Dreamweaver - What CGI script to get and where from?

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What CGI script to get and where from?

lukey233

2006-02-28, 6:14 am

Hi

I am a relative beginner. I have just been learning about creating forms, and
have created one for a newsletter. However, for the form to work i understand
that i have to reference a scrript in the action box. But this is all my book
tells me. I dont know what script to get and where to obtain it from. Can
anyone please help

twocans

2006-02-28, 6:14 am

http://www.bignosebird.com/

http://www.scriptarchive.com/

both of the above have been around for many years I have used bignoses stuff
on and off.

regards

Kenny

"lukey233" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I am a relative beginner. I have just been learning about creating forms,
> and
> have created one for a newsletter. However, for the form to work i
> understand
> that i have to reference a scrript in the action box. But this is all my
> book
> tells me. I dont know what script to get and where to obtain it from. Can
> anyone please help
>

lukey233

2006-02-28, 6:17 pm

I have tried this, but they do not offer any. I have also tried to configure
the scripts from the sites listed above using the readme texts but i cannot get
them to work. I am not filling them in correctly and dont know how to correct
this. Can anyone help me. All i want is to create a simple newsletter details
form. I did not realise that the script configuration is this complicated.

twocans

2006-02-28, 6:19 pm

what ever you get from bignose and matts are as simple as they come really,
why not create what you want to do in asp or php, ask your isp do they
support either of.

cgi/perl is kinda hard to use, what your trying to do is not easy either ,
if it was none of us would have a job.

what errors or what are the problems you are getting with the cgi scripts
your using, you say your filling them in correctly so what are you getting
when you try and view it in a bowser.

regards

kenny

"lukey233" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I have tried this, but they do not offer any. I have also tried to
>configure
> the scripts from the sites listed above using the readme texts but i
> cannot get
> them to work. I am not filling them in correctly and dont know how to
> correct
> this. Can anyone help me. All i want is to create a simple newsletter
> details
> form. I did not realise that the script configuration is this complicated.
>

-Rb

2006-02-28, 6:21 pm

"lukey233" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:du1bd5$3jo$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I have tried this, but they do not offer any. I have also tried to configure
> the scripts from the sites listed above using the readme texts but i cannot
> get
> them to work. I am not filling them in correctly and dont know how to
> correct
> this. Can anyone help me. All i want is to create a simple newsletter
> details
> form. I did not realise that the script configuration is this complicated.
>

If your host does not *support* CGI, that may be the
end of the story. You may need to get a host that does.

HTH

-Rb

google@impliedbydesign.com

2006-02-28, 10:15 pm

lukey233 wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am a relative beginner. I have just been learning about creating forms, and
> have created one for a newsletter. However, for the form to work i understand
> that i have to reference a scrript in the action box. But this is all my book
> tells me. I dont know what script to get and where to obtain it from. Can
> anyone please help

Hello Lukey,

Getting my first form to work was a bugger. I used a CGI script for a
while, I think it was called formmail.pl. However, a scripting language
like PHP is much, much easier to work with.

If you are able to use PHP with your hosting account, I build a
down-and-dirty form builder you can use to create virtually any kind of
form easily. It's built to e-mail a formatted e-mail to you, but you
can adjust it to enter the newsletter subscriber info into a database.
You can check it out here, and even use the online demo to create your
form:

http://www.impliedbydesign.com/contact-form-killer.html

Chris S.
Implied By Design LLC.
http://www.impliedbydesign.com
Free Web Design Tools
http://www.impliedbydesign.com/free...re-scripts.html