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  • davehurst
    Second Lieutenant

    • Feb 2006
    • 122

    submit form does not work

    Hi guys,
    Can anyone help me please. I have created a contact us for on my web site. Problem is,when i have filled in all the data i require of a person, when i click submit it just puts me onto my outlook page to send an email.
    Has anyone out there got a few minutes to spare to have a look at what i have done wrong. I followed the tutorial to the letter, i think. I have used my email address as mailto:davehurst@blueyonder.co.uk

    Tottally confused???????
    Update..... I have just tried to do it with php like it says under the tutorial...... i am now getting an error message when i try to submit. Question, because i have taken the mailto thing off and replaced it with the php, how does it know where to send it to??????????????do i need to do something in bv so emails are directed to my email????
    As always your help is appreciated.

    Thanks in advance.
    Regards
    Dave

    www.eleganceweddingcarhire.com
  • Andy128
    Major General

    • Dec 2005
    • 2317

    #2
    Re: submit form does not work

    Hey Dave-
    It is best not to use the mailto: action. In stead- it is best to use php code to process your form and send the information to your e-mail address.

    Here are is a link to a tutorial for that:


    Additionally- Navaldesign has put together an advanced bv form processor that makes the whole process very easy. That can be found here:


    As to the problem you are experiencing with the php code- please copy and paste the php code you
    are using and we will sort it out.

    Post back if you need further help.

    Andy
    PHP- is a blast!

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    • navaldesign
      General & Forum Moderator

      • Oct 2005
      • 12080

      #3
      Re: submit form does not work

      Update..... I have just tried to do it with php like it says under the tutorial...... i am now getting an error message when i try to submit. Question, because i have taken the mailto thing off and replaced it with the php, how does it know where to send it to??????????????do i need to do something in bv so emails are directed to my email????

      Of course, if you read again the Forms tutorial more carefully, you will see that there are a few things in the php script, that you need to change yourself before using it: among them the email address, where the info will be sent, and the subject of the email.

      However, this is a very simple script. It doesn't have a any additional features. I advise you to go for the Blue Voda Advanced Form Processor

      As for the technical problem: when you submit, you get a 404 Page not found error. You have set the form action to be "action.php". But i can't find a "action.php" file in your site. So, again, please read the Form tutorial and see how this action.php script is created and implemented in a BV page.
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