Form on iWeb site

I wish to place a form on my iweb site which can be filled out online by a visitor and then emailed using the email me button. How do I do this?

Here is another step-by-step for producing a simple integrated form for your web page courtesy of Will Englefield...
http://web.mac.com/will.englefield/iWeb/WillG4PB/Forms.html
Let me know if you run into any roadblocks.

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Creating forms for Iweb sites

MY question is about creating forms for iweb sites.
How do you do it?
I think I read somewere that you can't do this with iweb,
so I downloaded a free trial of rapidweaver, which will give me 3 pages for
the free trial, but it says you need php.
Which I don't know if I have php on my computer, my mac5 os x,
and I am not sure what php is.
If any one could explain how I can create forms on my iweb site
in a easy to understand point form.
That would be great!

Well I am certainly willing to try, if you could
explain how to do this
Thanks for your reply.
blueform,
If you found my first post to you helpful, please mark it as such. That way people will have an easier time searching for/with a similar question about this topic.
Okay, I can't go into all the dynamics of the process as each ISP may vary enough to make my description unusable. In other words, what works with my ISP may not work with yours. You'll need to check out your ISPes position and requirements as far as this goes.
The first and most important thing to check out is does your ISP allow you to use CGI scripting such as PERL or PHP. Many small locally based ISPes allow this feature. Some large ISPes in Canada such as Bell's Sympatico give you Web space but do not allow scripting.
Next, unless you are an accomplished programmer you need to find (ideally) a free script that allows you to e-mail a form. I generally recommend something from Matt's Script Archive The scripts are are simple, come with instructions and work fairly well. There is also PHP Junkyard. I use one of their scripts for a message board I have.
Be forewarned, there is a learning curve. Also, if your ISP permits these scripts, you will need an FTP client application to upload them once you have made any necessary modifications.
As an afterthought, you might Google around and see if anyone provides a service that might suit your needs. Usually in those cases all you need to do is enter some HTML code into your iWeb page. This is not a drag-n-drop process and requires some "under the hood" work. One last point. Most of the scripts that I've dealt with will require an e-mail address to send the completed forms. If all is done according to instructions, Spammers will never see the address (you set the permissions for the file that contains your e-mail address so that only the owner can read that particular file; the owner being you). Does this give you an idea of what is involved?
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Is there a way to take the code form my iweb site and put in into iweb on a different mac?

I had built my website on an old laptop - the hard drive shattered - and yes i was bad and didnt back up.....
I want to update my site - but i dont want to start all over - i just want to make some changes and re publish -
Can i get the current code off ther website- put it back into iweb make my changes and republish???
THEN ILL BACK UP!!!!! lol

THat would be a much better question for the iWeb support forum - thie is the iPhoto forum
LN

How can I integrate a "fill in your name form" on my iWeb site ?

Hello,
I am looking for a contact page in the iweb. A contact sheet where I can have my clients fill in theirs name,adress and e-mail adress and leave a comment. Is there one ? or how can I easily create one ?
Please let me know ,
friendly yours
gunilla in paris
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.10)

http://www.varkgirl.com/Varkgirl/Add%20forms.html
if you want the info emailed to you
or
http://www.varkgirl.com/Varkgirl/Popup%20Guest%20Book.html
if you want it to show up like a guestbook
or
http://js-kit.com/comments/
for a different option that shows up directly on the page
You can add just about any type of html code, widget, or add-on to your iWeb site if you are willing to do a little post-publish editing.
Basic Instructions are here:
http://iweb.varkgirl.com
(Click on the first "tip" link in the list)
Disclaimer: My website contains various ads, so if you click them while visiting my site, I will receive financial compensation, which I use for materials for my classroom.

How do I get my old iweb sites into the new iweb 08 after upgrading?

I upgraded and now the new iweb 08 does not see all my old web site pages. How do Igetnthem into the new application?

I had a similar issure after buying a new iMac and trying to get my iweb sites onto the new computer. I called Apple tech support and they told me to copy the file "domain.site" form the user/library/application support/iweb folder from my old imac into the iweb folder located in the same directory on my new computer. Once it is copied to the new location, double click on the "domain.site" file and it should open in the new iweb program. They told me to check all the pages to make sure it works OK in the program. My problem is that the new iweb program crashed everytime I double click on the "domain" file. Hope this helps.

Any ideas for a commenting system to allow feedback in iWeb sites?

