Please test my form!

windows · Jan 9, 2008

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.geocities.com/properline/ebay_form.html">http://www.geocities.com/properline/ebay_form.html</a> 
 
When I click submit, it says i don't have an e-mail account set up. Can anyone else just put in random stuff and try to submit to see if it works? It seems that most people cannot send it either. Something wrong with the code? Thanks. 
 
<form method=post action="mailto:[email protected]"> 
<table width=100%> 
<tr> 
<td> 
<table CELLPADDING=10 align=center> 
<tr> 
<td align=center bgcolor="#4F4F4F"> 
Name 
</td> 
<td bgcolor="#9C9C9C"> 
<input type=text name="first name" size=10 maxlength=20"> 
<input type=text name="middle name" size=1 maxlength=20"> 
<input type=text name="last name" size=10 maxlength=20"> 
</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align=center bgcolor="#4F4F4F"> 
 Address 
</td> 
<td bgcolor="#9C9C9C"> 
<input type=text name="street address" size=25 maxlength=30"> 
 
<input type=text name="city, state, zip code" size=25 maxlength=30"> 
</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align=center bgcolor="#4F4F4F"> 
 Ebay ID : 
</td> 
<td bgcolor="#9C9C9C"> 
<input type=text name="ebay id" size=20 maxlength=20"> 
</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align=center bgcolor="#4F4F4F"> 
 Auction Title : 
</td> 
<td bgcolor="#9C9C9C"> 
<input type=text name="auction title" size=20 maxlength=20"> 
</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align=center bgcolor="#4F4F4F"> 
 Quantity : 
</td> 
<td bgcolor="#9C9C9C"> 
<input type=text name="quantity" size=20 maxlength=20"> 
</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align=center bgcolor="#4F4F4F"> 
 Item Number(s) : 
</td> 
<td bgcolor="#9C9C9C"> 
<input type=text name="item numbers" size=20 maxlength=100"> 
</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align=center bgcolor="#4F4F4F"> 
 Payment : 
</td> 
<td bgcolor="#9C9C9C"> 
<select name="payment" size=1> 
<option> Chooose One </option> 
<option> Cash </option> 
<option> Money Order </option> 
<option> Check </option> 
<option> Paypal </option> 
</select> 
</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td align=center bgcolor="#4F4F4F"> 
 Date plan to send payment : 
</td> 
<td bgcolor="#9C9C9C"> 
<input type=text name="month" size=2 maxlength=2"> 
<input type=text name="day" size=2 maxlength=2"> 
<input type=text name="year" size=2 maxlength=2"> 
</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td colspan=2 align=center> 
<input type=submit value="Submit"> 
<input type=reset value="Reset"> 
</td> 
</tr> 
</table> 
</tr> 
</trd> 
</table> 
<input type="hidden" name="next_url" value="ebay_form2.html"> 
</form>first what browser are you using? Netscpae will not work with this. the user also has to have a default email program on their computer. 
 
second your form is invalid. 
 
name="item numbers" // don't have spaces in your names. 
 
name="city, state, zip code" // this is also illegal. you have top do it one at a time. 
 
but it sent for me. if you got it is the question.i'm using internet explorer. I'm bad at computers and I don't have a defualt e-mail system set up. Thanks for the invalid things; I will fix them right away. So how would I make it more compatible with as many people as possible?for one being on geocities you don't have a choice, if you want to make it compatible with 90% of the people then you need to use serverside language. using mailto: is the bad part and that is the only thing you can use a geocities. you could try to find a host that send steh mail for you. not sure if there are any out there still. ahh there is, try these guys 
 
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