First off, I confess to being an utter HTML bozo. Dumber than a bag of nails.
I am hoping that this humble admission will appeal to your charitable spirits, and you will help me figure out this HTML problem.
I am trying to help a friend re-build a website. He paid someone to build the original site, and while I know zip about HTML, I am savvy enough to recognize a tacky, adolescent design.
So, having cruised several thousand “How To” sites, I’ve managed to put together a fairly grown-up looking page—not too fancy, mind you—that more suitably represents this guy’s business image.
1st Problem: I’ve managed to code a “submit” button so that visitors may request to be added to his e-mail news list. It even works. But I can’t seem to create a space for the visitor to enter his/her e-mail address. Here is the code I am using:
<FORM ACTION="mailto:businessguy@smallbiz.com?"
SUBJECT=Add To E-Mail List" ENCTYPE=“text/plain”>
<FORM NAME=“Please put user on e-mail news update list”>
<INPUT TYPE=“submit” VALUE=“Request E-mail News”> <INPUT NAME=“Please add the following address to your e-mail news list” >
</FORM>
2nd Problem: I have coded the entire page in plain HTML using WordPad. The original page was built with MicroSoft FrontPage. My friend—even more of a bozo than I am-----knows how to “update” his pages in FrontPage, but no more than that. How can I stick my HTML coded page into FrontPage so that he may continue to use FrontPage to update it? I’ve tried opening a FrontPage file, pasting my HTML into the file and saving. But it re-formats things----such as taking my centered title and slamming it left. (What an annoying program…)
Here is where I insert truckloads of premature gratitude, words of worship, and a small sacrificial lamb. Any kind, helpful words from the teeming millions?
Portwest, all you need is a simple text box inserted in your form code.
You’d do it like this…
<FORM ACTION="mailto:businessguy@smallbiz.com?"
SUBJECT=Add To E-Mail List" ENCTYPE=“text/plain”>
<FORM NAME=“Please put user on e-mail news update list”> <INPUT TYPE=“text” NAME=“email” SIZE=“30”>
<INPUT TYPE=“submit” VALUE=“Request E-mail News”> <INPUT NAME=“Please add the following address to your e-mail news list” >
</FORM>
Check out that whole site. I really think you’ll like it, as it’s written in plain English with not only step-by-step instructions, but explanations as to how and why the codes work the way they do.
As for your Frontpage question, I can’t help. I have never used that program.
Good luck.
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Shayna, thank you. It’s not perfect, but it’s working quite well now.
I had cruised through the “HTML Goodies” site, but nothing there appeared to describe exactly what I was after. What you posted was very helpful, and made the instructions on the site more clear.
