mailto in HTML
I am trying to use the tag "mailto" in an HTML file to prompt the user to email me. Specifically, I want to have the subject and the body of the email message already filled in when the user sends me the email.
So far, I have managed to have a hyperlink where the body is already filled in:
<a href="mailto::[email protected]?body='test'">this works</a>I have also managed to have a hyperlink where the subject line is already filled in:
<a href="mailto:usernamegmail.com?subject='the subject'">this works too</a>
But I have yet to figure out how do combine the two:
<a href="mailto::[email protected]?subject='the subject and
the body'?body='test'">help</a>Does anyone know how to do this?
teammatt3 posted this at 23:33 — 24th February 2008.
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mailto:[email protected]?body=bodymessage&subject=subjectline
The & solves your problem.
JeevesBond posted this at 23:52 — 24th February 2008.
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject='the subject and the body'&body='test'">wibble</a>mailto isn't that great though, it's better to use a contact form in PHP. That's a lot more difficult of course. Biggest problem with mailto is that you'll problem get spam.
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webwiz posted this at 00:40 — 25th February 2008.
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... JeevesBond is right. There is also the difficulty people face when using a computer at work, the library, or any computer not their own -- the email client may well be de-activated, so clicking the link will likely give an error of some sort.
Unless you are into server-side form processing, I suggest you take a look at the Wufoo form builder. Should take you about an hour, tops, to build a contact form you can put on your own page, or have Wufoo host it.
The form is coded nicely, and has anti-spam measures built in.
Cordially, David
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