Re: Using Form Mailers in Publisher 2007 with webhost GoDaddy.com

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David

Another comment:

The forms are less venerable to spammers than the email links you also have. The web crawlers love email links and the spammers do too. The CGI, ASP and PHP mailers use hidden email addresses.

Spike

"New Earth Design" <NewEarthDesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:84B0A941-33D6-4AA5-B1EC-48BC4162AEAC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello again Spike,

Yes indeed, I've been attempting to work on the proverbial "Contact Us" page
in between meetings and other distractions. (I apologize for not responding
earlier... but it has been a little hectic on my end.) I've seen a couple
more of your tests via my "Mailing List Sign-Up" form arrive in my email box
(without text or content, but with the information that it originated in the
web form), but I'm still not able to make it function properly from the site
itself. I've changed the code as you instructed and republished the files to
the GoDaddy.com server. I also created a "Thank You" page in the same
Publisher 2007 file as the other pages of the site and saved it as
"thankyou.htm" but it doesn't appear to have saved into the "index_files"
folder with the rest of the site. (It is not linked to the Navigation Bar in
the site, so maybe that is why it didn't save into the "index_files" folder
with the other pages. I've been running my tests on the form via IE 8,
Safari, and FireFox web browsers... all without success thus far.

One other question regarding the "form" and the GoDaddy.com server... and
that is whether or not I have to uninstall "FrontPage Extensions" in order
for the /_gdForm/webformmailer.asp to function correctly? Just a thought.

Also, I've been using the code </head><table border="0" cellpadding="2"
width="1056" align="center"><tr><td> to center my pages (as recommended by
one of the guys in this Discussion Group), but I've been unable to make the
"Replace Files" utility work for me. I've been replacing the code on each
individual page via NotePad... which is an exhausting process each time I
republish the site to the web server. Is there any other workaround for the
centering command that becomes a permanent part of the file?

As always, your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks much... and
please forgive my ignorance regarding the Publisher 2007 web page processes.
I'm learning... slowly... but I am learning.
--
David - New Earth Design Group


"Spike" wrote:

David

I see that you are working on your contact us page
You have http://_gdForm/webformmailer.asp
And it should be /_gdForm/webformmailer.asp
take off the http:/ and you will have it
I also see that you are using the redirect thankyou.htm
In this case the thankyou.htm file should be in the "index_files" folder
I did not see it there or in your root directory (assume you are working on
it)

