I am extremely new to this, and my geocities site provides the functionality I need (as it's a temporary site for a get-together next year).<br />
<br />
I really want to have a form that will give me the information needed to pre-order T-shirts for my group of friends.<br />
<br />
Ive been reading tutorials all over the net ...trying and retrying....to no avail.<br />
<br />
Can someone please have a look at the code and tell me what I'm doing wrong?<br />
<br />
Form Page<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ca.geocities.com/albanuadh2004/shirtsize.html">http://ca.geocities.com/albanuadh2004/shirtsize.html</a><!-- m --><br />
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Where I would like the person to go after "Submit"<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ca.geocities.com/albanuadh2004/thankyou.html">http://ca.geocities.com/albanuadh2004/thankyou.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
It seems as though (the way I understand it) the "Submit" should send the information to "yahoo forms" and then it should be sent to my email address.......but I'm feeling mighty mixed up after playing with this for days.<br />
<br />
Thanks for any and all help offered.<br />
<br />
A.N.<!--content-->welcome to the forums
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move the <form.. line to just above your first input field, like so:<br />
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<form method=post action="http://ca.geocities.yahoo.com/forms?login=albanuadh2004"><br />
<font color=FFCC00><b>Your Name</b></font><br><br />
<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=your_name SIZE=30 ><br><br><br />
<font color=FFCC00><b>Otherwise Known As</b></font><br><br />
<br />
<br />
remove the surplus <form> and </form><!--content-->Thank you, I will try that. Sorry about the duplicate post (I used my "Back" button and landed on the "Submit Post" page and I'm unsure how to delete it).<!--content-->I don't know, maybe I can't make my own form on geocities...they have a couple of examples and say you can edit them to suit your preferences....but now (after changing the suggested things) I'm getting:<br />
<br />
Method Not Allowed <br />
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /forms<!--content-->do you have a url to the geocities instructions?<!--content-->Sure...<br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/for.html">http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/for.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/sa1.html">http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/sa1.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/sa2.html">http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/sa2.html</a><!-- m --><!--content-->By Petervazed:<br />
If you send data via a POST method, it is sent inside the headers. If you're using the GET method, then you append data to the querystring <br />
<br />
I'm not even sure I know what "headers" are. If someone knows what I might be doing wrong and could just C&P what it should look like, I would oh so appreciate it. Or if this is an impossible task on geocities (I listed their form help files above).....someone please just put me out of my misery....lol<br />
<br />
Thanks!<!--content-->According to the link pages you have given<br />
the code has to be<br />
<form method=post action="http://geocities.yahoo.com/forms?login="><br />
So post has te work.<br />
But:<br />
this is what you have:<br />
<form method=post action="http://ca.geocities.yahoo.com/forms?login=albanuadh2004"><br />
<br />
And i cannot find info about this part:<br />
login=albanuadh2004<br />
<br />
So give it a try.......<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--content-->
<br />
I really want to have a form that will give me the information needed to pre-order T-shirts for my group of friends.<br />
<br />
Ive been reading tutorials all over the net ...trying and retrying....to no avail.<br />
<br />
Can someone please have a look at the code and tell me what I'm doing wrong?<br />
<br />
Form Page<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ca.geocities.com/albanuadh2004/shirtsize.html">http://ca.geocities.com/albanuadh2004/shirtsize.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
Where I would like the person to go after "Submit"<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ca.geocities.com/albanuadh2004/thankyou.html">http://ca.geocities.com/albanuadh2004/thankyou.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
It seems as though (the way I understand it) the "Submit" should send the information to "yahoo forms" and then it should be sent to my email address.......but I'm feeling mighty mixed up after playing with this for days.<br />
<br />
Thanks for any and all help offered.<br />
<br />
A.N.<!--content-->welcome to the forums
<br /><br />
move the <form.. line to just above your first input field, like so:<br />
<br />
<form method=post action="http://ca.geocities.yahoo.com/forms?login=albanuadh2004"><br />
<font color=FFCC00><b>Your Name</b></font><br><br />
<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=your_name SIZE=30 ><br><br><br />
<font color=FFCC00><b>Otherwise Known As</b></font><br><br />
<br />
<br />
remove the surplus <form> and </form><!--content-->Thank you, I will try that. Sorry about the duplicate post (I used my "Back" button and landed on the "Submit Post" page and I'm unsure how to delete it).<!--content-->I don't know, maybe I can't make my own form on geocities...they have a couple of examples and say you can edit them to suit your preferences....but now (after changing the suggested things) I'm getting:<br />
<br />
Method Not Allowed <br />
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /forms<!--content-->do you have a url to the geocities instructions?<!--content-->Sure...<br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/for.html">http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/for.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/sa1.html">http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/sa1.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/sa2.html">http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/ao/sa2.html</a><!-- m --><!--content-->By Petervazed:<br />
If you send data via a POST method, it is sent inside the headers. If you're using the GET method, then you append data to the querystring <br />
<br />
I'm not even sure I know what "headers" are. If someone knows what I might be doing wrong and could just C&P what it should look like, I would oh so appreciate it. Or if this is an impossible task on geocities (I listed their form help files above).....someone please just put me out of my misery....lol<br />
<br />
Thanks!<!--content-->According to the link pages you have given<br />
the code has to be<br />
<form method=post action="http://geocities.yahoo.com/forms?login="><br />
So post has te work.<br />
But:<br />
this is what you have:<br />
<form method=post action="http://ca.geocities.yahoo.com/forms?login=albanuadh2004"><br />
<br />
And i cannot find info about this part:<br />
login=albanuadh2004<br />
<br />
So give it a try.......<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--content-->