With haloscan becoming echo and therefore costing to run now, what alternatives (outside mobileme) is there for an easy setup commenting system that can be run within an iWeb site. I am a school teacher with numbers of pupils who have portfolios/webs in iwb. They are working well but I want to give them and others a chance to post feedback on certain pages. We could make an iframe to a freebie commenting system but I am trying to more fully integrate.

See the Wufoo forms on these two of my demo pages: Embedding Forms & Encoding Email Addresses and Adding QT Movie for IE.
Unique Way to Maintain a Site from Multiple Computers

Hello, i have youtube videos on my iweb site. but i would like to know if it is possible to get a 'pop-up' affect when you click on a small photo of the video, to open and play the video in a popup?

hello, i have youtube videos on my iweb site. but i would like to know if it is possible to get a 'pop-up' affect when you click on a small photo of the video, to open and play the video in a popup?
we have tried using video light box, but this doesnt seem to work.

There's an example of one at the buttom of ths page...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Movie-Video/YouTube.html
Rather than link to the file, the movie is on a separate web page and uses the code shown on this page...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Photos/Image-New-Window.html
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IWeb sites with photo slideshows after migration from MobileMe

I raised this question in another discussion earlier today in response to another post in the MobileMe forum (no answer yet), but the recent confirmation about the death of MobileMe webhosting brings new urgency to this question for me, so I figured I'd post it in the iWeb forum.
I knew that if I migrated my iWeb sites to another host, I'd lose the counter, etc. I wasn't concerned about that, and don't have a blog or comments area that would be impacted. But, on my two sites (iWeb -->MobileMe), there are many pictures--and slideshows are an important part of those sites. Will the slideshow feature of iWeb be able to be used after I migrate to another host such as hostexcellence or godaddy??? If that's true, then I really do have a problem. (I'm not talking about galleries from iPhoto to mobileme, but photo pages in iWeb sites.)
I've spent a ton of time over the last couple of years on those sites, and would hate to redo them. While there may be alternatives to the iWeb slideshow, it will take me quite a while to figure it out. (I never had a desire to learn how to do that--if I did, I wouldn't have needed iWeb.)
If anybody who uses the iWeb slideshow on a photo page and has their sites hosted somewhere other than MobileMe could let me know--I'd appreciate it. (Let me know which host you use please!) Thanks.
I guess related to this, if it's absolutely not going to work anymore, suggestions would be appreciated. Do I have to redo my sites for this? Is there an "iWeb like" program that has an easy to use slideshow for a photopage that would work? If so, I guess I have a year to redo my sites. )

Past experience has taught me not to rely on media player assets on third party servers. Yahoo pulling the plug on the EasyListener player is a case in point.
As OT has pointed out, the slideshow works on other servers but, according to Cyclosaurus, some necessary assets are on the Apple server.
Wouldn't it be reasonable to expect that Apple will make these assets available after the demise of MobileMe if enough people requested this?
The iWeb method of getting media onto websites leaves a lot to be desired and there are a lot of other ways to display music, movies and photos. The photo page is one of iWebs few triumphs but there are many alternative slideshows and banners.
Most of these methods require that assets are uploaded to, ideally, your own server but its not so difficult once you grasp the concept and the basics of FTP.
iWeb does provide two other methods of publishing apart from MobileMe. The built in FTP is just as quick, easy and convenient as publishing to MobileMe once you set it up.
Publishing to a local folder and uploading via an FTP app. allows you to add SEO tags and optimize the files for faster download.
A good FTP application makes the task of uploading media player assets very easy - drag and drop.
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One of my iWeb site pages is displaying incorrectly on Google Chrome.

I've been using iWeb to publish to my FTP hosted by Bluehost for years. Recently, one of my pages is displaying completely wrong and only shows minimal text and nothing else, it should look like all of the other main pages. All other pages work perfectly on my site (www.VincentFWelch.com) except for the following page: http://www.vincentfwelch.com/live/ADS.html I've tried clearing all of my browsing data as well as re-installing Google Chrome, nothing seems to fix this. Can anyone confirm this is an issue only on my Mac or if every mac using Google Chrome displays this page incorrectly?

