Ok, Microsoft have done it again! All i want to do is a simple form that submits with a "mailto" to an email account, but the brilliant people at Microsoft have developed a browser in IE6 that doesn't conform (yet again!!) to the HTML standard. Is there anyone out there that has found a simple solution to this problem (preferably one that doesn't involve me learning ASP and re-hosting my site on a Microsoft webserver)? Any help rec'd with thanks. 🙂
Originally posted by marinakatombI can give you a bit of php code which will do it for you, but you'll need to rename the page *.php and know which information to change to structure your own mailto process.
Ok, Microsoft have done it again! All i want to do is a simple form that submits with a "mailto" to an email account, but the brilliant people at Microsoft have developed a browser in IE6 that doesn't conform (yet again!!) to the HTML standard. Is there anyone out there that has found a simple solution to this problem (preferably one that doesn't involv ...[text shortened]... arning ASP and re-hosting my site on a Microsoft webserver)? Any help rec'd with thanks. 🙂
Originally posted by StarrmanConsidering i've never done anything with PHP before, would i get this done today, or spend the rest of the day reading up on it? (Thanks again for speedy response! 😀)
I can give you a bit of php code which will do it for you, but you'll need to rename the page *.php and know which information to change to structure your own mailto process.
Originally posted by marinakatombWell, it just so happens I've found something for you. I'll PM you, it's all html too. you'll only need to insert your own e-mail address into the form.
Considering i've never done anything with PHP before, would i get this done today, or spend the rest of the day reading up on it? (Thanks again for speedy response! 😀)
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Originally posted by StarrmanGroovy, Thanks Liam! BTW, it doesn't look like this by any chance does it...
Well, it just so happens I've found something for you. I'll PM you, it's all html too. you'll only need to insert your own e-mail address into the form.
FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:your email address"
Because IE6 doesn't support this....
Originally posted by marinakatombI could easily give you some ASP-code that works, but since that's not an option, try this link. Don't know if it helps...looks like som CGI-stuff is needed:
Ok, Microsoft have done it again! All i want to do is a simple form that submits with a "mailto" to an email account, but the brilliant people at Microsoft have developed a browser in IE6 that doesn't conform (yet again!!) to the HTML standard. Is there anyone out there that has found a simple solution to this problem (preferably one that doesn't involv ...[text shortened]... arning ASP and re-hosting my site on a Microsoft webserver)? Any help rec'd with thanks. 🙂
http://www.javascript-coder.com/html-form/html-form-email.phtml
Originally posted by marinakatombI don't know of a single browser in the world that can send an email from a form. When my clients require this functionality I always have to cook up a little serverside script (ASP, PHP, Perl) and have that script receive the formdata and send it from the server.
Groovy, Thanks Liam! BTW, it doesn't look like this by any chance does it...
FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:your email address"
Because IE6 doesn't support this....
If you use method post and action mailto, it gets all base64:d when sent from firefox (for instance), which is hardly readable in the end.
Do you mean to say that you've actually done this without server-side scripting, and it works? 😲
Originally posted by stockenNo, there's a hosted program the form links to.
I don't know of a single browser in the world that can send an email from a form. When my clients require this functionality I always have to cook up a little serverside script (ASP, PHP, Perl) and have that script receive the formdata and send it from the server.
If you use method post and action mailto, it gets all base64:d when sent from firefox (for i ...[text shortened]... you mean to say that you've actually done this without server-side scripting, and it works? 😲