How To "Use" a Form Created in DWMX2004

message from send2paul on 18 Jul 2004

And it's true. All the best books do tell you how to create forms, validate
forms, and generally produce good looking forms. And then they say something
like: "But you will require some other scripting code, such as CGI, to be able
to use the forms in a website."

So, my question is: "Having been able to produce all kinds of forms in
DWMX2004 what do I do with them now? How do I 'use' with within a website? What
additional code do I need? How do I use this code in respect of the forms I 've
created? In what folders do I place the code so that I can FTP it all up when I
FTP the site from withinn DWMX2004?"

Actually, that was more than one question I know - but all the info is better
than part of it., I suppose :)

Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you.

:. Nadia .: replied to send2paul on 19 Jul 2004

Paul,
Yes, you do need some sort of server side scripting to process the form.
The most used method I guess would be the standard FormMail.cgi.
Most hosts provide this for you. Check your hosts' faq page to see if this
is available to you.
It is then a matter of adding a bit of code to your already designed forms.

For more info look here:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/form_email.htm
http://apptools.com/phptools/forms/

send2paul replied to :. Nadia .: on 19 Jul 2004

Thanks for that Nadia, I shall enquire with whichever host I use about Form.CGI
Does anyone know what I do with the Form.CGI code once I've got it? Do I
insert it into the HTML file with the form? Is it an "attachment", like a CSS
style sheet? Which folder does it go into, (if it is a separate file), with
respect to the DWMX2004 root folders, for FTPing up to the host server?

Thanks again Nadia for your help - and anybody else's who may reply to this.

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