how do i make a submit button in dreamweaver work? Iv put in a form into my website...?

Question

iv inserted a form into dreamweaver webpage...
it has Name field, email field and a submit button....
how do i make it send the response to my email address?
i dont really know how to work the whole form thing... so all i did was insert form> text field, insert form>text field and insert form>button.... when u click on the properties of the button... it doesnt give u anything but 'submit' but it doesnt say where it submits to or how to make it send the text field answers to my email address????

Please help!!

Answer 1

This is a very basic way to send the form content to your email address.

BEWARE: This method is absolutely NOT SECURE.

You better let PHP handle the process.



Check:

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_secure_mail.asp

for more details about sending secure email using PHP.



Of course, there's a (steep) learning curve, but that's the price to pay ;)

Answer 2

Submit Form To Email Address

Answer 3

The submit button submits the form to whatever the declared "action" is in the form field. So to change it to send an email, in the "form" tag you edit the action to send it to the desired email address.

Answer 4

Client-side email forms depend on the User's own email program and them clicking Send. Server-side is better, but your site must allow this type of form action.



Basic Client-Side Mailto: Form:





: name


: email


comments


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mailto - Web-based email Form Handler: http://www.washington.edu/webinfo/mailto/



Your current hosting package MUST allow SMTP ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol ) to work. Otherwise, no email can be sent.



PHP: Sending Email Tutorial (Text/HTML/Attachments): http://www.webcheatsheet.com/php/send_email_text_html_attachment.php



Use any of the below sites to make the workable form you need:



For making forms:



These are really good online form makers. Just follow the instructions for making it and uploading file(s).



Contact Form Generator: http://www.tele-pro.co.uk/scripts/contact_form/

WYSIWYG Form Maker: http://www.jotform.com/?gclid=CNKhqei1wJ4CFRQhnAod6laUqA

http://www.thesitewizard.com/wizards/feedbackform.shtml

Ajax - Creating an HTML Form: http://www.tizag.com/ajaxTutorial/ajaxform.php

http://www.phpform.org/



http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/form_mail.shtml

http://emailmeform.com/