I need to add a page to a website I'm creating in Dreamweaver that is basically a form that is returned by email - the user will fill in some basic details in the form boxes and then click on a button to send the form (or something like that). I'm not too sure how to do this - does it need some special programming? Or are there customisable forms available to download? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

You actually need two things to make a form work - - You need the form itself on your website and you need some type of server script that will mail the results of the form.

The form can be created in Dreamweaver 2004 MX by using the objects under the forms tab or you can download a form you like from another website and modify it to meet your requirements (you can take one of mine if you'd like).... All you need do to download the form is view the page with the form on it and do a File/Save As - saving the page on your desktop; then open the page with Dreamweaver....

Now for the script - you will probably either use a .pl or a .asp script (according to what kind of host you are using). You will need to talk to your web hosting company to find out the name of their mail service on the server so you can call it with your script. Some web hosting companies provide extensive assistance with forms (like click here to install a working sample form on your website) and some provide significantly less but I'm sure that all will be willing to provide guidance.

Since this probably doesn't make a lot of sense to you right now I suggest that you build your form first - contact your web host second - then spend a bit of time on Google and find one of the many tutorials that will teach you how to work with the script you need. In any case you should be up and running on your first form in a couple of days....

bignosebird.com has a complete tutorial on doing this. They use perl to build their forms, however it seems like many more are starting to use PHP. I would study both, as they are both used quite a bit. The nice thing is as soon as you learn one language the rest become pretty straightforward.

http://bignosebird.com/prcgi.shtml

If you want to download a form and need help customizing it, I could probably help you out, among others on the board.

First off can I apologise for not replying earlier; I had to go away for a while unexpectedly and didn't have a computer.
Thanks for the help; I'm looking into all options and this has been a real help.
Thanks again.

you can look at hotscripts.com or aspin.com for ready made scripts...

Hi, I am currently trying to build my contact page as well. I have the form already made and placed on the internet at

http://www.parkintel.com/en/index-5.html

Being that I'm a newbie webdesigner (I bought a template and worked off of it) I wanted to know how to make the buttons work so that when someone clicks submit it will automatically send their informatino to me via email.

PLEASE HELP PLEASE HELP PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ANYBODY EVERYBODY?

Since I already have the form in place i'm hoping that it won't be tooo hard.

THANKS!

p.s. my server supports php and cgi.

THANKS!!!!

Try http://phpforms.net or http://easyformit.com . With these scripts, you can create web forms in few minutes.

preferrably I would like to work off of the form already on my site. that way a) I do'nt have to spend any more money... being that i'm not that rich... and b) I want to learn how to do it myself so I can do it again in the future~

Thanks!