The icon to the left on my toolbar is HTML item, but there is no drop-down.
Press and hold the HTML tool icon?
something about setting up the form with a dialogue box as well to “tell the server what do to”
Here’s the deal:
You can lay out a web page form… but it won’t do anything until you tell it where your form-processing script is. This may be something that’s supplied for you by your web host, it may be a third-party thing you install somewhere in your web space, or it may be something you write yourself. There is no single way to do this and there is no single way to build the script that any form needs to link to in order for things to be processed when someone uses your form.
When you know where the online script is and what it is called you go to the Form Setup item in the Page menu and - set it up accordingly. That has nothing to do with the form layout - and everything to do with the form getting processed when someone uses it.
No matter what software you prefer, when you are trying to get things started this is a fairly unsatisfactory part of the web design and development world.
Thanks – I do understand the “why” – I just can’t get to the how. I have my form field set up on the site, but am baffled about what do to next.
Copying your note below as example of what I do not understand how to do.
When you know where the online script is and what it is called you go to the Form Setup item in the Page menu and - set it up accordingly. That has nothing to do with the form layout - and everything to do with the form getting processed when someone uses it.
I am not trying to use any particular method of form processing – and I am just interested in getting the form to work in the easier way possible.
It is my daughter’s book-selling site. Right now it is on GoDaddy but I am not stuck on that. I have had several responses critiquing GD’s ability to host forms, but that is not as helpful to me as a recommendation of what is best to do to keep this as simple as possible.
The PHPFF action is as easy as any! Easier than many!
It can use GD’s form processing script - if you want it to. Or you can set up the page manually using Page>Form Setup to point to the GD script on the server.
You have to decide which way you want to go before you make that next step.
I set up everything using Tim’s Feedback Form, but I get the following message when I try to submit the form:
he page you tried to access does not exist on this server. This page may not exist due to the following reasons:
You are the owner of this web site and you have not uploaded (or incorrectly uploaded) your web site. For information on uploading your web site using FTP client software or web design software, click here for FTP Upload Information.
The URL that you have entered in your browser is incorrect. Please re-enter the URL and try again.
The Link that you clicked on incorrectly points to this page. Please contact the owner of this web site to inform them of this situation.
I’m working with SkipII to get this working and we’re working through
setting this up manually rather than using the action (simply because
the process is easier to follow for new users). Once we get a typo in
the original form action that caused the error below I hope we’ll be
back on track.
Regards,
Tim.
On 28 Mar 2010, at 19:28, SkipII wrote:
I set up everything using Tim’s Feedback Form, but I get the
following message when I try to submit the form:
he page you tried to access does not exist on this server. This page
may not exist due to the following reasons:
You are the owner of this web site and you have not uploaded (or
incorrectly uploaded) your web site. For information on uploading
your web site using FTP client software or web design software,
click here for FTP Upload Information.
The URL that you have entered in your browser is incorrect. Please
re-enter the URL and try again.
The Link that you clicked on incorrectly points to this page. Please
contact the owner of this web site to inform them of this situation.
