Forms not working with a new subsite format

[Lae135]

Hello

I used to have a single hosting account for each of my websites. I had forms
on those sites and they all worked fine as far as inputting the information
and all information went directly to an email account.

I have since re-configured all my sites under a main site and my sites are
all subsites - it seems the problem with the email forms lies somewhere in
this new arrangment. After filling in the form and when the end-user hits
"submit" nothing happens.

I would think the forms would still work as the info was going to an email
account rather than a database....

Can anyone offer any help?

An example of my not working form can be found @
www.condosofct.com/contactlinda.htm

Thank you

 

[David Berry]

I see buttons and textboxes but there's no Form ( <form></form> ) on the
page. You need to have a form (and set it to send email) for the page to
work.

 

[Lae135]

Hi

I saw that too...so, i since added the script and now, it goes to an "oops"
page - page not found....

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

FP forms require that the website have FP extensions installed and working
and that you publish via http:// method. Your site does not appear to have
FP extensions installed.

The host also has to allow the use of FP forms handler, and in many cases
the email address has to be in the same domain..iow not; cox.net.

ps...have fun with GoDaddy

hth



| Hi
|
| I saw that too...so, i since added the script and now, it goes to an
"oops"
| page - page not found....
|
|
|
| "David Berry" wrote:
|
| > I see buttons and textboxes but there's no Form ( <form></form> ) on the
| > page. You need to have a form (and set it to send email) for the page
to
| > work.
| >
| >
| > | > > Hello
| > >
| > > I used to have a single hosting account for each of my websites. I had
| > > forms
| > > on those sites and they all worked fine as far as inputting the
| > > information
| > > and all information went directly to an email account.
| > >
| > > I have since re-configured all my sites under a main site and my sites
are
| > > all subsites - it seems the problem with the email forms lies
somewhere in
| > > this new arrangment. After filling in the form and when the end-user
hits
| > > "submit" nothing happens.
| > >
| > > I would think the forms would still work as the info was going to an
email
| > > account rather than a database....
| > >
| > > Can anyone offer any help?
| > >
| > > An example of my not working form can be found @
| > > www.condosofct.com/contactlinda.htm
| > >
| > > Thank you
| >
| >
| >

 

[Lae135]

Hi

I do have FP extensions installed....any other ideas?

I mean in order to have the forms work - what are the basic components?

I always used the cox.net email address and it used to work fine.

The only thing I did differently was change all sites to a subsite format -
that is when the forms stopped working

curious about the godaddy reference - do you know of any issues? I have only
ever used them and it is a pain to get the FP extensions
installed...etc...very time consuming.

Thanks!! linda

 

[David Berry]

Did you publish the new page? I just looked and the page look the same.

 

[Lae135]

Yes....I original was not getting an "action" on submit - when I added the
following code (posted lower) I was then getting an OOPS page by my hosting
company...

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="--WEBBOT-SELF--"
onSubmit="location.href='../_derived/nortbots.htm';return false;"
webbot-onSubmit name="ContactForm">
<!--WEBBOT BOT=SaveResults startspan S-Builtin-Fields="Date Time"
S-Label-Fields="TRUE" B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE" S-Date-Format="%A, %B %d,
%Y" S-Time-Format="%I:%M:%S %p" S-Email-Address="(e-mail address removed)"
S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE"
--><input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--webbot
bot="SaveResults" endspan i-checksum="43374" -->
<td valign="top">


This is the code I am using for my form....could the problem lie in the
vti-group thingy?

I have no idea what that is or why it would be important.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Did you manually add the code shown below or did FP add the code to the page?

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
==============================================
Agents Real Estate Listing Network
http://www.NReal.com
==============================================

 

[Tom Willett]

Nortbots:
You should only get the onSubmit="location.href='_derived/nortbots.htm' in
disc based webs or in online webs that have not been
published using FP http mode to a server running the FP SE

FYI
the nortbots stand for NORunTimewebBOTS
- meaning the action is not server based as a run time webbot tool

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

From reading posts by others that are hosted on GoDaddy, seems GD doesn't
know very much about FP extensions.

