Hi, it’s been a long time since I have been in the form. I have been doing great learning to build web sites using the “Learn to Build Your Web Site the Right Way” by Ian Lloyd. I am stuck in the “FORM PROCESSING” area. The textbook instruction is to sign onto “response-o-matic.com” site. My main question is; Is it necessary to be connected with a form processing service as a web designer? I really don’t understand what I am doing in this “response-o-matic” site. I copied created by the "response-o-matic site, then copied and pasted it in my text editor name as “response-o-matic.html.”. after that what am I suppose to do!!!. The button instructions said to hit the submit button, I am lost, can you take the time to help me?
Hey there!
The real way to make a form processor is with a server side script using PHP, ASP, PERL, etc… The book is probably trying to simplify this with a third party solution that processes the form for you.
This site has a basic form wizard. Try giving this a spin.
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Hi Linda. As eruna says, you don’t need a third party to create a nice website form, but teaching how to do it yourself is beyond the scope of that book. There are lots of free offerings online that give you the means to create your own form processing script, including the one eruna links to. I’ve even got one listed in my signature, but it partly depends on what you need the form to do. Do you just want a basic contact form?