form mail

[tmschiff]

Can someone please explain to me how to do the following:

I would like someone to have the ability to write within a text box on my website, click a submit button, and then the words they wrote are directed to an email of my choosing.

Here is a crude example: http://www.wilmettepark.org/contact.cfm

if someone could explain to me how to do this type of stuff i would be very appreciative

thanks,
Tyrone

 

[DLPerry]

The form itself is done with standard html form tags - a quick search for 'html form tags' found a lot of data on the subject. One forms tutorial is here -->http://webdesign.about.com/cs/forms/a/aaformstut1.htm.

The 'handling' of the data input by the viewer is done with a form handling script. The page you indicate appears to use ColdFusion, but form handlers come in all shapes and sizes.

A good, simple, free form handler is MasterFeedback

There is also a simple online form code generator here --> http://www.bontragercgi.com/Code_Generator_for_Feedback_or_Contact_Form.html

Of course - the form data can be submitted with a simple mailto: action, but that can leave you open to spambots, and I generally don't recommend it.

hth