Can not get the contact form to work

Hey DW'ers.

I have a (non-commercial) staff page and want to add a form accessible only via a tab "Contact us" in the navigation bar, which means there is no contact info anywhere link elsewhere on the site. I have the main contact page (the one they want when they click on the tab 'Contact us' in the navigation bar) registered under contact.html. Am I supposed to save only one page under contact.php?

I don't expect a ton of emails since this is a hobby/personal site so maybe I'm trying to 'cheat' a little by adding the code pre-made. Is this a bad idea?  I should just form join us DW tool? I love this design simple http://www.html-form-guide.com/contact-form/creating-a-contact-form.ht ml but it doesn't seem to be an html form, it seems to be PHP. I contacted my host and they support php - they said to put the php script in my public_html folder I did, but that didn't work. What is the best way (even once, I don't expect much emails) to add a contact form?

Thank you.

Chris

Let's break things down a bit.

(1) HTML forms do nothing.  They're just a form with fields and a "submit" button.

(2) in order to collect data and send them to your e-mail address requires a script (PHP).

(3) the script can be integrated into your form HTML and SavedAs page contact.php.

(4) or you can use contact.html and point the action attribute of the form to a separate PHP file.

action="path-to-form-on-server/form-to-email-script.php" >. "

Any script that you use, make sure it's safe and has spam prevention & other safeguards built in.  Sites the same hobby can be exploited by hackers, bots and spammers.

FormM@ailer PHP Master DB
http://dbmasters.NET/index.php?ID=4
FormToEmail.com (free & pro versions available)
http://FormToEmail.com/formtoemail_pro_version.php
Tektite
http://www.tectite.com/formmailpage.php
Forms to go of Bebosoft (script generation software)
http://www.bebosoft.com/products/FormsToGo/overview/
Wufoo.com (online service)
http://Wufoo.com/

Nancy O.

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