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RailwayMission
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July 10, 2019
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Please help with web form / contact form

  • July 10, 2019
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Hi,

I am a complete novice at this.

I have worked out how to make a very simple form and for now have placed it at RailHope International  as a draft and a starting point.

I know the issue will be 'not having a php script' or something along those lines. But how do I get from here to a functioning web form? I have tried looking at tutorials, but have given up as the last on I looked at and followed, it got all the way to the end then said 'now you have created your contact form, but of course it won't work'. I could have thrown the computer out the window!

Thank you for your time in reading this, I hope someone will be kind enough to help.

William

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

Start with your web hosting provider.  Find out which form-to-email scripts they recommend.  If they don't have one you can use, ask them if the PHP mail () function is enabled on your server.  If it is enabled, the tutorial Ben posted should work for you.  If it's not enabled, you'll have to find another type of script that supports SMTP authentication.   Or if you don't want to deal with any of this, use a 3rd party form service like Wufoo.com.  All the form processing is carried out on their servers, not yours.

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Nancy OShea
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July 10, 2019

Start with your web hosting provider.  Find out which form-to-email scripts they recommend.  If they don't have one you can use, ask them if the PHP mail () function is enabled on your server.  If it is enabled, the tutorial Ben posted should work for you.  If it's not enabled, you'll have to find another type of script that supports SMTP authentication.   Or if you don't want to deal with any of this, use a 3rd party form service like Wufoo.com.  All the form processing is carried out on their servers, not yours.

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RailwayMission
RailwayMissionAuthor
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July 10, 2019

Thank you,

They recomend PHP and pointed me to https://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php  for help.

I am sure for folks that have more understaning than I do it would be understandable.

In Dreamweaver I can not work out how to add the PHP, I have tried to follow your instructions.

In the old CS3 version I could work that out, but it has been several years since I used CS3. The new CC I can't work out, it just is not straight forward.

Thanks

Nancy OShea
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July 10, 2019

To use PHP scripts, your contact page will need to be savedAs contact.php not .html

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BenPleysier
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July 10, 2019

Although built with an old version of Bootstrap, this tutorial, by Nancy OShea, will give you an impression of hat is required

Wappler is the DMXzone-made Dreamweaver replacement and includes the best of their powerful extensions, as well as much more!
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Anonymous
July 12, 2019

Ben,

Please tell me where I can find the tutorial you mentioned. The link in your post takes me to Nancy's page, but I can't find any tutorials there. Thank you.

Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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July 12, 2019

Part 1 of the 3 part tutorial starts below.

Alt-Web Design & Publishing: Responsive Contact Form with Bootstrap 3.2 and PHP (Part 1)

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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