Painfully slow processing forms in FRONTPAGE

[jz]

Does anyone know any tips to improve the processing timeof simple, basic
forms in frontpage?

I use godaddy for hosting with a windows hosting plan.

Has anyone experienced this? My research has a hosting provider saying that
non-frontpage forms don't have this problem and that it may be due to intense
spam scanning, on the host, for emailed results.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thx. -jz

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

What is slow about the form...the form itself...or the time it takes for
you/anyone to receive the email?

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Notice it's a Go Doody account ;-)
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Tom [Pepper] Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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: What is slow about the form...the form itself...or the time it takes for
: you/anyone to receive the email?
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: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: Rob Giordano
: Microsoft MVP Expression
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: : > Does anyone know any tips to improve the processing timeof simple, basic
: > forms in frontpage?
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: > I use godaddy for hosting with a windows hosting plan.
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: > Has anyone experienced this? My research has a hosting provider saying
: > that
: > non-frontpage forms don't have this problem and that it may be due to
: > intense
: > spam scanning, on the host, for emailed results.
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: > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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: > Thx. -jz
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[jz]

When you hit submit. Email comes fine after the form hits confirm page.

 

[jz]

It's "any" form, too. Not just this one.

What is slow about the form...the form itself...or the time it takes for
you/anyone to receive the email?

 

[jz]

Sorry, this shuld have been one reply, but my brain is still kicking in; just
woke up.

Site, if you'd lile to test it is www.agonyofdafeet.com APPLY link.

Thanks. -jz

 

[jz]

Yes, which is my very first go daddy account, because my reseller account did
not offer windows platform. So, i moved just this one and as I may have
mentioned, a guy that hosts hundreds of sites said his belief is that it's
FP, because non-FP forms don't hang like this. I'm kinda bummed, unless
someone uncovers a strategy.

thx. -jz

 

[Steve Easton]

Have you tried running the form from its own page instead of a source file in an inline frame?

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[jz]

Yeah...I just tried per your suggestion...no difference.

thx. -jz

 

[Steve Easton]

How much time do you consider slow?
In other words, how long before the confirmation page appears?

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[jz]

well, that's a fair question.

it pushes a minute...but i haven't timed it. it could be a bit longer, too.

deal is, there is no attachment, just soem basic text fields...so it seems
excessive. plus, i have read in other forums that others have the same issue
and blame it on FP.

Anyhow, don't want to push the issue. I'm just looking to see if there's
anything to address the pain point.

Appreciate the efforts you have put in, with your troubleshooting.

-jz

 

[jz]

OK, I narrowed it down, some.

If I don't point to a confirm page, it goes smoothly. Issue then is, is
there anyway to make the default confirm page more attractive than what it
shows now, which are the raw field name and inputs?

And/or, is there something i can do, now that we know it's my confirm
page...which is a basic htm file, with one header image? The htm is in the
same dir as the form file, for what that is worth.

thx.

 

[jz]

OK, scratch that. Further testing indicates that even the default confirm
page goes slow, now.

So, what I am getting is different results..but primarily slow. Do you
think I should ask go daddy what might be going on?

Thanks. -jz

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

It is slow.
Did you try taking the form out of the iFrame?...run it on a normal page?
The confirm page is now missing btw.



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[Steve Easton]

Ok, I just took another look at your form.
Your reset and submit buttons are also hyperlinks to apply.htm which is incorrect.

<p align="right"><a target="_self" href="apply.htm">
<img border="0" src="images/btnRESET.jpg" width="90" height="31"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<input border="0" src="images/btnSUBMIT.jpg" name="I1" type="image" width="90" height="31">&nbsp;</p>

also, there is no input tag for the reset button

Try using the standard buttons FP creates whithout the images, which will show like this in code view

<input type="reset" value="Reset" name="B1">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B2">


You can edit the values to change the names on the buttons, and if you do *not* apply any style info to the
buyttons
they will display using XP and Vista styles in the browser.

After taking another look, I am surprised that the form even works.

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[jz]

Thanks, Steve.

Ok, here's what has occurred since my post and yours...

I was moving the site around because godaddy had me on my 8th hour in a
pending status just to re-install extensions. I don't have the 24 hrs to
wait that they said it could take. The email results were hours dealyed and
it was just ugly, so I moved around and settled over at accuweb hosting or
something like that. So far, nothing but good things to say about them.
$4/mo to host a little site and their 24 hr support is refreshing. Good
stuff.

Anyhow, I had some kinks to work out, but just the basics. All is working
now and started with your suggestion to have the standard buttons for submit,
but my other forms weren't choking on the image buttons.

So, I tried the image buttons on this form and this also processes fine,
too. Not only that, my form doesn't hang and my emails come right away.
Here's the link, in case you were wondering how I am getting away with these
buttons:

http://agonyofdafeet.com/apply.htm

Also, soemone replied to this earlier and said go dooody, figures. I will
have to give him credit; he was right, it was go daddy, it appears.

Thanks so much for taking time out. I'm sure i'll be back for something. I
really like what this old app still does. I just need basics, but it's nice
that you all can help me to extend it's capabilities. ttyl. -jz

 

[Steve Easton]

Ok But,

There is *Not* supposed to be a hyperlink associated with the submit or reset buttons, and you have one
associated with both.
Your Reset button does not clear the fields, it simply opens a new instance of Apply.



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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[jz]

OK, well I appreciate the feedback, Steve.

I followed a tutorial on how to make these buttons images, and not only does
the form process, but on my end, whether i use the rest in a framed instance
or satnd alone, it clears my fields. Whatever i read suggested the hyperlink
for the rest button, whereas the submit button is a FORM->PICTURE that has
the same button name as the submit had.

Maybe I have to do more testing. thanks, again.

 

[Steve Easton]

You might want to check it in Firefox and some of the other popular browsers.

As they say, if it works don't mess with it, but it is not standard code,
and will not validate if you add a doctype to the page.


Just trying to help.