Mailing problem

[neo_philiac]

Here is the thing guys. I have asked this question before but either I am retarded or the guy I work with is a genius. Is there a way in (MS FrontPage) to send information (from a from) to my email WITHOUT using asp or php or pl (I mean no server side scripting!). this is what he has on his form tag :

<form method="POST" target="_parent" action="diary.shtml" onsubmit="return FrontPage_Form1_Validator(this)" language="JavaScript" name="FrontPage_Form1" webbot-action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
<!--webbot bot="SaveResults" U-File="DIARYRESULTS.htm" S-Format="HTML/BR" startspan --><input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--webbot bot="SaveResults" i-checksum="43374" endspan -->
<p class="MsoNormal">Date:&nbsp;

I don’t understand a single thing on this code. I always thought you have to use mailto: if u r using client side.

p.s. There is nothing in DIARYRESULTS.htm and diary.shtml id the page itself and he said he got it to work.

Help me. If I am right, there will be an a** woopin in order

[dog]

Neo

Firstly you should be aware that there are two other threads dealing with this same problem. You may like to look at, "emailing forms page" and "submission form" on this HTML Forum. Perhaps this link will take you to the latter thread.

As far as I know you will need to involve some ASP or PHP. It can't be done using only HTML alone.

Secondly:

I don’t understand a single thing on this code. I always thought you have to use mailto: if u r using client side.

"mailto" is used to create links to email addresses. For example:

<a href="mailto:yourname@email.com">Send me an email</a>

their email composer an place "yourname@email.com" in the "To" field.

Lastly, I think you will find yourself with many more problems and much less support available if you insist on restricitng yourself to FrontPage.

Take a look at w3schools.com for guidance on good practice. There you can find a full referance to all HTML tags and how they should/can be used.

[mwinter]

Take a look at w3schools.com for guidance on good practice.

W3Schools is not a source of good practice. Some of their material is questionable, though it's far from the worst tutorial site on the Web.

There you can find a full referance to all HTML tags and how they should/can be used.

That can be obtained from a more authoritative source: the W3C. The HTML 4.01 Specification includes an index of all elements and attributes.

Mike

[dog]

W3Schools is not a source of good practice. Some of their material is questionable, though it's far from the worst tutorial site on the Web.

I think I went astray about a year back. I was under the impression that W3Schoolswas a branch of the W3C and since then haven't been back to the W3C.

Now I know why W3Schools is so full of commercial advertising.

Thanks for that Mike.

.dog.

[mwinter]

I was under the impression that W3Schools was a branch of the W3C ...

You aren't the only person to have thought that, and you won't be the last.

Mike