BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted August 27, 2005 Allow me to give you further examples:You have contact.htm and template.txtYou place them both in public_html then your code will be <form method="POST" action="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/; name="myform"> You place them both in public_html/foldername then your code will be <form method="POST" action="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/; name="myform"> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Compute 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2005 I understand that now but why didn't it send the email. It said it did but when i check my email it didn't... does it take some time?Sorry for asking so many questions. Thanks for all your help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted August 27, 2005 (edited) When i check my mail box. No massage was ever sent.... 179070[/snapback] Never SENT or never RECEIVED? Your mailbox will not keep records of what is sent unless you configure your mailbox to do so. But this CGI script uses another mailserver other than Xisto and yours so you will not have any record of sending. This is sending data using straight character send, hence called CGI (common gateway interface). It does not need permission of SMTP to send data over the net. Edit: lol sorry, my reply is slower than your question... did you set up your top level domain with Xisto's mail service? Instead of fixing what I assume as a faulty setup with your domain name and the hosting, use your Yahoo or Gmail or whatever to test it out. Just change the To: email@wherever.com in your TXT file and you should be able to find out right away. Edited August 27, 2005 by BuffaloHELP (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Compute 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2005 kk it finally worked but I would also like to know how could I make it so that when they click submit it doesn't send them to the txt file but a confirmation page.Again Thanks a lot! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted August 27, 2005 Compute To redirect to another page without showing up the user's confirmation page use this html mark <input type="hidden" name="success" value="http://yourWebsite.com/whatever_you_want_them_to_see"> INSTEAD OF <input type="hidden" name="addendum" value="Thank you. If you are seeing this page, you should be contacted within 48 hours."> You can check out this page to read up on instructions http://web.mit.edu/wwwdev/cgiemail/user.html midnightvamp I double checked using language and it worked for me. Make sure you follow this TXT format found here http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Spacing in TXT file is important. Please let me know if you were all able to use this feature. I'm sorry that my tutorial isn't perfect and not working out as I hoped. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Compute 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2005 Ok thanks for all the help sir. This is by far one of the most active and supportive forums I have ever been part of. The problem with the tutorial is that it just says the basics. and some new people like me sometimes need further explaining lol. But overall its a good tutorial its just my first time that I really didn't understand much.Thanks for the quick responses and the outstanding help. you too midnightvamp ;)THANKS a BILLLLLION lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midnightvamp 1 Report post Posted August 27, 2005 midnightvamp I double checked using language and it worked for me. Make sure you follow this TXT format found here http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Spacing in TXT file is important. Please let me know if you were all able to use this feature. I'm sorry that my tutorial isn't perfect and not working out as I hoped. 179089[/snapback] Hi... I got it working now. It wasn't your tutorial that was wrong. I'm sure it's just me because like Compute said, we are just not so experianced at this, so we need a little extra help Anyway. I did have the space in the txt file. Only one space though in between the headers and the body (I believe that is what they were called), but when I added a second space, it works perfect now. I'm happy that I got it working, because I was playing around with it, because I couldn't get into the Xisto site, so I wanted to come on here, and tell you sooner, but I wasn't getting in, and then it was dinner So thank you for all your help... It means the world to me. You have no idea how the past two days have been driving me crazy over the forms lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloHelp 24 Report post Posted August 28, 2005 I'm glad to be a help.For multiple formmail using CGI script, please refer to this thread http://forums.xisto.com/topic/26683-2-diffrent-form-mails/----- Topic closed ----- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
