Hi

Just downloaded the latest version of the CoffeeCup HTML Editor. Let me start by saying that I don't have much of an idea of what I'm doing with HTML
so be kind.

Basically I want to change the "contacts us" page here http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/ampe … ontact.htm to have a form so that people can submit their query along with their email address rather than having the "email us" button which exposes the destination email address to spammers.

The button has been dead for a long time (unusable email address) due to the address being hijacked by idiotic spammers.

Do I need anything else apart from the editor itself? (form builder ??)

The website was re-designed by others (due to my stick men like artistic capabilities) but I use the CoffeeCup editor to do small changes from time to time.

John,

I can sympathize with the 'stick men' artistic abilities. That's why I deal mainly with code. Yes, the form builder will make your form for you very nicely.

yahtzee!

+1 for the recommendation of Form Builder. This will make your life SO much easier when you work on forms for your site.

+2 John

Form builder will save you a lot of grief, especially as you admit to being code shy. There are many form examples around on the web and most servers/hosts have a 'formmail' script which allows you to send emails without publishing your email address. Unfortunately the address is still present in the code somewhere and bots are often clever enough to locate it. With form builder, you just design your form, fill out the fields where required, compile it and insert the code into your web page. Upload all relevant files and away you go. Much simpler than mucking about with code.

Ok, thanks everyone.

I was expecting some email notification of replies and forgot I asked the question.

can you send the form contents to an email using the HTML Editor form maker? i know you can do this with the standalone version of the Form Builder.

I'm sure you can Razz if you know how to code the setup for it to do so. Being that it's separate elements, you'd have to know the coding, have to be sure your servers are equipped to deal with it also. I've never gotten that familiar with hand coding forms so I don't know how to tell you to do it, but I would imagine they can since the form elements are in the HTML builder to use. Would be pretty silly to add elements to a builder if they couldn't work or be used

i guess you have to create a PHP script to send the contents to email. does anyone know of any PHP scripts that might work? thanks for your reply.

Google for free scripts; there are literally hundreds available that could be tweaked to do what you want to do.

Dave.

John
I am no expert at CC HTML.
I had a similar issue with emails & spammers.
I used Form Builder and asked respondents to enter their email twice and to copy a 4 digit code into a box. Form Builder is great at setting this up & it works very well.

You can see my "form" at:
http://www.medset.ca
"Contact Us"
Jerry