Done Page for Forms

Hello
This is probably a dummy question, but I am quite new to Dreamweaver. I have
created a form that mails a .att form with the results. I have managed to get
that working. However, at present once the "submit" button is clicked, nothing
appears to tell the user that they have now sent the form. I have seen these
"done" pages on other sites. I created a "done" page and saved it as a .html
file. How do I get the "done" page to appear once the user has clicked
"submit"?

I have scoured the internet for some assistance, and so far failed :-( Any
assistance would be much appreciated.

Many thanks.

Carol White-Griffiths

There are only two ways to process form data -

1. Use mailto:name (AT) domain (DOT) 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 2 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.).

You would have to decide which of these methods is best for your needs,
but if it's Method 2, then start by asking your host what they provide for
form
processing.

And by the way, if you are getting an ".att" extension, you can prevent that
by adding "entype='text/plain'" to the form tag.

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"Hannya" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Hello
This is probably a dummy question, but I am quite new to Dreamweaver. I
have
created a form that mails a .att form with the results. I have managed to
get
that working. However, at present once the "submit" button is clicked,
nothing
appears to tell the user that they have now sent the form. I have seen
these
"done" pages on other sites. I created a "done" page and saved it as a
.html
file. How do I get the "done" page to appear once the user has clicked
"submit"?

I have scoured the internet for some assistance, and so far failed :-(
Any
assistance would be much appreciated.

Many thanks.

Carol White-Griffiths

Thanks for the info. I think method 2 is a bit beyond my capability. Where can I find out more about all this?

Thanks

Start by asking your host.

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"Hannya" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Thanks for the info. I think method 2 is a bit beyond my capability.
Where can I find out more about all this?

Thanks

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:31:33 +0000 (UTC), "Hannya"
<webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote:

Thanks for the info. I think method 2 is a bit beyond my capability.
Where can I find out more about all this?

http://apptools.com/rants/mailto.php

Gary