submit button issues?

[MISS2728]

I am building a website that requires user to enter data. How do you get the
web page that says "Thank You .......Your information was sent............"
to show up after a visitor has successfully submitted their information after
hitting the submit button. This is my first website. I just taught myself
today. It looks good and all the links work. I just need an answer to this
question. I do have it set up for the data to go to my email.

Thank You

 

[brelade]

Hi MISS2728.
I may be able to help as i had a similar problem a while ago, here is how i
got round it.
Firstly to work with forms you must upload as an HTTP file, not FTP.
1. Contact your server to make sure you have FrontPage Service Extensions
(FPSE) are installed, you should be able to do this yourself by going to your
account & going into control panel on your account & choosing to add FPE.
2. In each form control on your form make sure all inform is sent to your
email address, if have long questions you have to have an underscore between
each word.
3. Once happy, Upload to web by using publish to web symbol
4. When it asks you to save, choose in my network places, if you dont see it
straight away, go through My Computer, then the bottom chosie will be My
Network Places.
5. it will ask you to input your web address, http//:yoursite.co.uk etc,
don't input www.
6. It will search for your server, then ask you to input you user name &
password.
I have found with forms on Publisher you can't choose the look of the reply,
it will generate this automatically, you visitors will see there input & you
will recieve a copy by email.
Basically to get a form to work you have to change the file type you upload
as i.e HTTP.
Have read of the following it will explain in further detail.

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

and
How to publish a Publisher web in HTTP:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/pages/80557.aspx

Hope this helps, let me know if you have any joy.
Cheers

 

[Mike Koewler]

You need a "redirect." Where this would go (I use
"gotosuccess:http://www.mysite.com/success.html) depends on what script
is processing your form data.

Mike