Creating a Thank You Page after a form has been sent?

How can I create a link to another page once a person has clicked on the send button. I want to have a thank you page so that they know that their form went through rather than having the same page sit there and they are unsure what has happened.

Thanks

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How are you processing your form? Is it the standard cgi FormMail? or asp,
cf.
There is generally a 'redirect' link in the form to send the person to
another page...
Let us know what you are using and someone can help a bit more..

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"Toby-Joe" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

How can I create a link to another page once a person has clicked on the
send button. I want to have a thank you page so that they know that their

form went through rather than having the same page sit there and they are
unsure what has happened.

Thanks

Please give in basic Dreamweaver MX language (no HTML code please - still
learning the basics here)

There are different ways to do this.

Please explain which kind of form mailer you are using.

have a look at these extra fields you can use:
http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/....html#redirect

If you are using a cgi script try this
enter the following code at the top of the form, the ACTION bit needs to
point to your cgi script

<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/mailto.cgi">
<input type=hidden name="recipient" value=youremailaddress (AT) yourhost (DOT) com>
<input type=hidden name="subject" value="contact me">
<input type=hidden
name="redirect"value="http://www.yoursite.com/thankyou.htm">

then create a page with a message on saying thank you etc and save it as
thankyou.htm
When a visitor fills in the form the bottom line above will redirect to the
thankyou.htm page
If you dont have a mailto.cgi script contact me and I will send you one
Regards
Edward
eddiej (AT) dsl (DOT) pipex.com



"Toby-Joe" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

How can I create a link to another page once a person has clicked on the
send button. I want to have a thank you page so that they know that their

form went through rather than having the same page sit there and they are
unsure what has happened.

Thanks

Please give in basic Dreamweaver MX language (no HTML code please - still
learning the basics here)

Depending on the script you use: I am used to putting in a hidden form field
named "redirect" with a value of thanks.htm or whatever you have called your
page. Insert from the forms paulette.

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"Toby-Joe" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

How can I create a link to another page once a person has clicked on the
send button. I want to have a thank you page so that they know that their

form went through rather than having the same page sit there and they are
unsure what has happened.

Thanks

Please give in basic Dreamweaver MX language (no HTML code please - still
learning the basics here)

"Toby-Joe" webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com wrote:

How can I create a link to another page once a person has clicked on the send button. I want to have a thank you page so that they know that their form went through rather than having the same page sit there and they are unsure what has happened.

Thanks

Please give in basic Dreamweaver MX language (no HTML code please - still learning the basics here)

Making GOOD forms that'll work might take some time depending on your
experience, etc.
Check the formmail tutorial in my signature. Might help you....

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On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 11:55:32 -0000, "eddie" <xcb70 (AT) dial (DOT) pipex.com>
wrote:

If you are using a cgi script try this
enter the following code at the top of the form, the ACTION bit needs to
point to your cgi script

FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/mailto.cgi"
input type=hidden name="recipient" value=youremailaddress (AT) yourhost (DOT) com
input type=hidden name="subject" value="contact me"
input type=hidden
name="redirect"value="http://www.yoursite.com/thankyou.htm"

then create a page with a message on saying thank you etc and save it as
thankyou.htm
When a visitor fills in the form the bottom line above will redirect to the
thankyou.htm page
If you dont have a mailto.cgi script contact me and I will send you one
Regards
Edward
eddiej (AT) dsl (DOT) pipex.com


The problem with this method is that you are leaving your email

address in the source code, inside the recipient hidden field.

It would be far better to use a script that stores the email address
only on the server. I did a hack on the formmail.php script, so that
it only stores addresses server-side. It's far safer. Otherwise spam
harvesting programs will cream off your address, and send you all
sorts of rubbish.


Paul Taylor

I'm using a basic cgi script with Dreamweaver MX

I'm using a basic cgi script with Dreamweaver MX

WHAT cgi script?
What is the name of it?
Where is it from?
What does it's Author/Readme say about a redirect on success?

the answer is going to be specific to THAT script you are using- there's no
general answer.

looked at the contact page listed in another thread, that is set for a
mailto: so no leads to what script is going to be used.


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Paul Taylor wrote:

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 11:55:32 -0000, "eddie" <xcb70 (AT) dial (DOT) pipex.com
wrote:


If you are using a cgi script try this
enter the following code at the top of the form, the ACTION bit needs to
point to your cgi script

FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/mailto.cgi"
input type=hidden name="recipient" value=youremailaddress (AT) yourhost (DOT) com
input type=hidden name="subject" value="contact me"
input type=hidden
name="redirect"value="http://www.yoursite.com/thankyou.htm"

then create a page with a message on saying thank you etc and save it as
thankyou.htm
When a visitor fills in the form the bottom line above will redirect to the
thankyou.htm page
If you dont have a mailto.cgi script contact me and I will send you one
Regards
Edward
eddiej (AT) dsl (DOT) pipex.com



The problem with this method is that you are leaving your email
address in the source code, inside the recipient hidden field.

It would be far better to use a script that stores the email address
only on the server. I did a hack on the formmail.php script, so that
it only stores addresses server-side. It's far safer. Otherwise spam
harvesting programs will cream off your address, and send you all
sorts of rubbish.


Paul Taylor

NMS Formmail at: http://nms-cgi.sourceforge.net is the most recent cgi
formmail script. It hides your email addresses and it the most secure
script to date. Well worth using!

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