Help creating forms in Dreamweaver

I need the form to redirect to another page after the submit button ia hit. Can anyone help me please.

The redirect to a Thank you page is entered in the form processing script.
Have you selected your script yet? Many hosting providers provide a model script which is compatible with the scripting language they support.
Your Form page sends its data to this script which then sends the email and redirects to the desired next page.

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Trouble Creating Forms in Dreamweaver

Hello,
I am having trouble creating a form in Dreamweaver for my website. The form is fairly basic, just some contact/comment input required.
I created my webpages using Fireworks CS4 and exported them as HTML and Images. The basic format of my website is to have a rectangular block in the middle of the page, where the form elements are supposed to be entered. However, it seems that I cannot simply add a textbox or textarea to the middle of my page. If I try, everything gets shifted around very strangely.
How can I leave the format of the page intact, but add in the form elements (name, email, comments)?
You can see the page here: http://www.wafflesnjoe.com/preview/contact.htm
Thank you

Thanks Murray, I had a feeling that that's where I'd be headed.
Is there a more seamless way of transferring webpages from Fireworks to Dreamweaver, such as CSS and Images, that would make it easier for me to work in Dreamweaver?
Would you recommend building websites in Dreamweaver, and not bother with Fireworks?
Sorry for all the questions, but I'm a newbie.
Regards
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:25:31 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Trouble Creating Forms in Dreamweaver
I'm not very familiar with Dreamweaver, so this may be a basic question to ask.
The trick is to be familiar with HTML, not DW, since HTML underlies everything that DW does, and that you want to do on a web page.
To add a form to a page without disrupting the layout of the page, you have to a) select a layout design that constitutes good practice, and b) build the layout so that it accommodates the form. I know that's not a very satisfactory answer.
First of all, unless you are fairly familiar with HTML, your layout will not be easy to implement because you will need to constrain the form and its elements to fit vertically within that central area. This is not so easy because you have no way of controlling how large or small I (as a visitor) am displaying my text in my browser. Thus, that form's content is going to expand or contract vertically causing the boxed area to need to expand or contract accordingly. This is layout 101 for an experienced developer, but may just push you over the edge if you have no HTML under your belt. So, I would discourage you from trying to use this design. Is that possible?
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Creating forms with dreamweaver

Hi i'm new to the forum.
I need help with a certain aspect in creating forms. The company I work for is running Dreamweaver MX 2004. We have an online application form that we have create to collect data for people wishing to join our Club. In one section of the form we ask for peoples vehicle details. My question is when they choose what type of vehicle they own from the drop down menu I then want the next section of the form to expand to reveal a new section for them to be able to fill in their vehicle description such as Year, Make, Model etc. We have 7 different vehicle types for them to choose from. so depedning on which one you choose a different vehicle description will be revealed.
Can anyone help me with this? I have seen it done on other website such as insurance companies but I don't know if it can be done through dreamweaver.

Let me try to answer this on a broader level.
Prepeare your complete form and make the property visibility as hidden (or display style as none) for the fields you don't want to show.
Now say you select any option out of vehicle description drop down, for example 'Sedan', then your drop down will have a javascript function call which will be fired onChange event ...something like onchange=javascript:vehicletype(this.value)
<select name="test" id="test" onchange="vehicletype()">
          <option value="sedan">Sedan</option>
and hidden fields example:
<input type="text" name="sss" id="sss" style="visibility:hidden" />
Now in the vehicletype() function check for the value passed.Based on that set the visibilty to visible for the required form fields inside the function. Following is a small page to show you all. Just save this as a html page and then try.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Stretched Background Image</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function vehicletype(type){
    if (type=='sedan'){
    alert(type);
    document.getElementById('sss').style.visibility='visible';
</script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="page-background">
      <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
        <p>
          <label for="hhh"></label>
          <select name="hhh" id="hhh" onchange="javascript:vehicletype(this.value);">
            <option value="Select">---Select---</option>
            <option value="sedan">sedan</option>
            <option value="coupe">coupe</option>
          </select>
        </p>
        <p>
          <label for="sss"></label>
          <input type="text" name="sss" id="sss" style="visibility:hidden" />
        </p>
      </form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Hope this gives you some idea of what I am tryint to convey.
Regards,
Vinay

Need help creating form that people have to submit to access a page

hello,
I am trying to create a form that people would have to fill out and submit to access a specific page. The info they fill out would have to go to an email address. Does anyone have the simplest solution for this? It wouldn't have to be stored in a database just go to an email. Any help would be appreciated. I'm not to great with the backend of things.

Thanks for getting back to me. What I have is a pricing page. The feedback form is so we can see who views or is interested in services. We want only people who fill out this form to be able to view it. I have created simple contact forms that are sent to an email and directed to another page. The problem I am having is trying to figure a way to where hopefully if the same person comes back they won't have to fill out the form again. I know if they fill out the form and create a user name/login it could be a possible fix but I am trying to make it simple. I am just starting to learn PHP/XML (which I have copied from another sources) and haven't written my own. Maybe creating a cookie that is checked once the page is loaded? I have no idea how to do that either though... I am a front end "designer" and a lot of this is greek to me.

