Trouble with Contact Form

[tamlyn3]

I am having trouble with my contact form. When I click the Submit button a new email page comes up instead of the email going directly. Here is the link to my contact page.  PVII Affinity CSS/HTML5 Template: Layout 1

I'm fairly new to code writing and I just don't know what I've done wrong. Help will be appreciated.  Also, I just noticed that my contact page link doesn't look right. No idea what is going on there.

Thanks,
Tamlyn

[Jon Fritz]

Actually, nothing is going wrong, technically. What you describe is just how an HTML <form> with the mailto: attribute works. They require an installed email client on the device in order to function (the main reason we try not to use them anymore).

It's much better to use a server side form to email script. Most hosting companies will have one available for you to use so you can avoid those problems. Doing a search in your hosting company's site should get you what you're looking for and they're usually pretty easy to set up.

[tamlyn3]

Hi Jon,

Very good to know! I will check on that.

Thanks,

Tamlyn

[tamlyn3]

Unfortunately my hosting service does not offer any such code.

Tamlyn

[anissa_thompson]

A lot of hosting services have been foregoing providing scripts and sending their users to hosted 3rd party vendors to provide scripts.

Since my own host no longer provides one, I have my students learn about building interactive HTML form pages using http://formspree.io which is free and easy to setup, and doesn't have ads/spam. You can also Google similar free/low cost services if you are unable to build your own server-side scripts and/or don't need mailing list embed forms.

[Nancy OShea]

For non-coders  and/or servers that don't support form-processing scripts, Wufoo online forms is a good option.

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Nancy

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

If you're collecting names and addresses for an email list, you might want to look at MailChimp's embedded forms.   The names will automatically be added to your MailChimp mailing database. 

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[tamlyn3]

I will have to check with my client about that, Nancy.

Thanks!