Returning data from a form

S

Sal Iaccarino

I have setup a web page at: http://home.swfla.rr.com/saliaccarino

I have setup FTP and have been able to create my opening web page as
index.html.



On the opening page I have a practice link to E-mail Form. This links to
email.htm where I am attempting a practice form to read Name and Address and
return to me by e-mail.



When I click Submit: I get the following;

Not Found
The requested URL /saliaccarino/--WEBBOT-SELF-- was not found on this
server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an
ErrorDocument to handle the request.

What is "--WEBBOT-SELF-- and what is this message trying to tell me?

Sal and Eileen
 
C

chris leeds

to use these forms as you have them you'll have to publish through FrontPage
(file/ publish site) to a server with FrontPage server extensions.

--
Chris Leeds,
Microsoft MVP FrontPage

The email address on this posting is a "black hole". I got tired of all the
spam.
Please feel free to contact me here:
http://nedp.net/contact/
 
R

Rick Budde

Additional information:

The WEBBOT stuff refers to the Front Page Extensions. For
Front Page forms to function (even for testing purposes),
your site must be published to your host unless you want
to go to the trouble of setting up and maintaining server
software on your PC.

FTP'ing your site will usually "break" the Front Page
Extensions and you will have to request that your host
reinstall them. Chris is referring to the so-
called "http" method of publishing a website. Your host
will also have to enable email transport on your account
so that you can receive the submitted form data via email.

If your host does not support the Front Page Extensions,
you will not be able to use the Front Page forms. In this
case, ask your host if they have some other type of form
handling for your use.

I hope this helps.
 
F

FrontPageForms

Hi Sal,

As was mentioned previously, both the FrontPage extensions and Publishing with FrontPage to http location are requirements for a working form.

Your form @ email.htm has a file path pointing to your C: drive.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Web Sites\_private\form_results.csv

It should be simply this _private\form_results.csv

If the extensions are set up for your site, make this change, republish and I think you should have a working form.

The link to your Guestbook doesn't go anywhere, so I couldn't look at it.

For the record, the guestbook results default to guestlog.htm and the results are set to HTML definition list. If you altered theses settings, it likely won't work.

If you need a basic heads up regarding FrontPage forms, stop by my site.


Mike Smith,

http://FrontPageForms.com
FrontPage Form Tutorials
& Form Script Examples

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