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Forms have 3 main parts. 1) processing code-start the form (says who/where the form is processed) 2) fields for input (some may be required, etc) 3) submit button-end of form (can have other name on it - yours says send details) For this discussion, let's come back to #1 later. #2 contains fairly generic pieces of code that can be used by just about any form processor. The fields I have defined below are name, address, comment and heardabout. You can put them in tables, or directly on the page, etc to fit your design need. >Do not put <FORM></FORM> in front/behind each field as you have done with your current form. You start the form with code in #1 and it is ended with code in #3. Simple text entry: <input type="Text" name="name" size="60" maxlength="60"> This one allows more input by the user than the field size visible: <input type="Text" name="address" size="60" maxlength="200"> Simple comment/message entry: <textarea name="comment" cols="52" rows="10" wrap="VIRTUAL"> Simple dropdown choice: <SELECT NAME="Heard" SIZE=1> <option value=heardabout selected>PLEASE CHOOSE ONE <option value=Google>Google <option value=Othersearch>Other Search Engine <option value=TCHforum>TCH Forum <option value=Other>Some other way </SELECT> #3 can be as simple as: ><INPUT TYPE="button" name="printMe" onClick="print()" value="Print Page"> <INPUT TYPE="submit" value="Send" name="tlx_send"> <INPUT TYPE="reset"> </form> #1 is the tricky part. You must have a way to send/push your form contents from your site to email receipient. You can do this in several ways. A. Use a 3rd party site to forward your form content. In this case you would not have to have a script on your site that you maintain or install to process the form. You sign up with a form processor, define the fields you want (name , address, etc) and they provide the processing code. Place it at the top of your form, before any fields you want. Remember the fields you defined at the processor must match the fields you build on your web page or you will get crud for an email! One such processor is http://www.cutandpastescripts.com The code below was generated by CutandPaste (posted here as example but tweaked so it is not be valid!) ><!- Form Processing, by Cut and Paste Scripts. Hosted CGI, with NO adverts and FREE. http://www.cutandpastescripts.com -!><form method=POST action="http://www.cutandpastescripts.com/cgi-bin/formprocessing/forms.pl"><input type=hidden name="activenumber" value="123456789012"><input type="hidden" name="username" value="MikeP"><!-- INSERT YOUR NORMAL FORM FIELDS HERE --><!- Cut and Paste Scripts 2000 -!> B. Use a script you install on your own site to process your forms. More setup time! But you are not dependent on another site to process for you. - You can not use FORM MAIL or any of the clones of FORM MAIL to process your emails here at TCH. The scripts have major security flaws. - You can use other PHP or CGI scripts to process your form. Consider: dodosmail (http://regretless.com/scripts/scripts.php#dodosmail) phormjr (http://www.phorm.com/jr.php3) or Ultimate form mail (http://www.surefirewebdesign.com/scripts/) -Samantha

Jim, I'm not the one with the brother that wants a pirated copy of windows. That was someone else (Betty1). I was commiserating with her because I have a brother that just wants to make his 266 run forever and wants to upgrade it to xp next if possible. Let me make this clear...I do not share software that is purchased! I will gladly pass on shareware/freeware suggestions, ex Irfanview. I have been offered free copies of (..&..&..) and turned them down because I know I have no right to them. As far as I am concerned, it's stealing. Makes me a fuddy-duddy to most people, but I'm, comfortable with that. Will take a look at techbargains and see what I find. Already planned to take a look at "Cheap Guys" here in Orlando. They have repaired a couple friends machines and they supposedly build decent systems. I've bought PIECES from them, not full systems. My only concern there is warranty. Dell or other major manufacturer may have better warranty... I ordered a nice photo printer yesterday (with scanner built-in) since my old scanner died about a month ago. Saw a monitor I was drooling on but will wait (till it goes off-sale) until I get a new pc...may get a better deal. -Samantha

Don't laugh...I had a pentium 133 win95 that had 8 ram, 1gig hard drive (240mb used up with programs) and ran many programs from my external zip100 drive! I upgraded ram to 64 and thought I was in great shape for YEARS (I came from dos era with 10mb bernoulli boxes and the thought of 1gig of storage was unbelieveable!) From there I went to my current ME with 1.0gig processor, 40gig hard drive, 512 ram, internal 250 zip drive and again, I thought I was flying HIGH.... And here we are ready to upgrade again! Leaps and bounds. My brother is running a 266 with win 2000 and wants to upgrade to XP. TOLD HIM NO...Break down and buy a new unit! Only thing new that he buys is motorcycle parts! -Samantha

Thanks fo rthe link. Wonder what Beth ended up getting? -Samantha

sounds yummy! Copied that down and will try it next turkey. Our Christmas feast is a BRUNCH so no turkey leftovers. And I do love turkey or roasted chicken pieces in gravy poured over mashed potatos. Simple leftover that everyone has done. -Samantha

My Micron was special ordered with components I wanted. Reached as far as I could (was upgrading from win95) and got an AMD that still performs most of the time. Use P3 and P4 at office but really don't know the difference between Pentium and AMD...think I heard a long time ago that AMD runs hotter. Is that still so, or was that a wives tale? Is there any special reason to go with one over the other? gig of ram? ok...I would not have thought about that! Have been running 512 on my old machine but the extra elbow room would be nice. Expected to hear Dell brought up in the mix, but was surprised by emachines. Was not impressed with the HP machines I have worked on. The only mac I used was a 1991 version (WAY ahead of windows). Don't know how easy it would be for me to use one again after being in a window environ so long. -Samantha

Guess that apples are not on the menu this evening since I get this error when I go to those links: I have one more criteria for machine...compatible with my work programs (all running on XP). -Samantha

