Can anyone suggest the best solution for site submission please. Im very happy making forms within Dreamweaver but when it comes to the mechanics of actually getting the information sent to me im not sure of the best approach. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Regards and thanks in advance
Tim

Its not rocket science !

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Can anyone suggest the best solution for site submission please. Im very happy making forms within Dreamweaver but when it comes to the mechanics of actually getting the information sent to me im not sure of the best approach. Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Would you use CGI or Server-Side form processing of your forms? Will you be integrating them with databases? Do you want form data sent just in an email?

If Server-Side language, which one (PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, JSP)?

Hi Chris thanks for the reply. I would only need the information from my form to be sent via email so nothing too complicated should be involved but wondered if you could recommend a solution.
Regards
Tim

Its not rocket science !

Hi Tim

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>If Server-Side language, which one (PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, JSP)?
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You need to answer Chris' question as the server processes the email generation. Ask your web host if unsure also the operating system would be good to have too.

Digga

Sharing Knowledge Saves Valuable Time!!!

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>You need to answer Chris' question as the server processes the email generation. Ask your web host if unsure also the operating system would be good to have too.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
Digga's right, you should know your host(s) <b>Operating System</b>, and <b>server-side languages supported</b> (PHP, ASP, .NET, ColdFusion, JSP), then you will know what you can process your form(s) with.

Windows servers allow ASP, and most have ASP.NET also now.

Linux/Unix servers usually have PHP, some JSP.

Sorry guys you must be fed up with us beginners !!.
In answer to Chris's question i will be hosting my site on a Windows 2003 server platform which has PHP, ASP, .NET available.
Regards
Tim

Its not rocket science !

ASP & CDONTS to send the form by mail is quite easy to learn,
plus there are tons of free scripts available to do it for you if you dont like to code.

www.webwizguide.info &lt; nice scripts

Google stuff
www.google.co.uk/search?q=cdonts+script&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US<img src=../images/dmxzone/forum/icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>fficial

regards
Dave

Hi Tim

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Sorry guys you must be fed up with us beginners !!.
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Not at all!

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>ASP & CDONTS to send the form by mail is quite easy to learn,
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Unfortunately, unless the host actually installed the CDONTS.DLL you won't be able to use this object, you'll have to use CDO or CDOSYS instead which are similar but have more methods available.

Try looking here:

www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_send_email.asp

Digga

Sharing Knowledge Saves Valuable Time!!!

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Cool! The world is at your fingertips.

DMXzone has articles for all three languages (Beg-Int-Adv: www.dmxzone.com/categories.asp?TypeId=28 and the Tutorials www.dmxzone.com/categories.asp?TypeId=2). Also, a quickie spot for all 3 languages is w3schools.com.