how to make a hyperlink

[caitlyn]

I am trying to put together a form so that people can send their quotes into
us via our website. However I am stuck as to how they will actually be able
to upload their files. I know on most sites people can click the attach file
button and their settings will appear, and I want to make that happen, but I
dont know how to do it.

 

[Don Schmidt]

Do you want to post a link to an email address?

 

[DavidF]

Don's suggestion of posting an email address may be your only solution as I
don't believe that the Publisher form has the capacity of adding a file for
uploading. Your ISP might have a forms program that will.

Reference: Publisher web publication forms 101:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/07/80564.aspx

Also read the article about HTTP uploading and the troubleshooting article
here:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/category/1921.aspx

DavidF

 

[Mike Koewler]

David,

I'll leave it up to you to explain how to add it into the Pub form area
(!), but the OP should be able to use something like <input type="file"
id="file_1" name="file_1" size="14"> in an html code fragment. In 2007,
I added a text area, then the html code fragment. Checking the source
code, the file upload option is within the <form> and </form> tags.

Mike

 

[DavidF]

Hummm...thanks. Perhaps you have explained it better than I already. I will
have to play with this, or perhaps the OP can try it and post back as to
whether it works for them.

Thanks for the code.

DavidF

 

[Mike Koewler]

David,

I can't try it because I haven't enabled FPSE on my server. I know it
will work with Soupermail as the mail program, but that's a tad more
work for the OP (though Soupermail is a great program!). AFAIK, the id
tag is not necessary; the name can be whatever you want and the size can
be as wide as you wish. I also found a nifty bit of code that allows
someone to upload more than one file. I use it on one site but I think
only about two visitors have taken advantage of it!

Mike

 

[DavidF]

Mike,

I think I will leave it up to the OP to work it out. Thanks.

DavidF

 

[caitlyn]

Don,

We are a framing company and build timber frames for houses.

What I want to do, is when someone is filling out our form and the press the
attach documents button, their computer settings appear so as they can find
their plans and attach them to the form they are sending me.

is this possible? i read the other messages from david f and mike koewler
and i am very confused as this is the first time i have ever used publisher.

Hopefully you can help me

 

[Don Schmidt]

Caitlyn,
Mike and David are very savvy on publisher and websites; me, I'm a publisher
2000 user with a few websites.

I tried Mikes HTML code fragment and it seems to work.

Try this, in your form file select Insert, HTML code fragment. A window
will pop up and have a sample line in it.

Replace it with Mike's code,

<input type="file" id="file_1" name="file_1" size="14">

Then save the file.

Next send yourself a form using a sample file to attach.

 

[Mike Koewler]

Don,

I have to disagree with you about being savvy with Pub. I'm barely about
a newbie as far as using it. What I do is cheat - I use WebPlus to
create the code then place it in Pub to see if it works!

Mike

 

[Don Schmidt]

My defense is I'm using myself as a comparison. <G>

 

[caitlyn]

Hi Don,

I just want to say thankyou very much for going to the trouble of helping
me!!! It worked!!! I was so excited when i finally got it as it has been
annoying me for ages!!

Once again, Thankyou very much!

Caitlyn

 

[caitlyn]

Don,

Need help again!

On my quote form, once submit is hit, I want a thankyou page to appear.
However i have noticed that it does not allow you to put a hyperlink to the
submit button. I also want the thankyou page to be invisible to the main page
and the only way to acces the page is once the submit button has been hit.

Can you help?

Thankyou

 

[Don Schmidt]

You've got me on this one. Maybe one of the other poster in the news group
can pick up the ball.

 

[Mike Koewler]

Caitlyn,

Please do not post the same message in multiple threads. It is
considered a breach of Netiquette.

Mike

 

[caitlyn]

Mike,

I do apologise, as your help was not any good to me, I thought that if I
replied to Don (as he was able to help me with a different problem) the
message would just reach him.

I do apologise for any inconvienience.

 

[Dreamer]

, can anyone help me plzHey guys i have tried adding a browser button to
upload a file and it works, but the file does not attach it's self in the
form when you hit the submit button