form action - Macromedia Dreamweaver

could someone help me?

Yannorlando wrote:
> could someone help me?

What server-side language does your host support? PHP? ASP? ColdFusion?

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Bonnie

Yannorlando wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I built a form with spry but I don't know what to put in the action field, I'm
> confuse because they don't explain this part in "Dreamweaver cs3 the missing
> manual"
> I understand that I m supose to enter the address of the script who is going
> to process the form and this script is also supose to send back a new page
> (that I already created) with "Thank you"
>
> I asked the technical support from the host company I use and the guy told me
> that he hasn't done that for a long time and doesn't remember how to do that so
> I don't know who to ask... if you want to have an idea, here is the address of
> the site I built but it is not done yet: www.leonardo-castiglioni.com
> Thank you for your help.

What do you want the form to do? Once you know that, you can research
the kind of scripts that are available to do that task.

Dooza

I just want the script to send me an email and also to make the thank you page
load. the host company provide script handlers to make forms work but the tech
support doesn't know how to make it work... I paid for 3 months and after that
I'm leaving to a better host company with real tech support. I learned myself
with Dreamweaver cs3 the missing manual, they are teaching you how to build a
form with Spry but they don't tell you more!

Thank you for your help.

Yannorlando wrote:
> I just want the script to send me an email and also to make the thank you page
> load. the host company provide script handlers to make forms work but the tech
> support doesn't know how to make it work... I paid for 3 months and after that
> I'm leaving to a better host company with real tech support. I learned myself
> with Dreamweaver cs3 the missing manual, they are teaching you how to build a
> form with Spry but they don't tell you more!
>
> Thank you for your help.

Do your host have an FAQ or Support website? Or control panel with
instructions?

Dooza

They don't have any support, no chat, no FAQ... Here is a copy of part of my
form code:

<form action="http://www.hartkopf-construction.com/cgi-bin" method="post"
enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" name="form1" id="form1">
<table width="96%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="Border" scope="row"><h3>Please provide your
contact information:</h3></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" scope="row"><input name="form1" type="hidden"
value="info@hartkopf-construction.com" /></td>
</tr>

in the missing manual they are saying that I need to ask the host company for
the form action and also to put a hidden value so the form know where to send
the info.
Also I don't know from that how to make the "thank you page" load.

Thank you for your help.

Yannorlando wrote:
> They don't have any support, no chat, no FAQ... Here is a copy of part of my
> form code:

Good job your changing hosts! You need to know which script you are
using in order to know what fields to send it, without knowing which
script you have you can't do anything. We can't guess it either.

You might be able to ftp to the CGI-BIN folder and see what script is
available, but the security may be setup in such a way that you can't
see the file, so won't be able to download it to see what the script is.

Dooza

Could you give me some good host company name?

Yannorlando wrote:
> Could you give me some good host company name?

I can't, as I have spent the last 8 years working on dedicated servers
where you use your own scripts, but I am sure there are people here who
can make some recommendations.

Dooza