I have been trying for long (learning the basics)
I was trying for long to know the basics of HTML and CSS. Is there any websites that offer courses on these?
I want to create a form for contact us and feedback on my website. There are many sites providing free forms, but is it easy to design the same for ourselves. Which will be the best website to look for this?
Neutron2k posted this at 15:30 — 8th December 2006.
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For contact forms, you will need to learn more than just HTML and CSS. You will need to learn a server side scripting language such as ASP, PHP, PERL or .NET in order to send emails.
You will also need to ensure that your web server supports the chosen server language. Windows Hosting is for ASP and .net, where as Apache/Linux hosting is for PHP.
I have written an article for each language for creating contact forms that you can find at the following addresses:
ASP and CDO: http://n2kdesign.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?aID=7
PHP: http://n2kdesign.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?aID=26
Please feel free to take a look and ask me any questions if you get stuck!
Good luck!
EDIT: I'm currently experiencing high server loads on my site. If you receive a maintenance error, please goto n2kdesign.co.uk and search for email to find the above two articles.
The URLs above are correct, but at busy times the server seems to have problems. cheers.
blackhawkpowers posted this at 21:17 — 8th December 2006.
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learning html and css are very easy you just have to take the time to do it...... in all honesty you can learn to make a form in under a day using html and css.... like neutron2k said though handling the information is a bit different but still not hard to tackle especially if you're just wanting a basic form done there are several form handlers in php (the only langauge I use so can't vouch for the others) that are for free and easily adapted. To learn HTML I learned at this site http://www.htmlgoodies.com there you will find several other primers you can learn from such as css and even some php and other langages there just a wealth of knowledge. another good site is http://www.htmldog.com/ I have recently come across that one and like it.
another option is this site which I am not a member of and have actually never used but seems to be something you might find useful (it was posted on another forum I am a member of) but it makes the html for you and generates the php needed to handle the form. http://www.forms4free.com
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franke1 posted this at 10:57 — 11th December 2006.
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With the above said resources and tips, I will be able to do something more with the subjects. I will try all the websites and choose the most user friendly one. thank all of you for the help.
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