Fellow Web People! How to Make a Contact form?

[furry_cup]

Hello,

Im trying to make a contact form, creating the fields in dreamweaver is fine. Its just how do i get it to send the information to my email address?

etc.. name, tel # comments etc..

i have had a quick looksie on google and cant seem to find nout.

can anyone shed any light on this for me?

thanks in advance.

 

[mattih5]

You need to use some form of scripting language to get the "method" of the form i.e. GET or POST vars. From here you can create a script to email the values e.g:

In Php I would do the following:

$email = $_POST['email'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$body = "Name: ".$name;
$body.= "Email: ".$email;

mail("bla@bla.com","A subject line",$body,"From: Bla@blas.com");

 

[furry_cup]

hmm php is something i know nothing about!!

i just followed a guide on w3schools, but it sends the info via email to the recipient using this.

<form action="[EMAIL="mark.simons@smc-comms.com"]MAILTO:mark.simons@smc-comms.com[/EMAIL]" method="post" enctype="text/plain" name="form1" id="form1">
        Name:<br/>
           <input type="text" name="name" /> 
    <br/>          
          Tel#:<br/>
           <input type="text" name="telephone" />
     <br/>
           Comments:<br/>
           <input type="text" name="comment" size="40"/>
     <br/>
           <input type="submit" name="comment" value="Submit" />
           
       </form>

 

[mattih5]

I suppose this was can be used but there is no way of validating the information sent through the form.

 

[cava83]

I can provide you with the ASP coding if you want ?

Check your pm

 

[furry_cup]

sexyhorny.com??? lol!

haha cheers fella, i shall look into usding that, but i also, know nothing about asp, will have to research!

 

[cava83]

if you get stuck, just give me a shout.

Yer I had to add something funny.

There are many ways of doing this, hundreds infact, but this is the one I use, it works well, I re-use it all the time, have a go.



All the best.

 

[furry_cup]

dude.. u could of just sent a pm full of arabic!!! trying to understand what it all means..

i do appreciate tho! im siving through it now!

 

[cava83]

Oh, sorry

That's all you need.

Want me to explain?

Mail me biatch !

 

[BenWall]

Pm'd

 

[furry_cup]

cheers for the pm's guys.

going to look into this further tomorrow at work.

cheers conteo/gabi.

 

[cava83]

did you get this sorted ? Would like to know the outcome and what else you were suggested

Thanks,

G.

 

[furry_cup]

hey matey, unfortunatly i havent got it sorted yet, i think it may be something to do with my hosting sever not being php enabled..

I tried your script and conteos's and another from the net and no luck!

going to have to log into the Cpanel and see if i can enable php or give them a ring!

 

[Adams_16v]

you need your hosting server to support php. Any decent host should support it mate!

 

[furry_cup]

we are using zen lol! i should think they support php!!!

going to ring them when i get a sec.

 

[cava83]

the code I give you is ASP not php !! Therefore the extension of the file must be form.asp !!!

do you want me to send you the files to your email so you just upload them on the server and test it out that way?

Think you are a bit confused :rasp:

 

[KDF]

bah... asp..

Use php..

put this into a blank file called info.php

<? phpinfo(); ?>

and upload it somwhere to your web host.. then type in the URL to the file and if it pops up a page with masses of info you have php installed and ready to use.. it will also tell you what php modules are installed. If you have php I can provide you with a piss easy to understand script to do what you want.

 

[cava83]

lol I totally agree with you but at work ASP is the only language used, and the guy next to me is a excellent with ASP thus using it.

I provided him with all the code, fully working for an ASP contact form page.

lol :rasp: u cheeky sod :clown:

bah... asp..

Use php..

put this into a blank file called info.php

<? phpinfo(); ?>

and upload it somwhere to your web host.. then type in the URL to the file and if it pops up a page with masses of info you have php installed and ready to use.. it will also tell you what php modules are installed. If you have php I can provide you with a piss easy to understand script to do what you want.

 

[furry_cup]

i did that and it came up with a file download box..

so i guess its not enabled on there

 

[furry_cup]

i just did it on my personal space, and it looks like php is enabled on there as it came up with all this shizzle here: http://www.marksimons.co.uk/info.php

going to try some of the code given to me and see if it works there.

cheers gabi for the help, appreciate it, i know nothing about asp or php but php looks easier to me so am going to try some of that.

 

[cava83]

lol it is what ever you are more comfy with, they are both completely different but achieve similar outputs.

Let us know how you get on

Good luck

 

[KDF]

just post the code up and i'll help you out.. a contact form is one of the most common and basic things you can do..


They used to use ASP in my work too.. until I told them I was using PHP and wouldnt help if they used ASP haha.. suckers..

 

[furry_cup]

lol it is what ever you are more comfy with, they are both completely different but achieve similar outputs.

Let us know how you get on

Good luck

thanks mate

all working now

KDF:

Im looking to make it so you cannot submit the form until all fields are completed. i.e the users email address is a cumpulsory field as is name and telephone number.

heres the code i have so far, which conteo kindly supplied me with.

//Configuration
    $email_address = "[EMAIL="mark.simons@smc-comms.com"]mark.simons@smc-comms.com[/EMAIL]"; //This should be changed to your email address.
    $subject_prefix = "test Contact Form Subject ";  //This will be the subject prefix of all emails. default "Website Contact - User Subject
// --- Do not modify below ---
//Collects varibles from previous page.
    $name = $_POST['name'];
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $subject = $subject_prefix . $_POST['subject'];
    $message = $_POST['message'];
//This part should prevent malicous doings.
//Most servers are setup in such a way that this section is not needed but its a good security precaution to have.
   $from = urldecode($email);
   if (eregi("\r",$from) || eregi("\n",$from)){
           print "Malformed Headers were detected.";
        exit;
   }
//This part sends the email to you.
    mail($email_address, $subject, $message, "From: $name <$email>\nX-Mailer: Simple PHP Contact Form 1.0 ([URL="http://www.korske.com"]www.korske.com[/URL])");
//Redirects to sent.htm  
    header("Location: sent.htm")

 

[BenWall]

lol it is what ever you are more comfy with, they are both completely different but achieve similar outputs.

