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ultramel1987

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Hi there

I am trying to design my first website. I am using Coffee Cup Visual Site Designer. So far so good. I have my Home, products, services, contact pages, etc. And all my button links are working.

I have now designed a contact form in the Coffee Cup Add on "Form Designer"

What do I need to do with this form in order to make it 'useable' for people to be able to fill their contact details in the form, and for it to be sent to me?

Thank you
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Action your html form to a PHP script that forwards the submission to your email and then redirects back. Remember to give feedback to the user whether the submission was successful or not.
 
feel free to pm me if you want some help with a php script to handle the form details.
 
Go here and follow the 7-step tutorial. The limited PHP you will learn will at the very least give you the pages you need. and PM Psykro.
 
Geriatrix said:
Action your html form to a PHP script that forwards the submission to your email and then redirects back. Remember to give feedback to the user whether the submission was successful or not.
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With a copy to self. There have been so many times I've sent one of these off and they never got it.
 
Having a contact form is so much better than just supplying a email.

You can do so much more with a form. A cgi script is the best, but you must make sure that your hosting supports Perl, or Python. It'll be seldom that you get a host that doesn't support CGI scripting.

The benefits of a CGI script is that I find it to be more secure than PHP.
It's easy to setup a Database of everyone that has sent you a mail via your form.
You can setup a system that does everything automatically.

Okay now to the designing part of your site, I know you didn't mention this, but I don't use Coffee Cup, I use the raw programming when it comes to web designing.

Some things to know as a beginner:

1. Make sure your images used on the site are small in size and not pix-elated.


2. Use easy to follow links or navigation techniques. The last thing you want is your clients feeling confused and unsure as to where to navigate to.

3. When you want to use a fancy looking image technique that requires rounded edges without having to make it look sloppy, you may find that PNG image format helps with this. Here's an example Click ME other than that.
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Other than that, it's fun creating a website that is interactive, adding calculators, fun quiz games, or questionnaires etc, all can be done with CGI scripts.

If you need any help with anything, you can always PM me and I'll be more than happy to help. In exchange I don't ask for money, I just ask that you help my freelance with the word of mouth technique.
 
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Well I am sure the links you have been given will help.

I must say its never a good idea to try do a web site without some type of professional guidance. Its like if you want a new car you not going to go build it yourself.
 
Thank you so much to all who have replied. i will read all links provided, and pm * if i get stuck. I really appreciate the guidance. My hosting provided lists that CGI scrips are supported...

Will I use a SQL, Access, or MySql database?

Thankyou
 
Go for MySQL, as it will scale better than Access. Sqlite might also work, depending on how much data you plan to store.
 
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