lounge,
I have been in your shoes too many times as a new developer
and wanted to offer what little I can...
Murray, or one of the other more experienced folks here may
correct me on this, but I think you may need to add 'mailto:' to
the line containing the submit button...?
Now as for the form. I don't use forms, but with my brief
experience with them, I can tell you that if you want the data
returned to you in a manner useful for sorting through, you'll need
soemthing a little more dynamic. From what I remember, a standard
HTML form just emails you the info in a clump. It is the least
secure way of doing this and is also the easiest. It also means
you're in for a lovely time of sorting through this data (and your
form is massive) with each response you get. Lots of cutting and
pasting...not time-friendly.
So, you might want to consider an interactive PDF file where
you have an online form, the user can open it on your page and fill
it out then have it emailed back to you as a PDF document.
OR...what someone here is likely to suggest...you'll need to use a
scripting language such as PHP and get your brain wrapped around
databases. This method stores the information you collect in a
database then you have access to it in a far more useable manner.
David Powers' book PHP Solutions shows you how to create a dynamic
form, and his books are ones you should own if you are building
your own pages. The upside is that David is an extremely articulate
teacher and you WILL 'get it' by following his instructions. The
downside is that you aren't going to learn all this in 2 days.
So much of this stuff we learn here is experience-based, it
sucks having to get an answer telling you to go out and learn
more...but alas, that may well be the case here. I hope this helps.
I have cried out for assistance here many a time and have received
some good advice.
Best of luck!
Cheers,
wordman
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