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Creating HTML form to send by email
Old 06-13-2006, 11:56 PM Creating HTML form to send by email
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This in not the usual request to receive an email form from a web site. It is how to create a HTML form to be manually sent to an email address, have it filled in, and returned to the sender by email.

I have searched this forum and the web and only found examples of presenting a form on a web site for fill in and submitting. My data collection form is already created but when I send it to myself I only get the html text instead of the form. My email client is set to send and receive html.

The form (form1.html) displays correctly in the browser when double clicked.

How do I get it to display correctly in a received email message??

Frodocyber

Form below as planned for later inclusion in a web page.


HTML Code:
<html>
<head>
<title> Add a new member - Administrators only</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function setfocus() {
document.feedback.fname.focus();
}
</script>
</head>
<BODY onLoad="setfocus()" BGCOLOR="#aaccff">
<form name="feedback" method="post" action="mailto:xxxxx@yyyyy.net"> 
 
<fieldset>
<legend><b>1: Personal Information</b></legend>
First Name: <input type="text" name="fname">
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lname">
RBS date: <input type="text" name="rbs_date"><br>
Username : <input type="text" name="username1"size="20">
PassWord : <input type="text" name="password1">
Co. Title : <input type="text" name="title">
</fieldset> <br>
 
<fieldset>
<legend><b>2: Business Contact Information</b></legend>
Company: <input type="text" maxlength="30" name="co_name"size="30">
Address: <input type="text" name="address">
City: <input type="text" name="city"><br>
State : <input type="text" maxlength="2" name="state"size="2">
Country : <input type="text" maxlength="2" name="country"size="2">
Zip Code : <input type="text" name="zip"size="9">
Fax : <input type="text" name="fax"size="14">
Office Phone: <input type="text" name="o_phone1"size="14"><br>
Mobile Phone: <input type="text" name="m_phone2" size="14">
Company Logo: <input type="text" name="co_nameorlogo">
Company Text: <input type="text" name="common_text"><br>
E-mail1: <input type="text" name="email1"size="25">
E-mail2: <input type="text" name="email2"size="25"><br>
Web: <input type="text" name="web1" size="40">
</fieldset> <br>
<fieldset>
<legend><b>3: Business Skills Information</b></legend>
Skill 1 Text: <input type="text" maxlength="35" name="skill1_text" size="35">
Skill 4 Text: <input type="text" maxlength="35" name="skill2_text" size="35"><br>
Skill 2 Text: <input type="text" maxlength="35" name="skill2_text" size="35">
Skill 5 Text: <input type="text" maxlength="35" name="skill2_text" size="35"><br>
Skill 3 Text: <input type="text" maxlength="35" name="skill2_text" size="35">
</fieldset> <br> 
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> 
<input type="reset" name="Submit2" value="Reset"> 
 
<fieldset>
<legend><b>4: Bio Information</b></legend>
<textarea rows="25" cols="80">
Enter your Bio information here. Limited to 2000 characters or 300 words whichever is less.
</textarea><br>
</fieldset> 
</form>
</body>
</html>
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Old 06-14-2006, 12:20 AM Re: Creating HTML form to send by email
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Hi Frodocyber,

Don't think it's possible! This process is just going to dump the string into the client email. I have never run across any way of formatting this.

Is there a reason for not using php or asp?
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Old 06-14-2006, 03:26 AM Re: Creating HTML form to send by email
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ChipJohns is right.

I don't think you're going to find a sample that's pure HTML based on the fact that the email address is exposed in the code and that makes it more readily available to spammers (and do you really need to be told 500 times a day that your penn|s can gr0 2-3 |nchs thanks to the modern miracle known as v|-a-gRa?)

ASP or PHP will help you a lot more in this regard.
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Old 06-14-2006, 06:44 AM Re: Creating HTML form to send by email
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Well that was not the answer I was looking for but have frequently attempted the impossible!

I have received tons of email that was filled with html and it properly displayed in my email client. How did they generate that stuff? I can work with php as necessary but wish to deliver the form via email and receive the response also by email initially. (only 30+ recipients) Later I will use the "usual" web based form delivery and submission method. (3,000 + recipients)

Are there any php scripts available to create forms to be manually emailed?

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Old 06-14-2006, 09:44 AM Re: Creating HTML form to send by email
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You might want to read this: http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/html-emails

There are lots of other good articles at www.campaign-monitor.com
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