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| 286616 | 2004-11-01 02:44:00 | Hi there, Just a question about using orcon's formmail. Firstly, is this available if you are on free hosting? Secondly, and if the answer to the first question is yes, how does it work?? Here is their information site www.orcon.net.nz Do I put in my orcon website (in the form action tag) and then the form gets sent to some kind of folder which only I can access. Or is it sent to an email address I specify (in the orcon example I think they use support@emergence.com). Many thanks for any help given. I just cant get through to Orcon on the phone. James |
james123456 (6300) | ||
| 286617 | 2004-11-01 02:50:00 | Hello James :) > Just a question about using orcon's formmail. > Firstly, is this available if you are on free > hosting? As far as I am aware, Nope ( I might be wrong, but I think I am 99.9 % correct :)) |
stu120404 (268) | ||
| 286618 | 2004-11-01 02:54:00 | > Hi there, > > Just a question about using orcon's formmail. > Firstly, is this available if you are on free > hosting? Yes > > Secondly, and if the answer to the first question is > yes, how does it work?? You need to know a bit of HTML or have a wysiwyg editor to create the form itself and the fields you require. > Here is their information > site > www.orcon.net.nz > Do I put in my orcon website (in the form action tag) > and then the form gets sent to some kind of folder > which only I can access. Or is it sent to an email > address I specify (in the orcon example I think they > use support@emergence.com). It's sent to an email - you have to replace their example with your own address. If you get completely stuck, I'd happily make it up for you. Let us know and I'll tell you what info I need from you. |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 286619 | 2004-11-01 07:09:00 | Thanks for both emails guys. Greg, I have figured out a little of the html necessary to put together a basic form. Many thanks for your offer. Just to confirm, I put in www.mywebsite.orcon.net.nz in the form tag? If so, must I have my own cgi-bin html document in my folder. Or do I simply put in www.orcon.net.nz One other thing I'm not sure of is where users go once they have clicked send. Do I put in a 'redirect' tag somewhere in the form tags? Thanks again James |
james123456 (6300) | ||
| 286620 | 2004-11-01 07:44:00 | > One other thing I'm not sure of is where users go > once they have clicked send. Do I put in a 'redirect' > tag somewhere in the form tags? Yep, here is an example: <input type=hidden name=redirect value=confirm.htm > Hope this helps :) |
stu120404 (268) | ||
| 286621 | 2004-11-01 07:51:00 | > <input type=hidden name=redirect value=confirm.htm > That assumes you've got a page called confirm.htm, otherwise you would put a url here that you want to redirect the visitor to |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 286622 | 2004-11-01 07:57:00 | > Just to confirm, I put in > www.mywebsite.orcon.net.nz > in the form tag? If so, must I have my own cgi-bin > html document in my folder. Or do I simply put in > www.orcon.net.nz As far as I recall you don't have your own cgi-bin folder - there's one that's built in that contains a couple of preset cgi's, eg formmail. You just refer to it as in the line: <form action="www.your_domain.com method=post > Also as I recall even if you did create your own cgi-bin you aren't allowed to upload customised cgi scripts, but that may have changed. |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 286623 | 2004-11-01 10:02:00 | eek . . sorry . . . dumb question time do you mean (for instance if my website was www . jeep . orcon . net . nz) I would put in <form action=" . jeep . orcon . net . nz/cgi-bin/formmail . cgi"" target="_blank">www . jeep . orcon . net . nz method=post> or do I write it exactly how they have it, ie <form action=" . your_domain . com/cgi-bin/formmail . cgi"" target="_blank">www . your_domain . com method=post> |
james123456 (6300) | ||
| 286624 | 2004-11-01 10:06:00 | > do you mean (for instance if my website was > www.jeep.orcon.net.nz) I would put in <form > action="www.jeep.orcon.net.nz > gi" method=post > > > or do I write it exactly how they have it, ie <form > action="www.your_domain.com > " method=post > As per your domain: > <form action="www.jeep.orcon.net.nz method=post > Except don't include the www when you use an Orcon sub-domain |
Greg S (201) | ||
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