It doesn't take long to install or repair FP extensions...it may take you a
long time to get them to do it though!



| Hi
|
| I do have FP extensions installed....any other ideas?
|
| I mean in order to have the forms work - what are the basic components?
|
| I always used the cox.net email address and it used to work fine.
|
| The only thing I did differently was change all sites to a subsite
format -
| that is when the forms stopped working
|
| curious about the godaddy reference - do you know of any issues? I have
only
| ever used them and it is a pain to get the FP extensions
| installed...etc...very time consuming.
|
| Thanks!! linda
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > FP forms require that the website have FP extensions installed and
working
| > and that you publish via http:// method. Your site does not appear to
have
| > FP extensions installed.
| >
| > The host also has to allow the use of FP forms handler, and in many
cases
| > the email address has to be in the same domain..iow not; cox.net.
| >
| > ps...have fun with GoDaddy
| >
| > hth
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | Hi
| > |
| > | I saw that too...so, i since added the script and now, it goes to an
| > "oops"
| > | page - page not found....
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | "David Berry" wrote:
| > |
| > | > I see buttons and textboxes but there's no Form ( <form></form> ) on
the
| > | > page. You need to have a form (and set it to send email) for the
page
| > to
| > | > work.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > > Hello
| > | > >
| > | > > I used to have a single hosting account for each of my websites. I
had
| > | > > forms
| > | > > on those sites and they all worked fine as far as inputting the
| > | > > information
| > | > > and all information went directly to an email account.
| > | > >
| > | > > I have since re-configured all my sites under a main site and my
sites
| > are
| > | > > all subsites - it seems the problem with the email forms lies
| > somewhere in
| > | > > this new arrangment. After filling in the form and when the
end-user
| > hits
| > | > > "submit" nothing happens.
| > | > >
| > | > > I would think the forms would still work as the info was going to
an
| > email
| > | > > account rather than a database....
| > | > >
| > | > > Can anyone offer any help?
| > | > >
| > | > > An example of my not working form can be found @
| > | > > www.condosofct.com/contactlinda.htm
| > | > >
| > | > > Thank you
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >

 

[David Berry]

Yes. There are better web hosts that offer many more features and give you
much more control. Try www.webhost4life.com

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

According to the error at http://www.condosofct.com/_vti_inf.html
Your host does NOT have the FP Server Extension installed - required
(or they are broken and require repair by the host)

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| Yes....I original was not getting an "action" on submit - when I added the
| following code (posted lower) I was then getting an OOPS page by my hosting
| company...
|
| <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="--WEBBOT-SELF--"
| onSubmit="location.href='../_derived/nortbots.htm';return false;"
| webbot-onSubmit name="ContactForm">
| <!--WEBBOT BOT=SaveResults startspan S-Builtin-Fields="Date Time"
| S-Label-Fields="TRUE" B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE" S-Date-Format="%A, %B %d,
| %Y" S-Time-Format="%I:%M:%S %p" S-Email-Address="(e-mail address removed)"
| S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE"
| --><input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--webbot
| bot="SaveResults" endspan i-checksum="43374" -->
| <td valign="top">
|
|
| This is the code I am using for my form....could the problem lie in the
| vti-group thingy?
|
| I have no idea what that is or why it would be important.
|
|
| "David Berry" wrote:
|
| > Did you publish the new page? I just looked and the page look the same.
| >
| >
| > | > > Hi
| > >
| > > I saw that too...so, i since added the script and now, it goes to an
| > > "oops"
| > > page - page not found....
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > > "David Berry" wrote:
| > >
| > >> I see buttons and textboxes but there's no Form ( <form></form> ) on the
| > >> page. You need to have a form (and set it to send email) for the page to
| > >> work.
| > >>
| > >>
| > >> | > >> > Hello
| > >> >
| > >> > I used to have a single hosting account for each of my websites. I had
| > >> > forms
| > >> > on those sites and they all worked fine as far as inputting the
| > >> > information
| > >> > and all information went directly to an email account.
| > >> >
| > >> > I have since re-configured all my sites under a main site and my sites
| > >> > are
| > >> > all subsites - it seems the problem with the email forms lies somewhere
| > >> > in
| > >> > this new arrangment. After filling in the form and when the end-user
| > >> > hits
| > >> > "submit" nothing happens.
| > >> >
| > >> > I would think the forms would still work as the info was going to an
| > >> > email
| > >> > account rather than a database....
| > >> >
| > >> > Can anyone offer any help?
| > >> >
| > >> > An example of my not working form can be found @
| > >> > www.condosofct.com/contactlinda.htm
| > >> >
| > >> > Thank you
| > >>
| > >>
| > >>
| >
| >
| >

 

[Lae135]

I added the code

Did you manually add the code shown below or did FP add the code to the page?

