Drew, That is clarity; it's helped me too. Thanks.
Joseph Joseph Harris Smile Poetry Weekly (fortnightly) www.smilepoetryweekly.com Batty Balls and other Wicket Wit www.ah-mah-son.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Trusz, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: How do I make a form work? > Ben, do you mean they use cgi? If so, there should be a folder cgi-bin on > the hosting server. In that folder there will be a bunch of perl scripts. > You need to look at the form.pl or the formmail.pl, depending on what you > are doing with the form. The perl scripts will tell you which lines to edit > to make the script do what you want. Then you just need to edit the <form> > tag so the "action" points to right script, for example:<form method=post" > action="cgi-bin/form.pl">. > > Don't use dreamweaver so I've no idea if it handles perl, but I doubt it. > > I found it best to download perl to be able to edit in a reliable manner. > Some people manage to do it in a test editor but that's never worked for me. > Perl for windows is at http://www.activestate.com. It's an easy install. > Download the script to the perl directory, edit in perl and then upload. > > drew > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 12:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] How do I make a form work? > > > I have to create a form but how do I make it work? I am using Dreamweaver > MX I checked with my hosting company and they only support SSI. Is their > a way I can make this work using Javascript or DHTML. I am stuck so any > help I can get I would appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Ben > > ____ * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
