Is there a form wizard

Sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm used to using
FrontPage.
I want to create a simple contact form and have the results
mailed to me in HTML format.
Is there a quick and easy way to do that in DreamWeaver 8
without additional products?
If so could you please explain it in very simple terms?
Thank you in advance.

There are only two ways to process form data -
1. Use mailto:[email protected] as the action of the form
2. Use a server-side scripting method to a) harvest the
form's data, b)
process it in some manner, e.g., enter it into a database, c)
formulate and
send an email to one or more email recipients, and d)
redirect the visitor
to some ending page
Method 1 is quite simple, and is also the least reliable. It
depends both
on your visitor having an email client already installed on
their computer -
this eliminates public computers, or home users without email
clients
installed (more and more it seems) - and on the installed
email client
responding to
the mailto call. It is not possible to use this method *and*
send the
visitor to a
thank you page as well.
Method 2a is the preferred method, since it eliminates the
problems of
method
1, but it means that you have to grapple with
server-scripting somehow (ASP,
CF, PHP, perl, etc.).
Method 2b would be to use some third-party form processing,
like
http://www.bebosoft.com/products/formstogo/.
You would have to decide which of these methods is best for
your needs,
but if it's Method 2a, then start by asking your host what
they provide for
form
processing. If it's 2b, then read their FAQ/instructions
carefully.
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> Sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm used to using
FrontPage.
> I want to create a simple contact form and have the
results mailed to me
> in
> HTML format.
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> Is there a quick and easy way to do that in DreamWeaver
8 without
> additional
> products?
> If so could you please explain it in very simple terms?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>

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<zq>
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