I was given the most unusual gift for Christmas today: a leaf vacuum/mulcher/blower. My brother insisted that it be demonstrated in the living room in front of others. I turned it on in the blower mode and blew $100 bills all over the living room. IT was like being in a candid camera episode. You should have seen people scrambling for them! Well I can now afford a new pc and finally dump my Micron WinME machine that groans, moans and creaks when warming up (It's tired!) I work with images, web stuff and burn my cds into mp3s for my own use. Not a gamer per se, but want a decent audio/video capability for DVD's. Is there anything I should stay away from? Anything that is strongly recommended? Anything re speed, front bus, color (), etc that I should definitely look for? Any input would be greatly appreciated. -Samantha

Merry Christmas! We don't have sun, snow or children this year but we do have extended family and friends with us today so it will still be special for us. -Samantha

What do you call people that are afraid of Santa Claus? "Claustrophobic" Merry Christmas!! -Samantha

Code works like a charm! Thank you for providing it. Added it to my site for easier access when I am out of town. 2 out of 4 wishes granted in 2 days WOW! Still to go but not expected to be resolved soon: - Wish there were some way to use a similar entry form into a password protected page instead of the default popup window when using Web Protect feature in cpanel. - Free website search code that includes PDF files (FastFind is great...but doesn't support PDF) -Samantha

Me Too! I don't know Kungfoofairy yet am thankful that he took time to read the posting and to suggest a remedy. That's one thing I can cross off my Christmas wish list. This forum is the #1 reason TCH ROCKS! There are so many really kind folks that host at TCH that participate on this forum and I truly believe that the TCH "family" attitude from the owner, staff and moderators is what contributes to the members generosity of time and knowledge. -Samantha

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On both sites, the .htaccess file already had the following code: >AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .htm .html .shtml I added this today to Lambert's .htaccess file: >Options +Includes AddType text/html .shtml AddHandler server-parsed .shtml The test run works! THANK YOU for the lovely gift. The 404 page reports page properly now in the visitor's window and on the email. Don't know why it used to work without that extra code and stopped. But since this fixes the situation, I will do a preventive patch on the other site to add the code even though that 404 page works fine without it. I know there are others with the same problem that will be thrilled with your fix. Thank you so much for taking the time to post! -Samantha

My help ticket request: The answer: Unfortunately no help there. I was not asking for coding or design element assistance. The code works. Guess the fact that we observe different results on different servers using the exact same code on different sites still does not qualify for assistance or review. Maybe I should have worded it differently. I was asking if there is something different about the servers or the setting we have no control over that could cause different results. EDITED to add further response from tech support: Nope that is not the issue either. Even when I try from the same computer to the two sites, different results as noted above. The samisite 404 reports the bad page no matter who reports the error, the lambert 404 does NOT report the bad page no matter who reports the error. Same code, same page design, same editor, only difference is the colors of hte page, the logo and the server. Frustrating -Samantha

Finally got back to this issue. Opened a ticket since some servers respond well, others do not. Got another empty email with no information on it from Lambert site, screenprint attached for reference. Same 404 error email from the server 26 samisite domain lists the page not found and referring page. -Samantha

Can't help you there, Rob. Folks around here (Florida Keys) say it's just a myth - along with temperatures lower than 41 degrees Fahrenheit (5 C) and frost. I think I vaguely remember something about it from when I was a kid but that may have just been a movie I saw or something. Everyone go make a snowman for me, ok? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Jim and Rob, both of you could create snow that last days with this stuff. We have some of it to put around the front entrance of my mother's home for Christmas day. (Ocala Florida, just north of Orlando, is NOT known for the winter snowfall) Insta Snow is actually cool to the touch! http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/movies_and_demos_20042211.php# -Samantha

updated avitar...head is feeling better enough that we went christmas light wandering for a while tonight. Took this photo tonight...Santa on a bike under a palm tree....just looked like Florida should! -Samantha

Great choice!!!!!! Good luck in your new position. -Samantha

I purposely changed it to the ??? ....not an oops. This week I have been fighting MAJOR headaches and really find it hard to think or reason when my right eye won't focus and feels like it will pop out at any time. Thought it was almost gone, but woke up this morning with it just as strong as ever. Got too much to do to dope myself up and go to bed. So until I get full reasoning back, my avitar will reflect my thumping head. (new idea for avitar...maybe I should take an image of myself and morph it to make my head pound) FYI...Also changed my signature....

Cool story! Hee Haw was an american icon. Show ran from June 15, 1969 - 1993 on CBS & as a Syndicated Variety series. AMAZING run for slapstick foolish humor! The second one is my favorite when my computer is acting up! Bill's original post that started this thread with the comic style grumbling made me think of this song. -Samantha

Ya....but..... that's 2 clicks instead of 1 if I want to go to the website of someone. The www button used to be right there on the post....easy....looking for it is tooooooo hard and time consuming....whine with dinner anyone? -Samantha

That ad looks like Donald Trump....must be trying to decide which apprentice to choose (like it really makes a difference). My phone number is also BR549...must have different area codes. -Samantha

I miss the buttons..... WWW and others but I like some of the new smilies too:

comics style grumbling.... A rough day indeed. -Samantha

Sounds like you have your Internet Explorer set to reuse the same window over and over. You can change that setting so that every shortcut opens in a new window. Open Internet Explorer From the Menubar at the top, Choose TOOLS Choose Internet Options Choose Advanced Tab Scroll down to BROWSING section UNCHECK the box for Reuse windows for launching shortcuts Click APPLY, OK Now when you double click shortcuts, they open new browser windows each time! -Samantha