Help With a Form

J

Jeff Dunnett

Hello Everyone,

First of all let me thank you for your help. Second of all a bit about the
problem. I have a webpage that has an HTML form. The point of the form is
to allow people to register for something online. The problem is I have
people complaining that they can't used web based email address when sending
the form. For example email addresses like gmail or hotmail. I can't
figure out how to modify the form to make it possible. The form is as
follows:

<html>

<head>
<title>Register</title>
</head>

<body bgcolor="black" text="white" link="#f6b580" vlink="#c0c0ff">

<img src="logo.gif" width="324" height="104"alt="logo.gif (15760 bytes)">

<br><br>

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="307" align="left">
<tr>
<td background="tableback.gif" height="25"><p
align="center"><big>Pre-Register</big><br></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><br>Please use this form to Pre-Register on or before March 31st,
2005!.&nbsp;
If it's April 1st just c'mon down to the con and register at the door
it'll be far
faster.<br><br>All weekend: $22.00 pre-reg; $25.00 door<br>Per slot:
$8.00<br>Banquet: $<br>Friday $10.00, Saturday $20.00, Sunday
$5.00<p>Note RPGA
players please register here!<br><br></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Pre-Reg
Submission" enctype="text/plain">

<b>Name:</b><br> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Name" SIZE="35"><br><br>

<b>Age:</b><br> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Age" SIZE="2"><br><br>

<b>Mailing Address:</b><br> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="address"
SIZE="35"><br><br>
<b>City:</b><br> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="city" SIZE="35"><br><br>
<b>Province/State:</b><br> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="province"
SIZE="20"><br><br>
<b>Postal/Zip Code:</b><br> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Code"
SIZE="8"><br><br>

<b>Phone Number:</b><br> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="phone" SIZE="20"><br><br>

<b>Email Address:</b><br> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="email"
SIZE="35"><br><br>

<br><br><STRONG>FRIDAY April 1st, 2 pm - 6 pm</strong> <br>
First Choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Fri_Slot1A" size="40"><br>
Second choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Fri_Slot1B" size="40"><br>

<br><br><STRONG>FRIDAY April 1st, 7 pm -11 pm</strong> <br>
First Choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Fri_Slot2A" size="40"><br>
Second choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Fri_Slot2B" size="40"><br>

<br><br><STRONG>SATURDAY April 2nd, 9 am - 1 pm</strong> <br>
First choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Sat_Slot1A" size="40"><br>
Second choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Sat_Slot1B" size="40"><br>

<br><br><STRONG>SATURDAY April 2nd, 2 pm - 6 pm</strong> <br>
First choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Sat_Slot2A" size="40"><br>
Second choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Sat_Slot2B" size="40"><br>

<br><br><STRONG>SATURDAY April 2nd, 7 pm - 11 pm</strong> <br>
First choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Sat_Slot3A" size="40"><br>
Second choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Sat_Slot3B" size="40"><br>

<br><br><STRONG>SUNDAY April 2nd, 9 am - 1 pm </strong> <br>
First choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Sun_Slot1A" size="40"><br>
Second choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Sun_Slot1B" size="40"><br>


<br><br><STRONG>SUNDAY April 2nd, 2 pm - 6 pm </strong> <br>
First choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Sun_Slot2A" size="40"><br>
Second choice: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Sun_Slot2B" size="40"><p><br>

<b>Comments:</b><br>
If you have any comments that you would like to add please do so:<br>
<TEXTAREA NAME="Comments" ROWS=6 COLS=35></TEXTAREA> <br><br>



<br><br>
<INPUT TYPE="image" SRC="submit.gif" HEIGHT="33"# WIDTH="159" BORDER=0
ALT="Picture Button">
</p>

</FORM>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align=center><br><br><h6> <a href="main.html">Home</a> | <a
href="location.html">Location</a> | <a href="games.html">Games</a> | <a
href="register.html">Register</a> | <a href="survey.html">Survey</a> | <a
href="contact.html">Contact</a>
</h6>
<h6> <br>

</td>
</tr>

</table>
</div>


</body>
</html>

Can someone give me a hint on how I can modify it to allow for hotmail and
gmail accounts and still keep it realitively pure HTML?

Regards,
Jeff
 
L

Lauri Raittila

Hello Everyone,

First of all let me thank you for your help. Second of all a bit about the
problem. I have a webpage that has an HTML form. The point of the form is
to allow people to register for something online. The problem is I have
people complaining that they can't used web based email address when sending
the form. For example email addresses like gmail or hotmail. I can't
figure out how to modify the form to make it possible. The form is as
follows:

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Pre-Reg
Submission" enctype="text/plain">
Click to expand...

http://www.isolani.co.uk/articles/mailto.html
 
O

Oli Filth

Jeff said:
First of all let me thank you for your help. Second of all a bit about the
problem. I have a webpage that has an HTML form. The point of the form is
to allow people to register for something online. The problem is I have
people complaining that they can't used web based email address when sending
the form. For example email addresses like gmail or hotmail. I can't
figure out how to modify the form to make it possible. The form is as
follows:
Click to expand...
Can someone give me a hint on how I can modify it to allow for hotmail and
gmail accounts and still keep it realitively pure HTML?
Click to expand...

Unfortunately, the problem is the very use of "mailto:..." URLs within
the action attribute of the <FORM>. It's a highly discouraged practice,
for reasons just like the one you've discovered.

If you want this sort of interactivity, by far the most efficient and
reliable way is to use server-side handling, such as ASP, PHP or Perl.
 
S

Steve Pugh

Jeff Dunnett said:
people complaining that they can't used web based email address when sending
the form. For example email addresses like gmail or hotmail. I can't
figure out how to modify the form to make it possible. The form is as
follows:

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Pre-Regt
Submission" enctype="text/plain">
Click to expand...

Don't use action="mailto:...", use a server side script.

Steve
 

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