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muhammad_2013331
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January 14, 2018
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Email Button in Dreamweaver

I have created an "Email me" button in Dreamweaver but when i click it it is not opening my default email client. This is the code for button:

<div class="button">EMAIL ME </div>

  <a href="mailto:blah blah blah"></a>

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    BenPleysier
    BenPleysierCorrect answer
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    January 14, 2018

    Try

    <div class="button"><a href="mailto:blah blah blah">EMAIL ME</a></div>

    This is because the wording should be within the link and the (div)button is the container for the link. Actually you could get away with

    <a href="mailto:blah blah blah" class="button">EMAIL ME</a>

    if the right style rules are created.

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    williamb61916599
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    January 15, 2018

    Nice, I am interested creating HTML forms with dreamwaver . I’m especially interested in the form validation part using CSS.Can anyone help me?

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    BenPleysier
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    BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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    January 15, 2018

    Have a look at Nancy's tutorial Alt-Web Design & Publishing: Responsive Contact Form with Bootstrap 3.2 and PHP (Part 1)

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    January 14, 2018

    If you're using a current version of DW, the code for a Mailto link is in your Snippets folder.

    That said, I don't think anybody should  ever post their email address online unless they are junk e-mail masochists.  The robot harvesters will be all over your address in no time and selling it to everybody they possibly can.   Your inbox will soon  be stuffed with spam.

    If you want people to reach out to you, use a scripted contact form that hides your email address & thwarts spambots.   Contact your web host and ask them if they have a form-to-email script you can use.

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      BenPleysier
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      BenPleysierCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      January 14, 2018

      Try

      <div class="button"><a href="mailto:blah blah blah">EMAIL ME</a></div>

      This is because the wording should be within the link and the (div)button is the container for the link. Actually you could get away with

      <a href="mailto:blah blah blah" class="button">EMAIL ME</a>

      if the right style rules are created.

      Translate
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