I am doing a website for a friend, and have a Contact Us page that I created a form on with DreamWeaver. How do I get it to send me an email with the results?

I can send the html file for you to look at if needed.

Thanks!

The best way to do this is with a server-side code such as PHP

OK, I was just reading about that. Here is my question now. In Dreamweaver, I have the form fields created, but where exactly do I add the <form> tag? Here is this section of code...

<table width="221" border="0" align="center">
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2">
                        <div align="right"> 
                          Name
                            <input type="text" name="Name" id="Name">
                          </div></td></tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2" align="right"><div align="right">Phone
                        <input type="text" name="Phone #" id="Phone #">
                      </div></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2" align="right"><div align="right">Email
                        <input type="text" name="Email" id="Email">
                      </div>
                      </label></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2" align="right">&nbsp;</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2" align="center"><span class="style6">Let us know how you found us!</span></td>
                    </tr>
                    
                    <tr>
                      <td width="110" align="right"><label>
                        <input type="checkbox" name="Google" id="Google">
                      </label></td>
                      <td width="101" align="left">Google</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="right"><label>
                        <input type="checkbox" name="Yahoo" id="Yahoo">
                      </label></td>
                      <td align="left">Yahoo</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="right"><input type="checkbox" name="Referral" id="Referral">
                          <label></label></td>
                      <td align="left">Referral</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="right"><input type="checkbox" name="Radio" id="Radio"></td>
                      <td align="left">Radio</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td height="22" align="right"><input type="checkbox" name="Print Ad" id="Print Ad"></td>
                      <td align="left">Print Ad</td>
                    </tr>
                  </table>
                  <p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <p align="center">Please enter your comments or questions in the box below.</p>
                  <p align="center"><br>
                  </p>
                  <p align="center">
                    <textarea name="textarea" id="textarea" cols="25" rows="5"></textarea>
                  </p>
                  <p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <p align="center">
                    <input type="submit" name="Submit2" id="Submit" value="Submit">
                  </p></td>
              </tr>
              </tbody>
            </table>            </td>

Thanks!

You would wrap a form tag around the entire table you posted.

Great.

Is this the correct way to use this tag?

<form      action="contact-us.php"
    method="get">

</form>

Then it will send the info to "contact-us.php" and that file will determine what to do with the information (such as email it)?

Also, would I use "get" or "post"?

Correct?

That looks correct to me. But you should use "post" instead of "get".

Awesome! Thanks for all the help. I will post again if I have any other questions.

Here's a quick question. From the first batch of code that I posted, where exactly do I add the <form> tag? When I add it in Dreamweaver, it messes up the whole positioning of things for some reason.

Should be like this:

<form>
<table width="221" border="0" align="center">
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2">
                        <div align="right"> 
                          Name
                            <input type="text" name="Name" id="Name">
                          </div></td></tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2" align="right"><div align="right">Phone
                        <input type="text" name="Phone #" id="Phone #">
                      </div></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2" align="right"><div align="right">Email
                        <input type="text" name="Email" id="Email">
                      </div>
                      </label></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2" align="right">&nbsp;</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2" align="center"><span class="style6">Let us know how you found us!</span></td>
                    </tr>
                    
                    <tr>
                      <td width="110" align="right"><label>
                        <input type="checkbox" name="Google" id="Google">
                      </label></td>
                      <td width="101" align="left">Google</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="right"><label>
                        <input type="checkbox" name="Yahoo" id="Yahoo">
                      </label></td>
                      <td align="left">Yahoo</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="right"><input type="checkbox" name="Referral" id="Referral">
                          <label></label></td>
                      <td align="left">Referral</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="right"><input type="checkbox" name="Radio" id="Radio"></td>
                      <td align="left">Radio</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td height="22" align="right"><input type="checkbox" name="Print Ad" id="Print Ad"></td>
                      <td align="left">Print Ad</td>
                    </tr>
                  </table>
                  <p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <p align="center">Please enter your comments or questions in the box below.</p>
                  <p align="center"><br>
                  </p>
                  <p align="center">
                    <textarea name="textarea" id="textarea" cols="25" rows="5"></textarea>
                  </p>
                  <p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <p align="center">
                    <input type="submit" name="Submit2" id="Submit" value="Submit">
                  </p></td>
              </tr>
              </tbody>
            </table> 

           </form>
                </td>

There was an extra "</td>" in the code you posted. I am not sure where it came from, but you shouldn't have to wrap the form around that part.

Also, have you thought about using css instead of tables???

Originally Posted by angele803

There was an extra "</td>" in the code you posted. I am not sure where it came from, but you shouldn't have to wrap the form around that part.

Also, have you thought about using css instead of tables???

OK, i got the correct placement of the code.

I am not real familiar with using CSS. Is it easier to use? What are the benefits?

Laying your site out with CSS is much easier and more flexible than tables. That is, of course, once you get a good handle on css. CSS does have a bit of a learning curve to it, but it really is not hard. Once you understand how it works, it will make your life a lot easier.
Plus, laying things out with CSS helps your sites to be more accessible. It also helps keep your site compliant with today's web standards.
I would encourage every web designer/developer to learn CSS.
You can start learning about it at W3Schools.
This book and this book also really helped me learn CSS too.
Good luck with your site, and feel free to post with more questions along the way!