Spike

"Spike" <zero_spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OMoxnHJ5JHA.480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The contact us page on your site still needs to be fixed
> The / is missing from the front of _gdForm/webformmailer.asp
> You need to fix that in publisher and republish to the server
>
> Redirect to thank you
> In the form properties
> under item put in redirect
> under item value put in thankyou.htm (that is if your thank you > pub
> was published as thankyou,htm and is is the same directory as the > contact
> page) If the thankyou.htm were in the root directory then it would be
> /thankyou.htm.
>
> On your thank you pub place the following code using the HTML code
> fragment tool
> <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="4; url=index.htm">
> that will send the user back to the home page
> Modify the destination index.htm if you want them to end up > somewhere
> else
> Modify the time before it sends them there by changing the 4 to another
> number (# of seconds before being sent back somewhere)
>
> Spike
>
> "New Earth Design" <NewEarthDesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:06FCEF44-D4DC-413C-A121-91C68A96CB7A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hello Spike,
>>
>> Thanks much for your assistance. Your tests of my form came through >> to
>> my
>> email address, but when I visited the site just now and attempted to
>> complete
>> and submit the form, I received the same "Page Not Found" announcement
>> using
>> both IE 8 and Safari browsers. Is there something specific that I'm
>> needing
>> to do on my end to further enable the form? Also, do you know how I
>> would
>> redirect it to a "Thank You" page and/or the site's "Home" page after >> the
>> user submits the form?
>>
>> Thanks again for your assistance!
>> -- >> David - New Earth Design Group
>>
>>
>> "Spike" wrote:
>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> I just tested your form at
>>> http://www.artisticdesignations.org/_gdForm/webformmailer.asp
>>> It appears to be there ready for data from your form
>>>
>>> Spike
>>>
>>> "Spike" <zero_spam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:eK64riI5JHA.1092@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > David
>>> >
>>> > The first thing I saw was that the submit operation is looking for >>> > the
>>> > mailer in the "index_files" folder.
>>> >
>>> > <form action="_gdForm/webformmailer.asp" method="post">
>>> >
>>> > http://www.artisticdesignations.org/index_files/_gdForm/webformmailer.asp
>>> >
>>> > If the mailer "webformmailer.asp" is in the folder "_gdform"
>>> > then the form action should be /_gdForm/webformmailer.asp
>>> > the first / tells us to go to the root directory and then the
>>> > directory
>>> > _gdForm
>>> >
>>> > Let's start with this and see where it takes us
>>> >
>>> > Spike
>>> >
>>> > "New Earth Design" <NewEarthDesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote >>> > in
>>> > message news:D0167C96-88F2-456D-A386-EC537C47A517@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >> Hello Everyone,
>>> >>
>>> >> Even though I'm fully aware that this particular issue has been
>>> >> discussed
>>> >> extensively in this group, all of the various suggestions,
>>> >> recommendations,
>>> >> and workarounds I've researched, read, and applied from the >>> >> numerous
>>> >> threads
>>> >> have not worked for me on a very simple Mailing List Sign-up form >>> >> on
>>> >> the
>>> >> "Contact Us" page of a fairly basic Publisher 2007 website.
>>> >> (www.ArtisticDesignations.org) I've tried enabling FrontPage
>>> >> Extensions
>>> >> on my
>>> >> GoDaddy webhost server and then specified in the "Form Properties"
>>> >> data
>>> >> retrieval methods that the form data be sent to a specific email
>>> >> address...
>>> >> all without success. (When the "Submit" button is hit, it goes
>>> >> immediately
>>> >> to a GoDaddy "Page Not Found" announcement.) I've also tried the
>>> >> "Use a
>>> >> program from my ISP" in the "Form Properties" and specified the
>>> >> "Action"
>>> >> as
>>> >> <form action="_gdForm/webformmailer.asp" method="post"> and set >>> >> the
>>> >> "Form
>>> >> Method" to "Post" as instructed in the "Using Windows Hosting Form
>>> >> Mailers"
>>> >> article from GoDaddy (http://help.godaddy.com/article/512?) and as
>>> >> recommended by this discussion group. I've also added the three
>>> >> hidden
>>> >> elements as specified on the "Using Windows Hosting Form Mailers"
>>> >> article...
>>> >> and clearly specified the target email address and reinstalled the
>>> >> Default
>>> >> Scripts Directory in my GoDaddy Account Manager... and and still >>> >> no
>>> >> success.
>>> >> (Again, when the "Submit" button is hit, it goes immediately to a
>>> >> GoDaddy
>>> >> "Page Not Found" announcement.) I've spoken with GoDaddy support
>>> >> reps
>>> >> and
>>> >> I've attempted to edit the HTML on the "Contact Us" page of our
>>> >> Publisher
>>> >> 2007 website per their recommendations... and still no success.
>>> >>
>>> >> So, the operative question is "What am I doing wrong?" My HTML >>> >> coding
>>> >> skills
>>> >> are admittedly limited... so any coding advice you may offer needs >>> >> to
>>> >> be
>>> >> very
>>> >> specific... including where the code needs to appear on the page >>> >> and
>>> >> what
>>> >> the
>>> >> exact sequence of the commands needs to be in order for the lines >>> >> of
>>> >> code
>>> >> to
>>> >> function properly.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks for any and all advice, suggestions, and/or recommendations
>>> >> you
>>> >> may
>>> >> have to offer with this "form" issue. Your previous discussion
>>> >> threads
>>> >> have
>>> >> been helpful on a number of other issues with Publisher 2007 web
>>> >> pages...
>>> >> so
>>> >> your efforts are not taken for granted and they are greatly
>>> >> appreciated!
>>> >> Normally, we design and build our websites in Dreamweaver, but >>> >> this
>>> >> client
>>> >> prefers Publisher 2007... and we have found it problematic to open
>>> >> and
>>> >> edit
>>> >> the Publisher web pages in either "Code View", "Design View", or
>>> >> "Split
>>> >> View"
>>> >> in Dreamweaver... hence this request for your assistance. Thanks
>>> >> again
>>> >> and
>>> >> keep up the good work... even in the face of the unmerited >>> >> opposition
>>> >> and
>>> >> criticism that some of you receive from the malcontents who appear
>>> >> now
>>> >> and
>>> >> then.
>>> >>
>>> >> -- >>> >> David - New Earth Design Group
>>> >
>>>

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