I want to get customer data before completing their request

[Preston]

Here is what I would like some help completing: On my
website, I have set it up where a potential customer can
click on a hyperlink button and bring up an actual
quotation of the a particular machine that I sell.
Problem is that I may be handing out dozens of quotes and
I won't know who they have gone to.

What I would like to do is this: When the customer clicks
on the button, a small window would pop open and require
them to enter a name, phone number and email address.
Then when they click 'submit' it would take them to the
quote they are requesting. The data that they entered
would be emailed to me. I would have to know on this
email which quote they requested, as I want to do this
with many devices.

I am a self taught FrontPage 2003 user, so don't be
afraid to put your suggestions in the simplist of terms.
Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Depends on what you are using to "feed" the quotes
- ASP, PHP, database, etc




| Here is what I would like some help completing: On my
| website, I have set it up where a potential customer can
| click on a hyperlink button and bring up an actual
| quotation of the a particular machine that I sell.
| Problem is that I may be handing out dozens of quotes and
| I won't know who they have gone to.
|
| What I would like to do is this: When the customer clicks
| on the button, a small window would pop open and require
| them to enter a name, phone number and email address.
| Then when they click 'submit' it would take them to the
| quote they are requesting. The data that they entered
| would be emailed to me. I would have to know on this
| email which quote they requested, as I want to do this
| with many devices.
|
| I am a self taught FrontPage 2003 user, so don't be
| afraid to put your suggestions in the simplist of terms.
| Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Preston]

Here is how it is currently set up: The button that
requests the quote is on a html web page that links the
user to a quote that was generated in Microsoft Word, but
saved as a web page. If you want to take a look at it go
to http://www.associatesimaging.com/vascular for sale%
201.html, and click on the button that says 'here' under
the first device listed. It will open the quotation in a
new window. This where I want to insert the data entry
window and link.

Thanks

 

[Preston]

I just went to your website you listed under your message
and saw that I left out what could be some important
information.

My computer runs XP home.
I am using FrontPage 2003
I host with ValueWeb.
The FrontPage Extensions are enabled through ValueWeb.
I don't know ValueWeb's operating system.

Thanks

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

If you don't know what ValueWeb's O/S is, you should ask them, or research
their site.

For future reference: They are hosted on Apache/Unix server, and do not
support the FP Server extensions.

Therefore, some things are not supported.

You have not answered Steve's question: What are you using to feed the
quotes?
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| I just went to your website you listed under your message
| and saw that I left out what could be some important
| information.
|
| My computer runs XP home.
| I am using FrontPage 2003
| I host with ValueWeb.
| The FrontPage Extensions are enabled through ValueWeb.
| I don't know ValueWeb's operating system.
|
| Thanks
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Depends on what you are using to "feed" the quotes
| >- ASP, PHP, database, etc
| >
| >--
| >
| >_____________________________________________
| >SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP -
| FrontPage ]
| >"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-
| ;
| >To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| >_____________________________________________
| >
| >
| | >| Here is what I would like some help completing: On my
| >| website, I have set it up where a potential customer
| can
| >| click on a hyperlink button and bring up an actual
| >| quotation of the a particular machine that I sell.
| >| Problem is that I may be handing out dozens of quotes
| and
| >| I won't know who they have gone to.
| >|
| >| What I would like to do is this: When the customer
| clicks
| >| on the button, a small window would pop open and
| require
| >| them to enter a name, phone number and email address.
| >| Then when they click 'submit' it would take them to the
| >| quote they are requesting. The data that they entered
| >| would be emailed to me. I would have to know on this
| >| email which quote they requested, as I want to do this
| >| with many devices.
| >|
| >| I am a self taught FrontPage 2003 user, so don't be
| >| afraid to put your suggestions in the simplist of
| terms.
| >| Thanks in advance for your help.
| >
| >
| >.
| >

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Ok

You are not generating any quotes online, just providing HTML pages (Word file saves as html) to anyone that opens a hyperlink
- the quote is valid for a period of time for anyone that opens it, and is not limited to a specific individual or level of stock on
hand, etc.
- and you don't need the (Virus Free Word Document), since they are not word docs when they are saved as html

Even if you update those daily w/ new and different ones, all you need to do is assign a quote number (just type it in somewhere) in
the html file for users to refer to (similar to you typed in ID# for some items)
- just keep a list for ID # / Quote # someplace to refer to

If you want users to email you about that item/quote, simplest way is to add a form at the end of each quote page and include the
ID# and Quote # as hidden fields in that form.

Anything else require more sophisticated JavaScript and forms handling or server side scripting (CGI or PHP on your server and
databases)

PS
Rename all your files to remove spaces - illegal html and breaks links in many browsers





| Here is how it is currently set up: The button that
| requests the quote is on a html web page that links the
| user to a quote that was generated in Microsoft Word, but
| saved as a web page. If you want to take a look at it go
| to http://www.associatesimaging.com/vascular for sale%
| 201.html, and click on the button that says 'here' under
| the first device listed. It will open the quotation in a
| new window. This where I want to insert the data entry
| window and link.
|
| Thanks
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Depends on what you are using to "feed" the quotes
| >- ASP, PHP, database, etc
| >
| >--
| >
| >_____________________________________________
| >SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP -
| FrontPage ]
| >"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-
| ;
| >To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| >_____________________________________________
| >
| >
| | >| Here is what I would like some help completing: On my
| >| website, I have set it up where a potential customer
| can
| >| click on a hyperlink button and bring up an actual
| >| quotation of the a particular machine that I sell.
| >| Problem is that I may be handing out dozens of quotes
| and
| >| I won't know who they have gone to.
| >|
| >| What I would like to do is this: When the customer
| clicks
| >| on the button, a small window would pop open and
| require
| >| them to enter a name, phone number and email address.
| >| Then when they click 'submit' it would take them to the
| >| quote they are requesting. The data that they entered
| >| would be emailed to me. I would have to know on this
| >| email which quote they requested, as I want to do this
| >| with many devices.
| >|
| >| I am a self taught FrontPage 2003 user, so don't be
| >| afraid to put your suggestions in the simplist of
| terms.
| >| Thanks in advance for your help.
| >
| >
| >.
| >