Adding a "Contact Us" email form in Dreamweaver 8 ?

Draeger · 22 May 2007 at 21:30

I want to add an email form on a websites "Contact Us" page.

I'm using Dreamweaver 8, can anyone point me in the right direction with either advice or links to a tutorial on how to add a simple contact us/email form?.

Many thanks.

petergriffin · 22 May 2007 at 21:45

I like Jot Form here. It's has clear, easy instructions on how to add the code to your page. I've used it on my website which I made using Dreamweaver 8. I've also used other similar form builders and this one is my favourite so far.

Draeger · 22 May 2007 at 22:42

Many thanks for that, great little bit of WYSIWYG.

Cheers. Think I have it up and running ok now, took a wee bit of figuring out what to put in what fields etc.

Thanks again, quality stuff. :cool:

LazyManc · 22 May 2007 at 22:50

petergriffin said:
I like Jot Form here. It's has clear, easy instructions on how to add the code to your page. I've used it on my website which I made using Dreamweaver 8. I've also used other similar form builders and this one is my favourite so far.

It also creates absolutely awful markup!

Draeger · 22 May 2007 at 22:57

LazyManc said:
It also creates absolutely awful markup!

Didnt realise that.

It will do for me for now, any alternative suggestions?. :confused:

petergriffin · 22 May 2007 at 23:57

LazyManc said:
It also creates absolutely awful markup!

Yes I know; but if you want to make your website totally compliant with html standards, then you can pretty much rule out any free form builders. I was assuming the OP was asking for a contact form for a personal website, hence me suggesting Jot Form which is free and easy for beginners.

LazyManc · 23 May 2007 at 00:10

petergriffin said:
Yes I know; but if you want to make your website totally compliant with html standards, then you can pretty much rule out any free form builders. I was assuming the OP was asking for a contact form for a personal website, hence me suggesting Jot Form which is free and easy for beginners.

I wasn't saying you shouldn't use it, just that people should be aware it's not great from a code-cleanliness perspective.

If you're happy that it works and aren't too bothered with it being 100% 'proper' then fair play.

Apologies if that sounds condescending, it's not meant to be!