Subscribe newsletter HTML code needed

vitor.neves · #1 (**permalink**) 04-06-2004, 07:40 AM

hi,
1st, sorry my english, but i think u will understand what i'm looking.
i'm creating a my new site and i'd like to create a form where anyone who wants to receive my newsletter can put her email adress and subcribe them, like the one in this site but without the zip code.
what i don't know if is possible only in html and without using php, cgi or other things or even when clicking in subscribe he/she goes to another site.

best regards

sijpie · #2 (**permalink**) 04-06-2004, 10:50 AM

buenos dias, Vitor. (excuse my Portuguese...)

You will need some other language then just HTML, because the address data the user gives, needs to be stored in a database. And HTML cannot access a database.

So you will need your website on a server that has either PHP or ASP (or CGI, but that is a difficult language) support, and then you need to set up your database. Lastly you need to create your PHP or ASP code together with your HTML form to store the address information.

You can then also create a page where you enter your newsletter, and send out the newsletter to everyone in the database.

There are a number of good tutorials on either ASP or PHP for you to get started. ASP is most like visual basic, PHP like C. Do a search in google.

ISPs providing ASP support are generally more expensive then those providing PHP support, as ASP requires Windows 2000 servers.

vitor.neves · #3 (**permalink**) 04-06-2004, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sijpie

buenos dias, Vitor. (excuse my Portuguese...)

You will need some other language then just HTML, because the address data the user gives, needs to be stored in a database. And HTML cannot access a database.

So you will need your website on a server that has either PHP or ASP (or CGI, but that is a difficult language) support, and then you need to set up your database. Lastly you need to create your PHP or ASP code together with your HTML form to store the address information.

You can then also create a page where you enter your newsletter, and send out the newsletter to everyone in the database.

There are a number of good tutorials on either ASP or PHP for you to get started. ASP is most like visual basic, PHP like C. Do a search in google.

ISPs providing ASP support are generally more expensive then those providing PHP support, as ASP requires Windows 2000 servers.

hi,
thanks for your reply.
i was trying to avoid the ASP, PHP, and so on, because i don't know work with that and i think where i have my site can handle with that because it's free hosting.
i made one, but opens the email program and didn't that hapens.
i'd love to know how to work with ASP and PHP, but the time i have is so short that i can't lear everything because at this moment i'm learning 3D Max.
so it looks like that i have to really learn PHP and ASP.

best regards,

"sorry my english :)" "buenos dias" is in spanish, in portuguese is "bom dia" :))

Deep13 · #4 (**permalink**) 04-06-2004, 01:50 PM

hi there,
i dont think it will be possible to do something like newsletter thing using client side language i.e dhtml

coz all these things needs to be entered somewhere and for that you need language which can run on server side and handle these queries i.e get values from the FORM and submit it to database or anywhere you want.

and if you dont know php you can always go for free mailing list managers like PHPListhttp://phplist.com and about hosting if you want free hosting then may be you can try applying at PHPFreaks website : http://phpfreaks.com

i hope this info helps you
regards
Deep

vitor.neves · #5 (**permalink**) 04-06-2004, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deep13

hi there,
i dont think it will be possible to do something like newsletter thing using client side language i.e dhtml

coz all these things needs to be entered somewhere and for that you need language which can run on server side and handle these queries i.e get values from the FORM and submit it to database or anywhere you want.

and if you dont know php you can always go for free mailing list managers like PHPListhttp://phplist.com and about hosting if you want free hosting then may be you can try applying at PHPFreaks website : http://phpfreaks.com

i hope this info helps you
regards
Deep

hi Deep,
thanksa lote for your reply.
i go check the links and see what i can do and if is what i'm looking.
i allready found one extension for dreamweaver that can do what i'm looking, but steel have one problem, it opens a page from them, instead of returning to my site :/
i'm seeing that i have to learn PHP so i cam "be free" :))

best regards,

computergenius · #6 (**permalink**) 04-06-2004, 06:20 PM

You don't have to learn both PHP *and* ASP - generally, you would use PHP on a Unix based server, and ASP on a Windows based server.

Just learn PHP <G>

With only HTML, you are correct, you can only use mailto: , and open the clients email program, which is not very good, and doesn't always work.

paulhiles · #7 (**permalink**) 04-07-2004, 05:03 AM

Hi Vitor,

the other replies have all suggested that you should learn PHP or ASP, in order to write the scripts yourself... whilst this is good advice, and I agree that it would be in your best interests to learn a programming language... in the meantime, if you want to have a newsletter signup on your site.. why not use a third party site such as Bravenet? The service is free, there's no need for server-side scripts, and they'll help you set up the form.

Check out their mailing list service at the following address:
http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/elist/index.php

Hope that helps,

Paul

vitor.neves · #8 (**permalink**) 04-07-2004, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulhiles

Hi Vitor,

the other replies have all suggested that you should learn PHP or ASP, in order to write the scripts yourself... whilst this is good advice, and I agree that it would be in your best interests to learn a programming language... in the meantime, if you want to have a newsletter signup on your site.. why not use a third party site such as Bravenet? The service is free, there's no need for server-side scripts, and they'll help you set up the form.

Check out their mailing list service at the following address:
http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/elist/index.php

Hope that helps,

Paul

hi,
thank you Paul and Pete for your advices.
i will check the link that Paul give me to see if works the way i want without open a page from another site (that way i allready got an extension to dreamweaver)
so i go check and see the better way, but i allready know that i have to learn a programming language so i get free of problems and better works.
(i have to make 48hours day to learn every i want)

best regards to all,

vitor.neves · #9 (**permalink**) 04-08-2004, 12:19 PM

hi, again.

Paul the link u gave me it was great, i allready put in my new site that i'm working.

but thanks to all hat reply, thank you all for helping me.

by the way u can check how it looks and make comments.

http://www.designervitorneves.no.sap...jects/home.htm

best regards,