Need Help creating form with checkboxes

I am using Acrobat Standar 9, and I am trying to create a form that has a bunch of checkboxes on it. First off, the PDF that I am workin with (before I try to input form stuff) is a check list that has spots for marking (if it was printed out). Acrobat will recognize all of those places as spots for a form tool, but it always inserts textboxes. I want it to insert check boxes. So far all I can do is delete all of the textboxes that were inserted and manually, one by one, insert check boxes in all of the locations.
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Thanks for getting back to me. What I have is a pricing page. The feedback form is so we can see who views or is interested in services. We want only people who fill out this form to be able to view it. I have created simple contact forms that are sent to an email and directed to another page. The problem I am having is trying to figure a way to where hopefully if the same person comes back they won't have to fill out the form again. I know if they fill out the form and create a user name/login it could be a possible fix but I am trying to make it simple. I am just starting to learn PHP/XML (which I have copied from another sources) and haven't written my own. Maybe creating a cookie that is checked once the page is loaded? I have no idea how to do that either though... I am a front end "designer" and a lot of this is greek to me.

Need help creating a simple form in Dreamweaver CS3!!

I'm trying to create a form in Dreamweaver CS3, and while I have the form built I'm confused as to how to make it actually function. What I'm trying to do is create a form that when the visitor clicks submit, the data is emailed to me. Can someone help me figure out how to accomplish this?
Thanks so much!

Ute's answer is spot on - you need a FormMail script to process the form. Check with your host (or via the control panel) and see if they supply such a form for free.
If not, google for "formail script' and you'll find quite a few available - all free to use.
You just need to add a couple of lines to your html code, change a few things in the formmail script and the form will process. Sounds complicated but most scripts come with a help file to help you get off the ground.
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Need help with php registration form! (Dreamweaver cs5)

Im creating an advanced php registration form in dreamweaver. I need the following code for:
ZIP / Postal code, date of birth.
or
if u can help me how to create the entire form with the following fields That will be nice! Im a Newbie:
First name, lastname, country, zip / postal code, date of birth, username, password, email, verified, and token.
This is the database i have in mysql:
User_id, INT, (10), UNSIGNED, NOT NULL, A_INCREMENT
Firstname, VARCHAR, (50), NOT NULL
Lastname, VARCHAR, (50), NOT NULL
Country, VARCHAR, (20), NOT NULL
Zip, INT, (12), NOT NULL
Birth_date, DATE, NOT NULL
Username, VARCHAR, (15), NOT NULL
Password, VARCHAR, (40), NOT NULL
Email, VARCHAR, (100), NOT NULL
Verified, ENUM, ('n','y'), NOT NULL
Token, VARCHAR, (40), NOT NULL
I need to know how to apply the insert recorset server behavior in dreamweaver cs5 so I can get it to run.
I have been trying diff ways and i just can't get it right.
Please help! Thanks!!!

I'm not sure how much you know but first you have to connect your form to the database
$con = mysql_connect("hostname","admin_name","password");
Then you have to choose the database you want information be added to.
mysql_select_db("database name goes here", $con);
Then you have to write an sql function which will write it in the appropiate columns in your database
$sql="INSERT INTO what column e.g members (First name, Last name, age, etc)
VALUES (the names of the textfields on your form), actually double check that part
('$_POST[firstname]','$_POST[lastname]','$_POST[age]')";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
This is the first and most basic part just to give you an idea how it works.
Within these snippets you will have to write much more which will beef up the security aswell as check if everything has been entered correctly etc

Creating a modern Contact Form in Dreamweaver or use an addon

Hi
I am looking for an easy way to create a modern contact form in Dreamweaver using and addon also will be fine
Any ideas?
I wan to create fields:
Email:
Drop down: with 3 options
Simple text box
Notes:
Submit button
Thanks

Making HTML5 Forms in DW CC (video)
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-dreamweaver-cc/html5-forms-workflow/
Making the HTML form is easy but the form processing script which collects data & sends it to your email is not quite so simple. Start with your web host. Ask them if they have form-to-email processing scripts you can use. If they don't, find out which scripts your hosting plan supports (php, asp, asp.net, perl, coldfusion, etc...)
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How do I create a message board/forum using forms in Dreamweaver?

I want to create a forum or messageboard using the form in Dreamweaver but I don't know how to do it. Is there any guidance on how I could create a message board or forum on Dreamweaver?

