At the web address below I have a contact form using the 2 actions, and both are having problems.
The main one being that the emails aren’t being sent - I get the error page every time.
Secondly, the borders (currently black and solid) should be a mid blue and dotted, and the text (currently black) should be a mid grey like the body copy throughout the site.
Hi David, I originally had a single error page, but now changed to the 3. It’s reporting a server error.
The client has arranged his own hosting and it’s a Windows server (I know this because I had to contact them to change permissions on the Webyep data file, it wouldn’t let me, and they had to do it for me). Could this be a problem?
Trev
On 3 Jan 2013, at 10:56, DeltaDave wrote:
I get the error page every time.
Have you selected a separate Error page for each error to see which error page you get.
It may be something to do with how you have added the placeholder text
Hi Trev,
The Windows (IIS) server is almost certainly the issue. Unlike most Apache servers they tend to be set up to send emails in various different ways. Unfortunately I don’t have access to one of these servers (as well as very rusty Windows skills) to make sure the Action runs correctly.
I’d suggest having a look at Forms To Go (http://www.bebosoft.com/) as Bebosoft offer their application in a PHP as well as ASP versions. Even the free ‘Lite’ version should do what you need.
For the form placeholder text I’d suggest getting rid of the default values from the fields and using the placeholder attribute. Select each input field and with the 3rd tab in the Inspector palette selected clear the text you have set in the Value field. Now select Item > Extended and make sure the Input tab is active. Click on the New button and enter;
name: placeholder
value: (the placeholder text)
Click the OK button twice to get back to your Freeway page and repeat the process for the rest of the input fields. Preview your page in a browser and you should see the placeholder text appear in each of the form fields until you click and enter your own text.
Be aware that placeholder is an HTML5 attribute so your pages will almost certainly fail validation if you use this on a non HTML5 page.
Regards,
Tim.
On 3 Jan 2013, at 11:29, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
The client has arranged his own hosting and it’s a Windows server (I know this because I had to contact them to change permissions on the Webyep data file, it wouldn’t let me, and they had to do it for me). Could this be a problem?