[Chicago-talk] HTML form question

[Richard Reina]

I did not write it, but built it ( the site www.rushlogistics.com including the forms www.rushlogistics.com/contactus.html, subm_joke.html ) with the Yahoo Pagebuilder software that allows me add a form to any page and the instructions say that the form submissions will automatically be automatically sent to the master email account which should be rushlogistics at sbcglobal.net.  When the form is created the action line looks like this:
 
 action="http://us.1.p2.webhosting.yahoo.com/forms?login=rushlogistics@sbcglobal.net&confirm=&error="

 for the purpose of avoiding future spam I changed it in my original post putting in NO_SPAM DOT NET etc.  I not sure if the syntax was in fact wrong or Randall and others were just reacting to my doctoring of the line.  If this is the case my apologies for the confusion.  If this is not the case I am still wondering what could be wrong with the action line that was generated by yahoo Pagebuilder.  Everything else on the site works so it's strange that the forms would not.
 
 Thanks again, for all the help.  If anyone can see the error of my ways I would be grateful to them for sharing it with me.
 
 Richard
"Michael D. Stemle, Jr." <manchicken at notsosoft.net> wrote: It doesn't sound like you wrote the server-side program you're submitting your 
form to.  It is impossible for me to tell you exactly what's wrong.  You 
should contact whoever provided you with that URL for support.

On Tuesday 26 September 2006 09:19, you wrote:
> Michael,
>
>  Thanks again for responding.  How can I find out what the action line
> should be?
>
> "Michael D. Stemle, Jr."  wrote: When you submit
> an HTML form, it posts to a program on the server-side of things.  This is
> caused by the program on the server side things.  The problem here is in
> the action, not the form.
>
> On Tuesday 26 September 2006 09:06, you wrote:
> > I am very confused.  I don't understand what you mean by that's not form?
> > Is there anyway I can call you ore you can call me? 888-448-7874 ext. 4.
> >
> >  Thanks for all the help.
> >
> >  Richard
> >
> > "Michael D. Stemle, Jr."  wrote: Ooh... that's
> > not the form... that's whatever you're submitting it to that's the
> > problem. You might want to look at the forms script.  I think someone
> > else said something about it not being the proper Yahoo! API.
> >
> > On Tuesday 26 September 2006 08:54, Richard Reina wrote:
> > > Michael,
> > >
> > >  Thank you once again for your effort to enlighten.  I cut and pasted
> > > the code in the form.  Then I went to
> > > www.rushlogistics.com/subm_joke2.html and submitted some text.  After I
> > > press submit and get:
> > >
> > >   The following form submission was sent.  Name: Me Again
> > >   URL: eddsds
> > >   Visit: Daily
> > >   Comments: TEST Please work
> > >   subject: Survey Results
> > >
> > >  but I never receive the email.
> > >
> > >  I'm stumped, which isn't saying a whole lot since I don't no anything.
> > >
> > > "Michael D. Stemle, Jr."  wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > action="http://geocities.yahoo.com/forms?login=rushlogistics@sbcglobal.
> > >ne t"
> > >
> > >
> > >  Your first name:
> > >
> > >   [input]
> > >
> > >
> > >  Your URL:
> > >
> > >   [input]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  How often do you visit my web site?
> > >
> > >   [input] Every day
> > >
> > >   [input] Once per week
> > >
> > >   [input] Once per month
> > >
> > >   [input] Once per year
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  Please add any comments you have below:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >   [input]
> > >   [input]
> > >
> > >
> > >   [input]
> > >
> > >
> > >   [input]
> > >
> > >    [input]
> > > value="http://www.geocities.com/rushlogistics@sbcglobal.net/index.html"
> > >> -->
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 26 September 2006 08:36, Richard Reina wrote:
> > > > Michael,
> > > >
> > > >  I was unable to open the attached file.  Is the code the exact code
> > > > that I posted most recently?  If so I can't understand the mystery as
> > > > to why it would work for you and not me?  I am using Mozilla, but it 
> > > > I have also tried submitting on the form from different machines with
> > > > different browsers.  Is there something simple that I've overlooked?
> > > >
> > > > "Michael D. Stemle, Jr."  wrote: This code works
> > > > for me.  I'm using konqueror in KDE 3.5.4.  Attached is the HTML file
> > > > I used, verbatim.
> > > >
> > > > On Tuesday 26 September 2006 08:07, Richard Reina wrote:
> > > > > > action="http://geocities.yahoo.com/forms?login=rushlogistics@sbcg
> > > > > >lo ba l. net"
> > > > >
> > > > >  Your first name:
> > > > >
> > > > >   [input]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  Your URL:
> > > > >
> > > > >   [input]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  How often do you visit my web site?
> > > > >
> > > > >   [input] Every day
> > > > >
> > > > >   [input] Once per week
> > > > >
> > > > >   [input] Once per month
> > > > >
> > > > >   [input] Once per year
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  Please add any comments you have below:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >   [input]
> > > > >   [input]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >   [input]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >   [input]
> > > > >
> > > > >  >   [input] >
> > > > >  > value="http://www.geocities.com/rushlogistics@sbcglobal.net/inde
> > > > >  >x. ht ml ">
> > > > >
> > > > > -->

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