How to Add a Feeback Form

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Greg Maxey

I have a very basic website with a User Feedback form. Today I saw a link
to a free Contact form that validates the user data and asks a question to
eliminate spam.

http://www.freecontactform.com/

The down load contains a zip file that extracts as a bunch of php file
extensions.

There are some "basic" instructions but unfortunately they must be written
for someone that understands what a php file is and how to use them

Hopefully someone hear does, likes the free script and will be willing to
provide a few details on how one would incorporate it in an existing
website.

Thank you.
 
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Greg Maxey

Thomas,

Thanks for the cloudy response. Being an Word MVP myselft, I understand the
tendancy to be a bit abbreviated at times in a response. In this case, it
doesn't help. That is a bit cynical as I believe I made it clear that I
don't know what PHP is. Hence, I hardly know if my server supports PHP or
not. The blog is of no help. What I am looking for here is someone that
has applied this application (or willing to try) and then share with me and
the rest of this group how they did it. Do you want to help?
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

Then you have to contact your web host to determine if you can run a PHP application, if you can't,
then there is not need to learn PHP or seek support for the PHP application.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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Greg Maxey

Thomas.

"Do you want to help?" Apparently not.

Let's say I do contact my web host and determine that it doesn't support PHP
applications. Then suppose I decide to find a server that does. Then would
I have sufficient cause to seek help applying the code in the freecontact
form scripts?
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

Greg:

You need to first determine what server-side (PHP, ASP, ASP.net, CFM) scripting is supported by your
web host, then you can ask for help based on that information. Then someone may be able to recommend
a solution.

In general, if you download a 3rd party script, then you need to go back to source for support.

Let say your web host does support PHP, then instead of someone having to have knowledge of the
specific script you are trying to use, that has no support, they could recommend another possible
solution.

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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Greg Maxey

Thomas,

Thanks. I use the mvps.org server to post my webpages:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/

I have sent an e-mill to (e-mail address removed) asking if the server supports PHP
(it does support ASP as that is my current feedback script) but have not
gotten an answer. Maybe you know if you use that server?

I understand your suggestion on what to do generally, but this
freecontactform site appears to be just starting up and they don't have the
support available yet. There are some very basic directions provided with
the download, but like I said initially, I think a person needs more than
the basic grasp of Frontpage and scripting than I have to understand it.

What I like about this freecontactform script is that it requires the person
submitting the feedback to sum up a pair of random numbers to validate the
form which should eliminate the scads of spam I get as feedback.
 
G

Greg Maxey

Thomas,

Yes that would probably work if I only knew how and where to start. There
are no instructions other than "Copy these files to your IIS directory and
open demoform.asp. First question, what is an IIS directory?

All I want to do it incorporate the code that generates the random number
and validation into my existing feedback form or if I have to then modify a
form to meet my needs.
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

Open your live/remote site in FP, then create a folder, then import the files into your web. You
will also have to process your form via ASP, instead of the FP extensions. This would be the same if
using the PHP script.

--
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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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Greg Maxey

Thomas,

I am a complete idiot when it comes to doing anything in FrontPage other
than "Create new page from existing page" and type in text.

I opened FP. I created a folder named Feedback form. I copied the files to
the feedback form folder. I published everything to the remote site.

That is as far as I know how to go.

I tried attaching the demoform.asp to my navigaiton structure but that
doesn't help. All it displayed when I opened the page was a bunch of
scripts. I need to know where (what file, page, asp, whatever it is called)
that I attache to my navigaiton structure such that when I click on that
page the feedback form opens, the user validates it, and it is e-mailed to
me.

I saw nothing in that script that indicates where the form is e-mailed to so
I assume that I am supposed to but some of that script in my existing
feedback.asp file???
 
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Greg Maxey

Thomas,

EUREKA!!! Thanks to your gentle proding and after several hours of wailing
and gnashing of teeth and piles of hair on the floor I finally managed to
make it work!

There is one minor issue that I can't seem to figure out. If you visit my
website and submit feedback an Authentication field is displayed.
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Response.asp
It is located very close to my banners and I can't seem to be able to add a
little space between the field and the page banners. Also, if a user enters
a number too long then the text in the field is wrapped and well doesn't
look good. I can't seem to make the field wider. Any ideas.

Thanks for pushing me to find my own solution.
 
G

Greg Maxey

Curses, Curses. Now in my dogged attempt to get some space between that
field and the banner I have balled things up. For some reason even though
the banner shows up in preview and design mode it is not being displayed on
the remote website. What would cause this?
 
G

Greg Maxey

Well somehow I had wiped out the banners on all of my pages and after a near
panic attack was able to get them all back. I have fixed the spacing on the
feedback confirmation form as well. Thanks.
 
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Thomas A. Rowe

Glad to see that you got everything fixed and the form working!!!

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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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