Need help with new web site

[Susan]

I have been following all the threads looking for my answer, no luck.

Please look at http://fosterwindow.com on the Contact Us page I can not get
the submit to work. Can you help me?

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

Welp, you musta missed it, because it's been stated only about a zillion
times a year.

For Publisher's built in forms to work, you must:

1- Have FrontPage Server Extensions installed and working and configured to
allow for the form handler to work.
2- You must publish your website to your server via the http:// method (not
via ftp, which will break the extensions)

In your case: Your web does NOT have the FPSE installed at all.

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Ask your host if they can install the FPSEs (many hosts are not supporting
them any longer).
If they can also make sure they enable them for the forms.

IF NOT;

Ask them what form handlers they have or support, then you will have to use
that to re-write the form. And, ask where their help files for the handler
are located on their site - usually they will have this.

hth



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[DavidF]

Well said...

DavidF

Welp, you musta missed it, because it's been stated only about a zillion
times a year.

For Publisher's built in forms to work, you must:

1- Have FrontPage Server Extensions installed and working and configured
to allow for the form handler to work.
2- You must publish your website to your server via the http:// method
(not via ftp, which will break the extensions)

In your case: Your web does NOT have the FPSE installed at all.

----
Ask your host if they can install the FPSEs (many hosts are not supporting
them any longer).
If they can also make sure they enable them for the forms.

IF NOT;

Ask them what form handlers they have or support, then you will have to
use that to re-write the form. And, ask where their help files for the
handler are located on their site - usually they will have this.

hth



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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

tnx.
I was in a verbose mood yesterday.



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[Spike]

It appears that the host for this account supports FPSE and PHP
PHP is much easier in my opinion and you can use FTP to upload the site
Also using PHP your email address is not in the source code for the crawlers
to capture and spam the dickens out of it.

Spike

 

[DavidF]

How did you discover that the host supports both FPSE and PHP? What is the
host?

In general I think you are correct about it being wiser to use PHP...or
something other than FPSE. I think most hosts provide a alternative forms
program that will work. My host has ultra-mail installed in the cgi bin, and
I can use that to power a form. I also like being able to use FTP and not be
dependent upon the fickle FPSE that many hosts are not supporting any more.
In all your spare time <g> why don't you work up some instructions for how
to use PHP that we can post for people?

About the only drawback from moving away from FPSE is that the incremental
uploading feature is also dependent upon FPSE to work. But then I don't
trust that anyway...

DavidF

 

[Spike]

I used http://www.whois.net/

Registrar: FastDomain Inc.
Provider Name....: BlueHost.Com
Provider Whois...: whois.bluehost.com
Provider Homepage: http://www.bluehost.com/

Went to their help pages

Spike

 

[DavidF]

Thanks.

DavidF

I used http://www.whois.net/

Registrar: FastDomain Inc.
Provider Name....: BlueHost.Com
Provider Whois...: whois.bluehost.com
Provider Homepage: http://www.bluehost.com/

Went to their help pages

Spike

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

they also have free form-mail scripts available there

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[DavidF]

As they do at most hosts, me thinks.

DavidF

they also have free form-mail scripts available there