It doesn't display in Safari either. Are you publishing directly to the ftp server or to a folder on your hard drive and then uploading with a 3rd party FTP client?
If it's the former publish your site to a folder on your hard drive and open it locally with your browser. See if that page loads normally. If so then it's the upload process that's failing.
On possible fix is to use the File ➙ Publish Entire Site menu option in an attempt to get all of the files uploaded.
It appears that the files for the ADS page are not being uploaded. You can use a 3rd party FTP client like YummyLite, Cyberduck or Trasnmit to upload the folder for the ADS page manually.
OT

Hosting Your iWeb Site From Your Mac

If you don't have a .Mac account or you don't want to pay a monthly fee to host your new website you created with iWeb, you can use OS X's built-in Apache Web server. To accomplish this, follow the steps in the link below.
Hosting Your iWeb Site From Your Mac >>
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I was able to get this to work, using the same configuration you mention. The way I did it was to set up the IP address on my LAN using fixed static addresses, and to have the router "forward" the http packets to the Mac running Apache. In Network system preferences panel, you also need to set the DNS servers address to the address of the router on the LAN. In order to reduce hackers trying to break in, I don't use the standard port 80 for my address, but use some other 4-digit port (e.g., 8182), so my website address ends up looking like www.whatever:8182. Instead of "no-IP.com" I used the free dynamic name service from http://www.dyndns.com/. I also put the web content on a firewire disk, which requires a little editing of the httpd.conf file. This was another security precaution. Anyhow, its been working great -- not a single problem. Also, Weblock is great shareware that lets you assign login IDs on the web folders.

I have just uploaded my iWeb site to a FTP host and most of the site is ok however a lot of the text has gone very strange! How can i get it to publish the same as I designed it? Thanks in advance....

Please help! I have just uploaded my iweb site to a FTP Host and most of the site is ok however a lot of the text has gone wrong! Many thanks...

Maybe you could let me know which hosting service you are using so that I can add them to my list of those NOT recommended for iWeb users!
I just dealt with one today who claimed the iWeb sites were incompatible and that the first line of code should be deleted from every HTML file before upload to their server.
They didn't even offer the information that it would be a lot easier to modify the .htaccess file never mind offer to do it for a customer.
Nobody should expect to pay for service like this and the answer is to dump them and go to a company that gives you some value and support for your money. If the ones on this page don't meet your requirements for cost and service...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Publish-Website.html
... search this forum for those recommended by other users. There's a long list of them.
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Can I create a sign-in 'form' in iWeb?

Can I create a simple 'form' in iWeb that allows visitors to 'sign in' or leave 'e-mail addresses' (that automatically get sent to my e-mail address)? No passwords or anything complicated.
Ben

No problem...
First, set up a free account at http://freedback.com/
Design a form on their site and select/copy the code they give you.
In your iWeb page, type something like FORMCODE where you want the form to go.
Open TextEdit - free text editor that comes with every mac.
To view the code in an HTML file, choose File > Open and select "Ignore rich text commands." Then locate the .html file and click Open.
(If you publish to your .Mac, mount your iDisk to find it. It will be located at iDisk/Web/Sites/iWeb/Sitename/Pagename.html)
Find your text, FORMCODE, and replace it with the code you get from Freedback. Save your work.
Remember, if you make a change to a page like this post-publishing, and later re-publish, you have to make the html changes all over again!
You could set up a Find/Replace command in MassReplaceIt (http://www.hexmonkey.brownhost.com/). It's a useful and FREE little program that makes all this post-publish editing MUCH easier and faster.

Can BC host an iWeb site

A friend of mine is currently using iWeb for her site and I was wondering if I could take her files and upload them to BC and host it for her there?
Thanks so much!
Annette

Ok, this was a pretty basic site. I don't even think she had a contact form; just a home page, about us, and a couple other pages that had a couple pictures and text. So maybe that would translate over correctly? I was doing some research and it looks like in iWeb, when you hit publish it gives you the option of sending it to another host so do you think I might be able to send it to BC?
Sorry, I'm very new to all this! I use Muse for my sites but I'm trying to help a friend get her iWeb site back up and running (she took it down a few months ago) without it being too difficult for her.
Thanks so much for any help you can give.
Annette

Forms in iweb

I wish to place a form on my iweb site which can be filled out by a visitor and then emailed using the email me button. How do I do this?

You need to search/ask about this question in the iWeb forum, not here in the Safari forum.
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1108

Hosting my IWeb site after MME stops

I am looking to host my current website on a third party website before MME stops. I currently have purchased my domain from weebly, however I believe that weebly do not host iWeb sites. Does anyone have any suggestions as to who to use?

There's lots of options out there. Pick one with good tech support and make sure you order a Linux account. See this page for more info...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iWeb/Website-Hosting.html
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