I have a problem with my contact form, i havent done any webmaster work for around 2-3 years now and im finding it difficult with some of the coding, but dont know where i am going wrong with my form, it goes to my email address but when i open the email its all a load of crap,

here is my coding

<div id="sidebar" style="WIDTH: 99.42%; HEIGHT: 838px">
<p>Name<br><input name="Name"> </p>
<p>E-mail address<br><input name="Emailaddress"> </p>
<p>Message<br><textarea style="WIDTH: 344px; HEIGHT: 140px" name="Message" rows="8" cols="40"></textarea> </p>
<p><form
action="mailto:jonny.jones@gmail.com"
method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data"
name="EmailForm">
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>

please help me

use server side code to send emails.

sorry dont understand, could you possibly do the coding for me, or adjust the one i made so it can work, ive been at it for days and cant find no tutorials that can help me, its been cooking the brain inside of me. lol

server side code = ASP, PHP, ASP.NET, Perl, Python, ColdFusion, etc your host may well support CGI script formmail if you have no scripting set up

and there are THOUSANDS of contact form scripts in every language possible dotted around the internet, a google search will get you several hundred in couple of seconds or so.

Ive searched google many times, i just want a basic html one that works, i dont have the best html editor and well its begining to beat me i think.

Your code in the first post IS a basic HTML one, and is the ONLY thing you can do using HTML code alone. Anything more that what you have now or how it appears (visually) in your email client, such as better formatting, extra information etc, will require the application of server side processing.

ive tried all evening to do this, does anyone know of any tutorials on this issue

you could tell us what server side code you can use so we can point you in the right direction.

my server supports php does it mean if i use php i have to change my .html to .php, i think thats what you mean, or can u justify to me what server side code means

First, your form needs all input elements wrapped around form tags. And second, it should post to a php page to process the form and send the email. Change your html to this:

 
<div id="sidebar" style="WIDTH: 99.42%; HEIGHT: 838px">
  <form action="mail.php" method="post">
    <p>Name<br><input name="Name">          </p>
    <p>E-mail address<br><input name="Emailaddress">          </p>
    <p>Message<br><textarea style="WIDTH: 344px; HEIGHT: 140px" name="Message" rows="8" cols="40"></textarea> </p>
    <p><input type="submit" value="Send"></p>
   </form>
</div>

Next you make your php script called mail.php. This is very basic to test if php mail is supported on your server. Here's an example:

<?php

$name = $_POST['Name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
if (!$name || !$email || !$message) {
  die('Please enter name, email, and message');
}

// Body of email
$sendMessage = 'Message from user: ' . $name . PHP_EOL;
$sendMessage .= 'Email: ' . $email . PHP_EOL;
$sendMessage .= $message;

mail('johnny.jones@gmail.com', 'Message from user', $sendMessage);

See if that works and sends you an email. Later you can worry about validation.

www.autojonny.tk/contact.htm

lol check it out

Hmmm I'm confused by the use of frames, is that cause you're on freesitespace?

It's not processing PHP as php but as html, that's your problem.

ah rite, ye im using free hosting on that project, that could well be it, i thought a basic contact form would work using html.

ok thanks, ill try it on a premium host, ill let u know

Found a site that could help you out... I'm testing it right now.

http://www.emailmeform.com/

You post your form to them, they email it off for you and redirect back to your site. Probably the quickest and easiest option for you.

yeah this will work good for you, I tested it out. It even has a captcha and spam filtering, and it's free.

If you're planning on becoming a web developer though you should learn some kind of scripting language like php and learn how to set this up yourself.