Form submitting

[iambud]

I'm trying to get a form to be sent via email to my account. i have no clue how to do this any help?

[iambud]

http://morgan.ath.cx/contact.html

[Gidgidonihah]

Are you using a scripting language or just html?

In PHP it's a pretty simple thing to do.
You'll have the form submit to a new page (or itself using $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) and hand the form inputs using the mail function.  If you need more specifics, let me know. Hit my up on MSN and I'll walk you through it.

[Latro]

in simple html

http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_form_mail

[Gidgidonihah]

Yes, but for many reasons, that's just not a good way of doing it.

[Latro]

Ahh thats only if you're worrying about security/privacy... Oh and I guess they have to have a mail client on their system.

For his contact us page.. I doubt it really matters.

[Jedakiah]

I have recently been using DD Formmailer because of its' tremendous security against spammers.  It receives Jed's recommendation. 

[Gidgidonihah]

Latro, that just breaks so many rules of usability, it's ridiculous.

Use Jed's suggestion for a prebuilt php way of doing it. Pretty simple, really.

[iambud]

Do you really think I'll have that big of a deal with the spammers? If I do I can always change it back right?

[Labyrinthine]

Do you really think I'll have that big of a deal with the spammers? If I do I can always change it back right?

You will.

Put a form up on the internet and as soon as the spiders find you, SPAAAAMMM!!

[Gidgidonihah]

Do you really think I'll have that big of a deal with the spammers? If I do I can always change it back right?

Without the slightest doubt.

[Jedakiah]

Do you really think I'll have that big of a deal with the spammers? If I do I can always change it back right?

I work for a company that often designs small $800 websites, so we have a lot of them out there.  And due to the out dated scripting methods that they used for the many years prior to my working here, they left their forms wide open to spammers.  And yet, a surprisingly small number of those sites have been spammed.  So no, it's not a big risk.  But why not spend the hour it would take to learn and deploy DD-formmailer or something similar?  It's a good preventative. 

A major thing you don't want, is to put your e-mail addresses out there unnecessarily.  Spammers love those.  If you can hide them and have a form mail directly without displaying the actual address, it is a very very good idea.  You won't regret that.

[iambud]

http://morgan.ath.cx  contacts page so thats bad to have their names on it? and also i have a link at the bottom going to my work email as well also another one in the open postions to applications@morganasphalt.com...

[The Grandfather]

I like the phone number change, looks good.

The top left compnay name I really have a hard time reading the company name. The white on white is not really a good idea. You either need to change the colors or move it around. Please change it.

The above your contact information on the upper left. Right above your P.O. box. you should really have your company name again also. Maybe in a nice font. You cant go wrong being redundant with the company name. Please make these changes A.S.A.P. thanks

[iambud]

Your so lucky your bitch face isn't on msn right now. but yes the graphics arn't done yet. thats just a general idea.... of course you can't see it guy le douche. fixed the morgan asphalt for you. I'll try and find a nice lil gay font for you later.