making a "submit" form

[theimbecility]

i want to put a form on my website- ya know, like name, email, comments, then you hit submit and it emails it to me or something. ive looked in quite a few places, and i found lotsa cool stuff to do with the form, but no codes for the form itself- very frusterating. im not really sure if this is html or javascript though, so ima post it in both places. HELP!!!

[Poop_Shoot]

It cant be done with javascript it must be done with a serverside language like perl, php or asp!

[theimbecility]

could i do it with html by any chance???

[theimbecility]

actually that doesnt make much sense so nevermind- how do i make it with severside language? ive never used that before

[Poop_Shoot]

Not sure you could look here for a script or some help http://www.hotscripts.com !

[MikeFoster]

Visit the PHP Forum here at SPF

[tapdig]

<form action="cgi-bin/someperl.cgi" method="post">
<b>Mailing List sign up:</b> 
<br>Name:<input type="text" name="name" size="18" maxlength="50" value="">
<br>Email:<input type="text" name="address" size="18" maxlength="50" value="">
<br><b>Subscribe</b>
<input type="radio" name="action" checked value="subscribe">
<b>Unsubscribe</b>
<input type="radio" name="action" value="unsubscribe">
<br>Comments:<textarea cols="40" rows="5" name="comment"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="GO!">
</form> 

I think this answers your question about the "form itself". That's basic HTML for you, no javascript or CSS (add at your own risk). Examples for text fields, radio buttons and a textarea. Get help on the perl forum for how to send an email to yourself or store the data in a file, using the file "someperl.cgi" referenced above. This HTML is just the front end. It won't "do" anything when a visitor clicks "Go!" until you have the backend (perl/PHP/whatever) to process the inputs and "do" something with it. Hope that helps.