Small job for FrontPage programmer

[78rpm]

I have been using a form for several years on my website, www.78rpm.com. The
site was created in Frontpage. To see my current form, go to my site, click
Current Auction and then click Bidsheet at the top.


I would like a more user-friendly bidsheet with the following functionality.


The user clicks on the bidsheet button, which opens up a separate window.
This window contains 2 columns of fields - one for the Lot Number and one
for the Bid Amount. This window remains visible (on top), even as the bidder
is navigating through the pdf files on the website.


The bid sheet is endless - he can continue to scroll down and add bids until
he is done. When he is finished, he clicks a Finished Bidding button which
takes him to a page that asks for his personal information (name, address,
etc.) Once the required fields are filled in, he clicks a Submit Bidsheet
button which emails his bidsheet to me.


The Bidsheet comes to me in 2 ways: First, as an independent email. Second,
it dumps into a database that collects all bids and associated bidder
information.


The submitted bidsheet also appears in the bidder's browser so that he may
print a copy for his own records.


This is a pretty straightforward application, but I don't want to spend a
day figuring out how to do it. Is anyone here up to the task?

Please email me directly at <nauck at 78rpm.com> Thanks!

 

[clintonG]

You forgot to mention which platform your being hosted on; Windows or Linux?

<%= Clinton Gallagher
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

 

[Steve Easton]

Two problems with your concept.
Inline below

I have been using a form for several years on my website, www.78rpm.com. The
site was created in Frontpage. To see my current form, go to my site, click
Current Auction and then click Bidsheet at the top.


I would like a more user-friendly bidsheet with the following functionality.


The user clicks on the bidsheet button, which opens up a separate window.
This window contains 2 columns of fields - one for the Lot Number and one
for the Bid Amount. This window remains visible (on top), even as the bidder
is navigating through the pdf files on the website.

To force a window to remain always "on top" means that it would have to be "modal" as in a
"modal dialog."
The problem with this is that a modal dialog "steals" the focus of the desktop and nothing
else can be done until the dialog is closed.
An example of this is a javascript alert box.

The only way a user would be able to view the pdf files is to minimize the bidsheet to the
taskbar, which is what the system does automatically when focus is shifted to another page.
( window )

The bid sheet is endless - he can continue to scroll down and add bids until
he is done. When he is finished, he clicks a Finished Bidding button which
takes him to a page that asks for his personal information (name, address,
etc.) Once the required fields are filled in, he clicks a Submit Bidsheet
button which emails his bidsheet to me.

The bid sheet would need to have a "set" number of entry fields.
To do what you want, in theory would mean that the page would never stop loading.
How would the user ever scroll down to the submit button??

However, you could create a clikable event which would create a new set of input fields.


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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