web form

[southwings]

Hi all !
Who can help me out here. I am helping create a website and I would like to incorporate a form where people can select various boxes and the results are sent by mail to the administrator.
Contact me for an exemple.
Many thanks

[paulhiles]

Hey there southwings, Bienvenue et Welcome to WebProWorld!
If you're looking to add a form to your site, it's quite straightforward. Let us know if you have access to server-side scripting (ASP, PHP or CGI/Perl)... and give us an example of the sort of information you're looking to collect from your visitors.

Look forward to seeing you around the forums,

Paul

[M0rtym0use]

southwings,
this thread has an example of the asp code needed to send emails using CDONTS.

http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=20641

you can build the strBody by formating the output and requesting fields etc.

hope this helps....

MM

[matthewdean]

Hi,
Also, you could use a form-to-mail method -- which is simpler but less configurable. (I've never used ASP.) But if you can install a CGI form-to-mail on your server and set it up correctly, the HTML is quite easy.

The form-to-mail method uses four components:
- The form HTML page that the user fills out
- The CGI script in the cgi-bin
- A configuration file with various config stuff in it
- A "message sent" HTML page that appears after they've clicked the Send button.

It's quite stright-forward to configure these components, but you must get the CGI script working. I accessed a script already on our server. There are plenty of these systems available online.

Regards,
Matt

[paulhiles]

Both great suggestions guys! I was hoping to find out from southwings what sort of platform, scripts etc they had access to, before offering a particular solution... but nothing wrong with presenting a few alternatives. ;o)

Are we supposed to be contacting southwings for an example? :o|

[M0rtym0use]

Paul,
in all honesty if you create a post asking fo r help then you should really check back to a solution

i will email him and tell him to check the thread ;)

MM

[southwings]

Originally Posted by paulhiles

Hey there southwings, Bienvenue et Welcome to WebProWorld!
If you're looking to add a form to your site, it's quite straightforward. Let us know if you have access to server-side scripting (ASP, PHP or CGI/Perl)... and give us an example of the sort of information you're looking to collect from your visitors.

Look forward to seeing you around the forums,

Paul

thanks for your reply. My serveur is PHP. The type of form required is the type that you have text and a tick box for selection. Eg lost bag forms - i dont know if you know what they look like.
Cheers