IWeb - publishing a pdf form

Howdy,
How do I publish a pdf form on iWeb so that visitors can fill it and return it to me?
thanx
pierre

Unfortunately, it is quite complex to be able to do this with a pdf form and you need to alter code.
It depends what you want to do though?
If you want to make a pdf form downloadable in iWeb, then you can. You can either go to Inspector and create a hyperlink to the file and when someone clicks on this link, the pdf will open. The other way is to Zip or Compress your pdf file and then link to that through Inspector and hyperlink and then when someone clicks the link, the document will be downloaded and they will be able to complete the form and send it to you in the post, or scan it and e-mail it to you completed.
When you say form, is it this that you want or a Contact/Feedback form that people fill in on your site, with the details e-mailed to you?
If so, then go to somewhere like Bravenet, Freedback or Wufoo and create your own form online and complete the option to have details e-mailed to you. When you have finished the form, copy the code and then paste it to the HTML snippet in iWeb and click Apply and you have your form.

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----- Document.Page1.txt_MRN::exit: - (JavaScript, client) -----------------------------------------
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