frontpage doesnt send content of electronic form to email, why ?

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Randy

I have created an electronic form for my website. when i press my created
submit buttom, the email is received, but no content travels with it. The
problem is somehow on my computer. What can I do ?
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

Make sure you have select the fields to be saved under form properties and that you have select the
Text format for the email.

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Randy

-- Hello Thomas,
Thank you for your letter. Im not sure Im following you completely. By the
way, my frontpage is in Hungarian language, so please understand my
terminology is a bit off because I am translating to English. This is the
first time Im creating a web page and Im not quite comfortable with all
terminology. Generally speaking everthing is the same as in english, just my
terminology may be off.

Anyway, FYI, the website I have created is www.careinhungary.com. The form
can be accessed by clicking on information at the lower part of the first
page.

If you go there, you can see the submit button at the bottom of the form.
This goes through on the email, nothing else. Do i need to select each blank
individually and set it to text ? ( I have done this) The button, itself, is
also set to send in text.

Its not exactly clear from your email what I should do exactly. Could we
run through the process stap-by-step ? Would appreciate it....Perhaps this
may need a phone call. Is there a way to contact you personally ?

Thank you in advance for your time and help.

Best regards,
Randy
 
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Ronx

You did not specify the page the form is on - I assume it is TEF.htm.

There are 9 forms on this page. The last form is the only one that
has a submit button, and this form has no fields. When this is
submitted you get everything in the form - that is ... nothing.

The 9 forms should be combined into one, which may require re-doing
the whole page.
 
R

Randy

Hi Ronx,
Thank you, ! Im following you...:) yes, how then can i go about combining
the 9 forms into 1 ?
So, Im to understand that each cell is considered a separate form ? (in
case the word cell is unfamiliar, in hungarian excell each box is called a
cell)

Please continue on...

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Thank you in advance for your time and help.

Best regards,
Randy
 
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Ronx

In your page, each cell IS a separate form, but should not be.
The easiest way to change your page is to make the form extend to the
entire page.

First make a copy of the page, just in case something goes wrong.

In Code View, find the first tag that starts <form
Highlight all the code from <form up to and including <!--webbot
bot="SaveResults" endspan -->. This covers several lines of code if
your code word-wraps.
Ctrl+X to cut, and paste (Ctrl+V) at the start of the page, just
after the <body> tag.
Repeat the highlight for all other <form to <!--webbot
bot="SaveResults" endspan -->, and delete the highlighted text.

Then use Edit->Replace to find </form> and replace with nothing. (Make
the Replace box empty). 9 instances of </form> should be
replaced/deleted.
Finally, just before the </body> tag, add </form>

Check the form properties, and you should be good to go.
 
R

Randy

Hi again Ronx,
Thanks so much. I corrected the form by putting everything into one cell.
Looks like this worked :))) time for bud...

really appreciate your help...I may be in contact again..

have a great day.
--
Thank you in advance for your time and help.

Best regards,
Randy
 
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Andrew Murray

Cells have nothing to do with forms.

Your form on a page must be between <form> and </form> tags. You can use a
table to help with the form layout, rather than using absolute positioning,
or the space bar to try and align the form fields.

From the Insert Menu, go to Forms item and then on the submenu select the
form components eg text box, text area, radio button, check box etc.

Place these on the page as you like (use a table *within* the form (there
should be a dotted outline border indicating the form area in the GUI/Design
view)

Divide the table into cells eg columns and rows to help you layout the form
neatly. (turn the table border off - width="0").

Then add a button "Submit" (and "Reset" if you wish) still within the form
tags. Save these changes.

Right-click within the form to set up the properties, e.g. where you want
the form to send the data - in your case you want it emailed, so insert your
email address in the correct field. Click OK out of these dialogue box(es).

Save the changes, publish the page. View and Test the page (send yourself a
test submission from the form on your webpage).

Then check your email and it should show up within a short time.

I hope this makes sense.
 
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