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Meri
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:( :cry: How do I get a form for my own web site??

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Meri
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Could somebody help me?=???? :cry:
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wwwapu
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Post by wwwapu »

You are in a hurry aren't you?

If your site is on geocities you cannot do mailing form with PHP, they don't have support for that. Form however is fairly easy to do.

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<form action=&quote;some_form_data_handler&quote; method=&quote;post&quote;>
<input type=&quote;text&quote; id=&quote;email&quote; name=&quote;email&quote;><label for=&quote;email&quote;>E-mail</label><br>
<input type=&quote;text&quote; id=&quote;name&quote; name=&quote;name&quote;><label for=&quote;name&quote;>Name</label><br>
<label for=&quote;text&quote;>Message</label><br>
<textarea id=&quote;text&quote; name=&quote;text&quote; cols=&quote;20&quote; rows=&quote;5&quote;>Write here</textarea>
<br>
<input type=&quote;submit&quote; name=&quote;Fsubmit&quote; value=&quote;Submit&quote;>
</form>
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Post by AngusL »

If you mean forum and not form, you will need a web host that supports ASP or PHP (I don't think there are awfully many CFM/JSP pre-written forums), and some form of database connectivity - if it's a small site, then you might be able to get away with writing your own basic one, and using an Access database or something through Jet.

I believe FreeWebs give you a forum that you can set up once your account is 7 days old - but I'm not certain.

phpBB is the forum that is used here, and is quite commonly liked and used. It requires PHP and MySQL database (it might work with an MS-SQL database? I never paid much attention when setting one up...) support, which you might be able to get from a free host (I've had some in the past, but they normally close up shop after a short while, or have really poor service) but you'll probably have to buy your own server (which I'd recommend anyway, for a multitude of reasons) and set it up. phpBB has an installation script and things that you can follow through, with documentation on their site.

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Post by IceMetalPunk »

You can use what I use: InvisionFree. Just go to http://www.invisionfree.com and register for a free one. Then you can log in with the username you picked and set up your forums any way you want :D . If you need help with it, then the best forums I found to go to for help with IF (InvisionFree) is support.invisionfree.com

-IMP ;) :)

*EDIT* Oh, BTW, I forgot to mention that InvisionFree requires NO knowledge of any server-side language. In fact, you don't need to know any web language for the basic forum, but if you want, you can use your own JavaScript/HTML/CSS to get it working just the way you want :) Plus, on that support forum I put the link up there for, there are plenty of JavaScript/HTML codes that can, when working together, do pretty much anything for your forums :D .
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