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
==============================================
Agents Real Estate Listing Network
http://www.NReal.com
==============================================

 

[Lae135]

Hi
I checked in my godaddy account set up and it said it was installed....I
will call them and see what they say...otherwise, I guess I'll have to
re-install

Otherwise, do I have the components needed to make the info filled out in
the form go to the email account of my choice?

thanks!

According to the error at http://www.condosofct.com/_vti_inf.html
Your host does NOT have the FP Server Extension installed - required
(or they are broken and require repair by the host)

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| Yes....I original was not getting an "action" on submit - when I added the
| following code (posted lower) I was then getting an OOPS page by my hosting
| company...
|
| <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="--WEBBOT-SELF--"
| onSubmit="location.href='../_derived/nortbots.htm';return false;"
| webbot-onSubmit name="ContactForm">
| <!--WEBBOT BOT=SaveResults startspan S-Builtin-Fields="Date Time"
| S-Label-Fields="TRUE" B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE" S-Date-Format="%A, %B %d,
| %Y" S-Time-Format="%I:%M:%S %p" S-Email-Address="(e-mail address removed)"
| S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE"
| --><input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--webbot
| bot="SaveResults" endspan i-checksum="43374" -->
| <td valign="top">
|
|
| This is the code I am using for my form....could the problem lie in the
| vti-group thingy?
|
| I have no idea what that is or why it would be important.
|
|
| "David Berry" wrote:
|
| > Did you publish the new page? I just looked and the page look the same.
| >
| >
| > | > > Hi
| > >
| > > I saw that too...so, i since added the script and now, it goes to an
| > > "oops"
| > > page - page not found....
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > > "David Berry" wrote:
| > >
| > >> I see buttons and textboxes but there's no Form ( <form></form> ) on the
| > >> page. You need to have a form (and set it to send email) for the page to
| > >> work.
| > >>
| > >>
| > >> | > >> > Hello
| > >> >
| > >> > I used to have a single hosting account for each of my websites. I had
| > >> > forms
| > >> > on those sites and they all worked fine as far as inputting the
| > >> > information
| > >> > and all information went directly to an email account.
| > >> >
| > >> > I have since re-configured all my sites under a main site and my sites
| > >> > are
| > >> > all subsites - it seems the problem with the email forms lies somewhere
| > >> > in
| > >> > this new arrangment. After filling in the form and when the end-user
| > >> > hits
| > >> > "submit" nothing happens.
| > >> >
| > >> > I would think the forms would still work as the info was going to an
| > >> > email
| > >> > account rather than a database....
| > >> >
| > >> > Can anyone offer any help?
| > >> >
| > >> > An example of my not working form can be found @
| > >> > www.condosofct.com/contactlinda.htm
| > >> >
| > >> > Thank you
| > >>
| > >>
| > >>
| >
| >
| >

 

[Lae135]

Thank you - I will look into them.....I seem to have issues with godaddy as
far as being able to answer some of my questions as it relates to FP.

 

[Lae135]

condosofct is now configured as a subsite under my main site which has FP ext
installed. does that help/matter?

According to the error at http://www.condosofct.com/_vti_inf.html
Your host does NOT have the FP Server Extension installed - required
(or they are broken and require repair by the host)

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


| Yes....I original was not getting an "action" on submit - when I added the
| following code (posted lower) I was then getting an OOPS page by my hosting
| company...
|
| <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="--WEBBOT-SELF--"
| onSubmit="location.href='../_derived/nortbots.htm';return false;"
| webbot-onSubmit name="ContactForm">
| <!--WEBBOT BOT=SaveResults startspan S-Builtin-Fields="Date Time"
| S-Label-Fields="TRUE" B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE" S-Date-Format="%A, %B %d,
| %Y" S-Time-Format="%I:%M:%S %p" S-Email-Address="(e-mail address removed)"
| S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE"
| --><input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--webbot
| bot="SaveResults" endspan i-checksum="43374" -->
| <td valign="top">
|
|
| This is the code I am using for my form....could the problem lie in the
| vti-group thingy?
|
| I have no idea what that is or why it would be important.
|
|
| "David Berry" wrote:
|
| > Did you publish the new page? I just looked and the page look the same.
| >
| >
| > | > > Hi
| > >
| > > I saw that too...so, i since added the script and now, it goes to an
| > > "oops"
| > > page - page not found....
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > > "David Berry" wrote:
| > >
| > >> I see buttons and textboxes but there's no Form ( <form></form> ) on the
| > >> page. You need to have a form (and set it to send email) for the page to
| > >> work.
| > >>
| > >>
| > >> | > >> > Hello
| > >> >
| > >> > I used to have a single hosting account for each of my websites. I had
| > >> > forms
| > >> > on those sites and they all worked fine as far as inputting the
| > >> > information
| > >> > and all information went directly to an email account.
| > >> >
| > >> > I have since re-configured all my sites under a main site and my sites
| > >> > are
| > >> > all subsites - it seems the problem with the email forms lies somewhere
| > >> > in
| > >> > this new arrangment. After filling in the form and when the end-user
| > >> > hits
| > >> > "submit" nothing happens.
| > >> >
| > >> > I would think the forms would still work as the info was going to an
| > >> > email
| > >> > account rather than a database....
| > >> >
| > >> > Can anyone offer any help?
| > >> >
| > >> > An example of my not working form can be found @
| > >> > www.condosofct.com/contactlinda.htm
| > >> >
| > >> > Thank you
| > >>
| > >>
| > >>
| >
| >
| >

