How To "Use" a Form Created in DWMX2004

And it's true. All the best books do tell you how to create forms, validate
forms, and generally produce good looking forms. And then they say something
like: "But you will require some other scripting code, such as CGI, to be able
to use the forms in a website."

So, my question is: "Having been able to produce all kinds of forms in
DWMX2004 what do I do with them now? How do I 'use' with within a website? What
additional code do I need? How do I use this code in respect of the forms I 've
created? In what folders do I place the code so that I can FTP it all up when I
FTP the site from withinn DWMX2004?"

Actually, that was more than one question I know - but all the info is better
than part of it., I suppose

Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you.

Paul,
Yes, you do need some sort of server side scripting to process the form.
The most used method I guess would be the standard FormMail.cgi.
Most hosts provide this for you. Check your hosts' faq page to see if this
is available to you.
It is then a matter of adding a bit of code to your already designed forms.

For more info look here:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/form_email.htm
http://apptools.com/phptools/forms/

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"send2paul" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

And it's true. All the best books do tell you how to create forms,
validate
forms, and generally produce good looking forms. And then they say
something
like: "But you will require some other scripting code, such as CGI, to be
able
to use the forms in a website."

So, my question is: "Having been able to produce all kinds of forms in
DWMX2004 what do I do with them now? How do I 'use' with within a website?
What
additional code do I need? How do I use this code in respect of the forms
I 've
created? In what folders do I place the code so that I can FTP it all up
when I
FTP the site from withinn DWMX2004?"

Actually, that was more than one question I know - but all the info is
better
than part of it., I suppose

Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you.

Thanks for that Nadia, I shall enquire with whichever host I use about Form.CGI
coding. I shall also go ahead and read the link you've gave me as well, but I
just want to ask the quick questions here....

Does anyone know what I do with the Form.CGI code once I've got it? Do I
insert it into the HTML file with the form? Is it an "attachment", like a CSS
style sheet? Which folder does it go into, (if it is a separate file), with
respect to the DWMX2004 root folders, for FTPing up to the host server?

Thanks again Nadia for your help - and anybody else's who may reply to this.