Making Email Link Active in Form - Macromedia Dreamweaver

TonyB2004 wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I have a contact form with an email field. When the submitted data comes in
> the email, I need the email link to be active (clickable).
>
> Another option would be how to to make the users email show up as the sender,
> that way I could just reply to the email.
>
> Any insight on how to accomplish one or the other or both?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

The only way would be to send the forms contents as an HTML email, and
code the link in HTML. How you do this depends on form processor your
using and your ability to hand code.

Dooza

[q]Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
TonyB2004 wrote:
The only way would be to send the forms contents as an HTML email, and
code the link in HTML. How you do this depends on form processor your
using and your ability to hand code.

Dooza
[/q]

Thanks for reply.

How can I find out to accomplish this?

There are only two ways to process form data -

1. Use mailto:name@example.com as the action of the form
2. Use a server-side scripting method to a) harvest the form's data, b)
process it in some manner, e.g., enter it into a database, c) formulate and
send an email to one or more email recipients, and d) redirect the visitor
to some ending page

Method 1 is quite simple, and is also the least reliable. It depends both
on your visitor having an email client already installed on their computer -
this eliminates public computers, or home users without email clients
installed (more and more it seems) - and on the installed email client
responding to
the mailto call. It is not possible to use this method *and* send the
visitor to a
thank you page as well.

Method 2a is the preferred method, since it eliminates the problems of
method
1, but it means that you have to grapple with server-scripting somehow (ASP,
CF, PHP, perl, etc.).

Method 2b would be to use some third-party form processing, like
http://www.bebosoft.com/products/formstogo/, or if your server supports PHP,
you could investigate http://www.geekministry.com/formbuilder/, a very nice
product by a frequent poster here.

You would have to decide which of these methods is best for your needs,
but if it's Method 2a, then start by asking your host what they provide for
form
processing. If it's 2b, then read their FAQ/instructions carefully.


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"TonyB2004" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> [q]Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
> TonyB2004 wrote:
> The only way would be to send the forms contents as an HTML email, and
> code the link in HTML. How you do this depends on form processor your
> using and your ability to hand code.
>
> Dooza
> [/q]
>
> Thanks for reply.
>
> How can I find out to accomplish this?
>
>
>