 

[Lae135]

so, are suggestiong that I remove that code?

does it matter that before I re-configured my sites from their own hosting
accounts to a subsite under one account - my forms worked perfectly and the
info went to my (e-mail address removed) account?

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Now, _redo_ your form on that page.


| condosofct is now configured as a subsite under my main site which has FP
ext
| installed. does that help/matter?
|
| "Stefan B Rusynko" wrote:
|
| > According to the error at http://www.condosofct.com/_vti_inf.html
| > Your host does NOT have the FP Server Extension installed - required
| > (or they are broken and require repair by the host)
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | Yes....I original was not getting an "action" on submit - when I added
the
| > | following code (posted lower) I was then getting an OOPS page by my
hosting
| > | company...
| > |
| > | <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="--WEBBOT-SELF--"
| > | onSubmit="location.href='../_derived/nortbots.htm';return false;"
| > | webbot-onSubmit name="ContactForm">
| > | <!--WEBBOT BOT=SaveResults startspan S-Builtin-Fields="Date Time"
| > | S-Label-Fields="TRUE" B-Reverse-Chronology="FALSE" S-Date-Format="%A,
%B %d,
| > | %Y" S-Time-Format="%I:%M:%S %p" S-Email-Address="(e-mail address removed)"
| > | S-Email-Format="TEXT/PRE"
| > | --><input TYPE="hidden" NAME="VTI-GROUP" VALUE="0"><!--webbot
| > | bot="SaveResults" endspan i-checksum="43374" -->
| > | <td valign="top">
| > |
| > |
| > | This is the code I am using for my form....could the problem lie in
the
| > | vti-group thingy?
| > |
| > | I have no idea what that is or why it would be important.
| > |
| > |
| > | "David Berry" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Did you publish the new page? I just looked and the page look the
same.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > > Hi
| > | > >
| > | > > I saw that too...so, i since added the script and now, it goes to
an
| > | > > "oops"
| > | > > page - page not found....
| > | > >
| > | > >
| > | > >
| > | > > "David Berry" wrote:
| > | > >
| > | > >> I see buttons and textboxes but there's no Form ( <form></form> )
on the
| > | > >> page. You need to have a form (and set it to send email) for the
page to
| > | > >> work.
| > | > >>
| > | > >>
| > | > >> | > | > >> > Hello
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > I used to have a single hosting account for each of my
websites. I had
| > | > >> > forms
| > | > >> > on those sites and they all worked fine as far as inputting the
| > | > >> > information
| > | > >> > and all information went directly to an email account.
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > I have since re-configured all my sites under a main site and
my sites
| > | > >> > are
| > | > >> > all subsites - it seems the problem with the email forms lies
somewhere
| > | > >> > in
| > | > >> > this new arrangment. After filling in the form and when the
end-user
| > | > >> > hits
| > | > >> > "submit" nothing happens.
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > I would think the forms would still work as the info was going
to an
| > | > >> > email
| > | > >> > account rather than a database....
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > Can anyone offer any help?
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > An example of my not working form can be found @
| > | > >> > www.condosofct.com/contactlinda.htm
| > | > >> >
| > | > >> > Thank you
| > | > >>
| > | > >>
| > | > >>
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >

 

[David Berry]

Unfortunately, if your host doesn't have the FrontPage Extensions installed
it won't work.

 

[David Berry]

When they moved the sites they must have corrupted the extensions for forgot
to add them to the new site. You'll have to remove the code until they fix
this as it won't work anyway. Your other choice is to see if they offer any
other type of forms handler (non-FrontPage) that you could use to submit the
form