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General => Technology & Hardware => Topic started by: ThaFleastyler on September 15, 2009, 03:40:57 pm

Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: ThaFleastyler on September 15, 2009, 03:40:57 pm
Hey guys,

Wondering if someone could help me - I've just found out that our web hosting plan at work doesn't actually support CGI or PHP.

Can anyone tell me a way to set a form to send results to an email and point to a "thank you" page, using only HTML? The form is pretty simple - just textboxes and 1 drop-down box.

Thanks in advance,

Chris
aka ThaFleastyler
Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: Spigalau on September 15, 2009, 03:43:27 pm
http://www.htmlbasix.com/forms.shtml
Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: ThaFleastyler on September 15, 2009, 03:49:34 pm
Thats a good idea - but I really need it to just send the form off without making people send it via their email.
Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: Spigalau on September 15, 2009, 03:51:29 pm
Quote from: ThaFleastyler;984729
Thats a good idea - but I really need it to just send the form off without making people send it via their email.


Without CGI or PHP ? Might be pushing shit up hill - change the hosting plan, or is it HTML only ?
Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: ThaFleastyler on September 15, 2009, 03:55:16 pm
Its HTML only.

The bastards at *a particular hosting company* talked my boss into changing to a more expensive plan that didn't support CGI - which sadly our form utilised. We had our forms directed to a handler on the server; now there is no handler available to use and our forms have stopped working.

Would it be possible to host a form handler somewhere else?
If so, where could I get a form handler that works? (I know zero CGI).
Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: TofuEater on September 15, 2009, 03:56:42 pm
Check this out for a starter:
http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_form_checkbox
Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: ThaFleastyler on September 15, 2009, 03:59:03 pm
That page just reminded me, ASP is also a no-go.
Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: Spigalau on September 15, 2009, 04:04:23 pm
Quote from: ThaFleastyler;984737
Its HTML only.

The bastards at *a particular hosting company* talked my boss into changing to a more expensive plan that didn't support CGI - which sadly our form utilised. We had our forms directed to a handler on the server; now there is no handler available to use and our forms have stopped working.

Would it be possible to host a form handler somewhere else?
If so, where could I get a form handler that works? (I know zero CGI).


"Free CGI scripts exist for handling forms; some are even remotely hosted for authors whose providers refuse to allow CGI scripts to be run locally."

http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Remotely_Hosted/Form_Processing/
Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: Emrico1 on September 15, 2009, 04:09:38 pm
.html won't do it alone :/

What sort of hosting plan doesn't have .php... Pfft
Title: And Flogged too
Post by: Tiwaking! on March 19, 2013, 10:39:38 am
Quote from: Emrico1;945961
.html won't do it alone :/

What sort of hosting plan doesn't have .php... Pfft

If this thread hadnt had been started by ThaFleastyler I would not believe such a thing was possible.

Imagine if they tried that these days? They'd be tarred and feathered.
Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: Xsannz on March 19, 2013, 10:48:01 am
Stop necro ing threads.

God danm tiwa if this was a corpse yoy dick would be moldy.
Title: Too Late
Post by: Tiwaking! on March 19, 2013, 11:00:15 am
Quote from: Xsannz;1521188
Stop necro ing threads.

God danm tiwa if this was a corpse yoy dick would be moldy.

That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons, even death may die.
Title: Make a Form Work in HTML
Post by: The Demon Lord on March 19, 2013, 11:06:43 am
Quote from: Tiwaking!;1521197
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons, even death may die.

In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming