Destination Address For "submit" Button

tomt491

Sep 1 2008, 07:15 PM

I discovered this site while searching for an answer on what HTML code to use to print a web page. "Skymonkey" provided the answer to a similar question posed back in 2005. I now have another question about submitting a web page with fill in blanks.

Is there an easy HTML code that can include a destination address to a "Submit" button without having to use Javascript? I have created a form with fill in blanks and now want to have people simply hit the Submit button to send their information to a particular email address.

Thanks for any help.
Tom T.

jlhaslip

Sep 1 2008, 07:56 PM

Sounds to me like you require the use of a "mailto" action (or a Contact Form).

Mailto will pop-up the user's Mail Client (Outlook, Thunderbird, etc) that is installed on their machine. A contact Form would require some php coding.

Are you comfortable with PHP? Do you have a Hosting account which allows the use of the PHP Mail function?

Trap17 allows the mail() on their Hosting Accounts. Make some good posts, apply for an Account and someone will likely assist you with the code.
*Possibly even write the bulk of it for you.*

(reaches into his php folder... )

shadowx

Sep 1 2008, 08:28 PM

QUOTE

*Possibly even write the bulk of it for you.*

(reaches into his php folder...

Not if i beat ya to it

As jlhaslip said, PHP is probably the best and easiest way to do this, assuming you know PHP (PHP is a back end, server side coding language, no PHP code is ever shown to the user, it is run like a program on the hosting server and then the user sees the output, eg "Email sent" not the code)

with php you would write a new file and then link it to the submit button using the form's "action" attribute eg: action=email.php

As jlhaslip also said you can use the basic HTML mailto: link with additional details, but this is apparently unreliable and not very browser compatible. So the best route is the PHP one, if you need a script then there are a good few PHP coders on the forums that can write one for you in a few minutes so just ask

galexcd

Sep 1 2008, 09:16 PM

QUOTE(shadowx @ Sep 1 2008, 01:28 PM)

there are a good few PHP coders on the forums that can write one for you in a few minutes so just ask

No need to ask, I just whipped one up for you right now. You can either use it as it is or use it as an example on how to make one yourself. This code is not a complete page, just the portion that displays the submit button and fields, that way you are able to insert it into any page you want with a simple copy and paste:

CODE

<? //enter recipient's email address. If multiple recipients, separate with comma:
$to="someemail@yourdomain.com";
if(isset($_POST['email'])){
if(ereg("^[^@]{1,64}@[^@]{1,200}\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}$",$_POST['email'])){
mail($to,$_POST['subject'],$_POST['message'],"From: ".$_POST['email']);
echo'<font color="green">Your message was sent</font>';
}else echo'<font color="red">"'.$_POST['email'].'" is not a valid email address.</font>';
}
?><form action="" method="post"><table><tr><td>Your Email:</td><td><input name="email"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Subject:</td><td><input name="subject"></td></tr></table>Message:
<br><textarea rows="8" cols="50" name="message"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" value="send"></form>

jlhaslip

Sep 1 2008, 10:12 PM

http://www.jlhaslip.trap17.com/contact/index_form_mail.php

Try this as a "questionaire" form that will email you the results.

Styling is a blend of several templates, but it can be made pretty very quickly.

tomt491

Sep 2 2008, 12:14 AM

Thanks to all of you who responded to my question about adding a destination address to a "Submit" button. I'm designing a web page for a conference in which people will be able to fill in the blanks on a web page, print the page out on their printer, then mail it along with their registration fees to the Registrar. I don't believe the group is going to be able to handle Internet registrations using the "Submit" button option, but I just wanted to learn how to do it for the future.

This group has already taught me a few new things about HTML coding and I'm going to enjoy taking part in the forums.

Thanks again,

Tom T.

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Destination Address For "submit" Button - Adding a destination email address to a "Submit" button

Destination Address For "submit" Button - Adding a destination email address to a "Submit" button