I don't think it can be done with just dreamweaver,
You will have to download something like PHPBB,
If you have a host with fantastico deluxe you can easily set up a forum
with it.
Daniel

Dreamweaver 8 - Help Creating a Blog

A friend of mine uses RapidWeaver for Mac and he tells me it
makes it really easy to create and update his XML/RSS based blog.
How would I accomplish this using Dreamweaver? Could someone point
me in the right direction for a tutorial or provide me with help?
Thank you in advance.

"matt079" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ea80n1$jgr$[email protected]..
>I suspect others have created blogs using Dreamweaver.
>
> Additional information on my situation. I have my own
web space and
> domain.
> I could and I guess I will have to create my own
administration system if
> Dreamweaver doesn't offer support similar to
RapidWeaver.
Check with your host, they may already offer the free use of
a blog -
something like Wordpress, which can be installed via your
control panel.
If not, then check out these links for blog software that's
often
recommended.
http://wordpress.com/
http://www.joomla.org/
http://www.websitebaker.org/2/home/
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Creating forms (NEWBIE) PLZ HELP!

hi!
im trying to create a form as follows!
the user specifiees the number of say questions in jspPage1, getting the number of questions and displaying the number of forms on the next page jspPage2.
for example if the user specified that they wanted to enter 10 questions the next page would create 10 of the same forms.
or allow the user to enter 10 questions on the same form by adding the data to the database and refreshing the page. displaying a empty form and indicating whther update was successful!
plz help!

what i mean is!
i need to create form that when the data is submitted the data is processed andit refreshes it self so that the user can enter some more data.
makes sense?

Help required in creating forms

Hi All,
I have to create forms with following Details.
Order Level:
1) Order number
2) Orderdate
3) Number of lines
4) Total Ordered Amount
5) Total Backordered Amount
6) Order Status
Line Level:
1) Order Number
2) Back Order Line number
3) Back ordered Item
4) Amount
Form Order level must have a button which invokes the Line level window and displays the Back ordered line details for specific order.
I have done both order level and line level forms. I have used 2 views for above said forms, but when i query for a record in order level and press the button which will show the line level details is not working i,e i have manually query for record in line level form, it is not automating the process. Please suggest
Thanks and Regards,
Mahesh

I got the solution. I had missed out execute_query which will automatically executes the backend query when we click a button.
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Mahesh

Help with form

Currently I have a 30+ page website i created in CS4 Dreamweaver. I really like it but we are tired of using the Aweber forms for a RFQ.
I see where i can create the form in forms insert in DW but having difficulty finding how to assign a MAILTO when they complete it and want them to be able to attach a drawing or spec to their quote.
We use Godaddy as host server so i think its PHP (windows) and want the form to go to a general RFQ email address everytime.
Any help would be appreciated. I can give our site url to look around or would would be willing to compensate someone to take on this task.
To me - this is a weeks worth of work and another week headache. to most pros. its probably less then an hour.
Let me know how to proceed or what is best. is there a product available with template i can use and modify?

First check with your host to see which server-side
programming languages
and/or formmailer scripts they support. Some hosts (GoDaddy
shared hosting
for example) may limit you to using only their scripts which
you must
activate via your account's admin panel.
If your server supports PHP and you can use 3rd party
scripts, I highly
recommend this one from DB Masters. It hides your address
from prying eye
email harvesters and has some pretty nifty spam control
methods built in.
Free to use if you credit the author; $20 if you don't.
http://www.dbmasters.net/index.php?id=4
Best of luck on your project,
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
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Forms with Dreamweaver CS4?

Hi All,
Does anyone have a link or tutoral on how to create a form in Dreamweaver CS4. I need to make a "Request a Catalog" Form.
I especially might need the most help on figuring out on how to receive the info thru my email.
many thanks,
Alex

HTML forms don't do anything without an Action. You can use Mailto: but this is just asking for Spam and limits the usefulness of your form. Your best solution is to use a form processing script with spam controls built in.
Ask your host if they offer any form-to-email processing scripts you can use... or which flavor script you can use on your server (PHP, ASP, ASP.net, ColdFusion, etc...)
Form Services and Script generators
http://wufoo.com/
http://www.bebosoft.com/products/formstogo/overview/
FormMailer.PHP script
http://dbmasters.net/index.php?id=4
Nancy O.
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Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
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Submission forms in Dreamweaver MX?

I'm trying to create a submission form in Dreamweaver MX. Users can fill in any of the fields they wish, and upon clicking the "Submit" button, the information is sent to my email address. Examples of the fields the users fill in include general comments and file uploading. I was able to get the form itself working, but I my question regards the submission of the form.
At first, I tried using Formmail to have the form submitted to my email. This did work, but I was wondering if Dreamweaver MX comes with anything that does the same thing? In other words, is there a feature in MX that allows submitted forms to be sent to my email address? And if so, how do I enable this feature?
Thanks for the help.

>In other words, is there a feature in MX that
>allows submitted forms to be sent to my email address?
No. You need to obtain a form mail (server side) script. You might start by checking with your host to see if they have something that works with your hosting plan.

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