohlson]

Can someone please tell me how to make a form open up into a thank you page after a client has sent it in? I am using the POST method. Is the answer in the TARGET BOX?
Regards
Ian

[dharrison]

Hi Ian

The method I've sworn by for years is:

<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/pmt/thankyou.htm" />

HTH

[ADAM Web Design]

Ian,

It really depends on the programming language that you're using and how it processes form input.

Personally, I use ASP and direct the form to itself, using a querystring to distinguish whether the form has been posted or not.

http://www.adamwebdesign.ca/contact_adam_web_design

Try it out. You'll see the querytring in question (the part after the ?) when you submit stuff. Just make sure you indicate who you are and that you're just messing with my form.

The email address is also concealed that way, thus keeping it from evil spammy types.

[dharrison]

Sorry yes my method was using a form script like formmail.pl.

Apologies for not mentioning that before (oops)

[ohlson]

I work with Namo WebEditor. When I highlight the form up comes a box with

Form name Here I have added the forms name

Target Here you can choose from _blank _self _parent _top

Action My domain ?Subject=Web Form Response (This sends form to me)

Method Post

Encoding type Text/Plain

What I am trying to do is to make it open into a thank you page once the client has sent the form.

Regards

Ian

[ADAM Web Design]

ohlson: the answer to this will depend not on your editor, but the script processing the form. This is defined in the action attribute, and it will be the part just before the "?subject=".

Once you know the name of the script or the file processing it, you can either find documentation on it to find the correct hidden form field to use or you can hard-code in a redirect (if you know the programming language used).

Depending on the script, others here may have used it, and you may be able to ask here.

So...look up the action attribute and tell us what it says, and we can go from there.

Sorry about not really making that clear earlier.

[MuNKyonline]

It sounds like you're just using the mailto for the target of the form and so you're not using a script at all. Using this method I do not think it is possible to have a thank you page.

As dharrison and Adam have said, you will need a script to have a thank you page. I personally use php for my script. Whichever script you choose - this is the target of the form.

Have a look on Hotscripts.com you may find something suitable there.

HTH =)

[dharrison]

As you're using mailto, that kinda puts my theory out the window. Munky is right, there is no way to have a thank you page using the mailto method.

As an alternative solution, you can use a bit of JavaScript where a thank you window pops up when someone submits a form. I use a similar thing for one of my clients www.jgmracing.co.uk

HTH

[ADAM Web Design]

I don't think he's using mailto, since he said the action attribute of the form was set to his domain, not his email. Hence my advice.

[dharrison]

Originally Posted by ADAM Web Design

I don't think he's using mailto, since he said the action attribute of the form was set to his domain, not his email. Hence my advice.

I was quoting info from Munky's previous post.

[MuNKyonline]

Surely if it's pointed at his domain name and not an already established script then it's a mailto link?

Unless cgi scripts can pick up post information directly from the domain name? I just thought he meant something@mydomainname and not his actual domain name.

Maybe ohlson could give us more information so we can get a better idea. I'm probably wrong though =P

[MuNKyonline]

<FORM class=body accept-charset=UTF-8 action="mailto:spain@yahoo.co.uk?Subject=Web Form Response OUR PETS " 
method=post encType="Text/Plain" name="Pets to go" target="_blank">

This is the code that will affect the form. At the moment you are using a mailto link. A mailto link is a link that when clicked on, will open up the users e-mail client and place the address from the link in the To Field. Yours also has the "?Subject". This adds the text following this into the Subject Field of the e-mail.

To be able to have a thankyou page, you will need to have a script that handles the e-mail instead of the mailto link. So instead it will be - action="script".

[ohlson]

Hi
So how and where do I find the correct place on the page to insert this code?

Regards

Ian

[KeithO]

it should be placed before the input fields begin.

[MarcieZoob]

Try Mail Manage EX - it's easy to install, uses a Thank you HTML page, sends a thank you email to the submitter and will also save the contact info for you a CSV file on your server.

[Mac 5]

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="redirect" VALUE="http://www.yourdomain.com/thanks.html">

[Faglork]

Originally Posted by MarcieZoob

[...] and will also save the contact info for you a CSV file on your server.

... in that case this should be mentioned in your privacy policy.

faglork