Let us know how you get on

Good luck

thanks mate

all working now

Post a link to the final Contact Form.

 

[furry_cup]

its not final yet as i would like to include it into the design the webpage its self, its just uploaded as you gave it to me. I intend to make a new sent page in the style of the website etc..

www.marksimons.co.uk/contact.htm

 

[cava83]

thanks mate

all working now

Post a link to the final Contact Form.

Maybe

 

[Adams_16v]

off topic (ish) but on ya homepage the stripes are 1px out matey if you didnt know?

yuo can use javascript to check field entried too which I use on my sites sometimes and work ok! (only basic checking)

try submitting withough any data....

http://www.seymourinteriors.co.uk/contact.html

 

[furry_cup]

lol yeah i noticed the other day, dont quite line up. I have a new pattern defined in photoshop to make a new bg just havent been arsed to change it.

out of interest, how do you create u diagonal line bg's? in ps by defining a pattern?

 

[KDF]

// Check for empty data
$error = 0;
if(empty($_POST['name'])) { $error = 1; }
if(empty($_POST['email'])) { $error = 1; }
if(empty($_POST['subject'])) { $error = 1; }
if(empty($_POST['message'])) { $error = 1; }

//Configuration
    $email_address = "mark.simons@smc-comms.com"; //This should be changed to your email address.
    $subject_prefix = "test Contact Form Subject ";  //This will be the subject prefix of all emails. default "Website Contact - User Subject
// --- Do not modify below ---
//Collects varibles from previous page.
    $name = $_POST['name'];
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $subject = $subject_prefix . $_POST['subject'];
    $message = $_POST['message'];
//This part should prevent malicous doings.
//Most servers are setup in such a way that this section is not needed but its a good security precaution to have.
   $from = urldecode($email);
   if (eregi("\r",$from) || eregi("\n",$from)){
           print "Malformed Headers were detected.";
        exit;
   }
//This part sends the email to you.
    mail($email_address, $subject, $message, "From: $name <$email>\nX-Mailer: Simple PHP Contact Form 1.0 (www.korske.com)");

if($error ==1) 
{
  // Redirect back to contact form
  header("Location: blah.htm");
 } else {
 //Redirects to sent.htm  
  header("Location: sent.htm")
}

Added simple check to see if all fields were filled in, if you were doing it properly you would post the form back on itself, use sessions, do proper checks on each field (not just empty checks) and have the form pull data from the session data on post back.

I wouldnt bother with javascript as users can disable it.. or at the very least back up any javascript checks with server side checks aswell.

 

[Adams_16v]

on the interiors site they get very little traffic really so it ok for that

I do use server side checking on most of my other sites as well as.

p.s its a live site, so dont send off actual messages or they will be asking me whats going on hehe!

as for diagaonals. 5px x 5px 5 pixels coloured in in a diagonal shape then define as patern.

get a bit tricky if you try and do thicker lines tho

 

[furry_cup]

thats the way i do it too.

 

[BenWall]

Looking at your portfolio you seem pretty clued up with web design, thought you would have known how to create a contact form. I am complete amature, but its one of the 1st things I wanted to learn.

 

[cava83]

Furry, did not realise you went to pompey uni !!!!!

When did you leave? I must have been there at the same time as you!

 

[furry_cup]

Looking at your portfolio you seem pretty clued up with web design, thought you would have known how to create a contact form. I am complete amature, but its one of the 1st things I wanted to learn.

They are only pretty basic css sites that i have made so far, i have only been doing it coming upto a year as my job, but that includes doing brochures and other graphic design stuff, i much prefer web design tho, its a shame i dont really get a chance to do my own stuff at work, and the MD had a style that he likes.

I have a couple of sites non work related which are in the pipeline so im hoping to go all out on them and i want to try and learn php too. but havent had much time!!

Gabi. yep, good o'l pompey uni, i did communication design in the eldon building, what course did you do? i graduated 2005.. i think.. or was it 2006..

 

[KDF]

whoops sorry just noticed an error in the script..

it will still send the email even if all fields are not complete..

you want to move the

mail($email_address, $sub...........

line into the

//Redirects to sent.htm

loop so that it only sends an email if there is no error.

 

[furry_cup]

i wondered why i couldnt get it to work. kept saying error line 52 etc..

ideally id like it to prevent the info from sending and pop up an error box saying fill it in biatch!

 

[Adams_16v]

JS it is then! hehe!

just use server side checking as well in case they have JS turned off (which very few people do so cant see it being a problem)

 

[cava83]

Gabi. yep, good o'l pompey uni, i did communication design in the eldon building, what course did you do? i graduated 2005.. i think.. or was it 2006..

ha !! Well I was in mercantile and finished 2005, I think, cannot remember, trying to think who you are, did you go to the union much?

G.

 

[furry_cup]

unfortunatly i lived at home and didnt live in halls, had its pros and cons.. mainly cons apart from free living and food, but missed out nig time on nightlife.

went to the union a fair few times and crashed in halls tho. had some mental nights!

 

[cava83]

post a pic up, wanna c if I have seen your face around uni !!!

U going to start learning php or asp then?