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I'm curious what do you guys use to make forms? Any help would be appreciated.

Do you mean web forms, or printables? :)

I meant web forms where the customer can fill out the form online and have it sent directly to my email. Is there an easy way to do that. I know how to create them. Its the part of actually getting them to work I don't understand.

All online forms need to start with the "form" tag and then supply a "method" (post), and at least an "action" (mailto:) with your email address listed after the :


So your opening line of code for the formmight be:


< form action=mailto:your@email.address method="POST"
enctype="text/plain" >


(this "enctype" tells it to send a plain text email)


You will also need to close the form < /form >


This won't work with all browsers, though. It might be better to find a hosted form service, such as http://www.mycontactform.com/ (http://www.mycontactform.com/)
or, use a script: http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Remotely_Hosted/Form_Processing (http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Remotely_Hosted/Form_Processing/) /


Good Luck! smileys/smiley2.gif

Thank you very much for your help!smileys/smiley1.gif

its pretty easy. I usually hand code the forms. Do let me know if you need any help

I've been playing around with the trial of formail.com and I will be purchasing it! Thanks.

Edited by: scadesigns