I started to create a fanlist.

What I want to do now is to create a button or something like this - that when you click on it - sends a form to my e-mail address - how do I do this with webDwarf?

Select the object

button right. option Edit Link , type : Mailto. and enter the e-mail.

Regards.

there is more to a mail-to form than just creating a mail-to link your web server has to support cgi.And you have to know how to write the script. And even if you find script on internet you still have to install it.

There are alot of web sites that can do this for you if you cannot or web server wont allow.
I personaly have had good luck with this one www.responders.com
You fill out a simple form then past the code they generate into your html thats it .Now all submits from your web site goto the email you want

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Originally posted by Spain is Different:
Select the object
button right. option Edit Link , type : Mailto. and enter the e-mail.

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That was easy - thank you - did not know about it. The only problem is, that not the form can be sent like that, but only a normal message.

What I mean is:
I put a form on the page, which the visitor fills out.

NAME:
AGE:
COUNTRY:

There should also be a button that sends this "form" to me - I guess it's done via e-mail.

Hi Happy,

Have a look here at an online form creator.

Then look here for processing your form.

Use this simple code:

<A HREF="MAILTO:youremailaddress?SUBJECT=Fanlist&BODY=Add your Name, Address & Country below">Click Here</a>

Where it states "yourmailaddress" add your email address

Where it states "Fanlist" put whatever you want as this is the subject of the email

Where it says "Add your Name....." put whatever text you want as this will appear in the the main part of the email.

Where is says "Click Here" again, put whatever you want as this is a link that when clicked will open up the users email client.

Copy all this code and place in wherever you want it to appear. You may have to play around with the positioning.

Hi AndyP!

This is an easy soloution - I like it!

Is there a possibility to replace the words click here by a gif?

Is there a possibility to row the form like
name:
country:
age:

I mean each word under the next one not next to it.


Hey Stock!

Still looking through the informations!
Thanks so far!

You can use a free service by Bravenet.com
It's a huge resource of all kinds of free scripts that are processed through them.
There are different kinds of forms, including the one that you want.
You can try it.

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Originally posted by Happy:
Hi AndyP!

This is an easy soloution - I like it!

Is there a possibility to replace the words click here by a gif?

Is there a possibility to row the form like
name:
country:
age:

I mean each word under the next one not next to it.


Hey Stock!

Still looking through the informations!
Thanks so far!

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Mmm I dont know about different text for each heading. I dont know a great deal about coding for this type of application but I presume that we would have to add another body tag somewhere in it. Derry or Harpo may know more about thatand I would be interested inknowing as well. In the meantime , when I get a moment, I will look in to it further.

I dont think it is possible to add a gif image as a link but you could place the text over an image and see what happens.

One point to remember is that this is by far the easiest way to get some user interaction without having to bother about FormMail scripting, cgi-bin, or third party form handlers that will probably carry advetising.

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this is by far the easiest way to get some user interaction without having to bother about FormMail scripting, cgi-bin, or third party form handlers that will probably carry advetising

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That's why I decided that this soloution is the best for my needs.

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I will look in to it further

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Many thanks!

To replace your text with a gif (or any other image), replace "Click Here" with <img src="./image/imagename.gif"> , where "image" is the folder you have the image in and "imagename.gif" is the name of your image. So you would end up with this code....


<A HREF="MAILTO:youremailaddress?SUBJECT=Fanlist&BODY=Add your Name, Address & Country below"><img src="./image/imagename.gif"></a>

OK - everythings fine now - got it like I wanted it - only the

name:
country:
age:

each word under the previous did not work.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Happy,

Found a code!

%0D%0A%0D%0A between the words lists them
like I want them!

THANKS GUYS!

C U soon

Well thats interesting.. and it works? Well done for finding that out.. I will post this in the User's Tips Section

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and it works?

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Try it

 <a href="MAILTO:youremail@yahoo.com?SUBJECT=List&BODY=Name*:%0D%0A%0D%0A
country*:%0D%0A%0D%0A
zip code / city*:%0D%0A%0D%0A
age:%0D%0A%0D%0A
sex:%0D%0A%0D%0A
e-mail:%0D%0A%0D%0A
homepage:%0D%0A%0D%0A
The informations with a * are mandatory, the others are optional!"><img src="http://www.harrythecat.com/graphics/A/click1.gif"
</a>

 

LOL actually.. when I put "And it works?" I should have put "And it works!" Because I had tried it.

I have posted to "User Tips" and hopefully when it passes the "Editor" of the forum it will be there for all to see.

After submitting the code to "User Tips" I had another look and found that you dont need all of that coding for it to work.. Instead of putting in:

%0D%0A%0D%0A all you need is &OD

So I edited my post in "User Tips" accordingly

New Sitespinner user, and first question. Sorry if the answer is obvious, or if I am in the wrong place!

Re: mailto link

I have created a button, right-clicked it, used the URL manager, and when I test the button Outlook pops up with my email address inserted.

However - when published, Outlook pops up with default "emailme@mydomain.com".

Any enquiry clearly won't get to me! Anyone tell me what I am missing here? Thanks.

from what it sounds, i have always had this problem... i have never once in my life got a mailto: script to work without server side scripts.
Someone here may know how to do it but personally i would use this free software that uses a server side script (meaning spam bots CANNOT get your email address)

http://www.webformdesigner.com , Its a wysiwyg form designer, great!

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Still, the simple client side link should not change when you publish. If you want to use that type make sure you don't have two different links on the same object (e.g. one in code or text and one on the object)

You should just need:

url type: mailto:
url: somename@somewhere.com

in the link tab of the quick editor. The viewer of your page must have an email program like Outlook setup for this to work. The server side email scripts don't.