Frustrating form :)

Swift Mailer is a fantastic library for sending email with php. Discuss this library or ask any questions about it here.

Moderators: Chris Corbyn, General Moderators

Post Reply
Janne21
Forum Newbie
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:27 am

Frustrating form :)

Post by Janne21 »

Hello guys,

I have to say that I don't have huge knowledge and with programming at all (almost none of it), but since I know HTML and CSS, for me it wasn't problem to implement some free script for Contact form (where people can actually just type, name, e-mail, and message) and then use it.

So Contact form that I have (check it here - http://www.mistdesign.com/alex/contact.php) worked for a while on my host, and then bam! stopped working. Of course, not without reason - it stopped working after I erased database of Joomla that I had from before. Well actually I first noticed that it won't work on client's website (http://www.alexlittledance.com) then I erased database of Joomla because I knew that Contact form which I got has nothing to do with it (or it had?). Well thing that frustrates me now is that all of the forms that I'm getting (as free forms) are not working. I do get that message has been sent but I am not getting e-mail and nothing in junk/spam too (and I am using my e-mail as for testing). I also start to read tutorials and stuff to get more understanding for it, and it doesn't look that hard. Just when I hear all that "it's simple! it's simple!" I go BRUAHUGHUHR :banghead: because it keeps failing for me.

I have to say that on my host, I don't have control to make databases, just tables on 1 database, and on client's site, since she bought host and domain at http://www.GoDaddy.com she have options such as making SQL, MYSQL, Acess databases...beside that I figured out how to make database everything else is a mistery to me. So I wonder this...

1. Does it have to do anything with databases? Is that reason why Contact form is not working?
2. Does it have anything with SMTP and POP things?
3. Am I doing something wrong?

I would appreciate any answer, just so I know what to answer the client why it won't work. And if it's something huge to do, just say it's hudge :P

Thanks,
Janko
User avatar
akuji36
Forum Contributor
Posts: 190
Joined: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:53 am
Location: Hartford, Connecticut

Re: Frustrating form :)

Post by akuji36 »

Hello

I believe you may have to simply reinstall some settings.

When you join a remote host scripting site like

http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html

I think you setup a few settings on their end (remote php or perl script
handling the data) and the location of you html form.

If it doesn't work out let me look at your html form and then

I'll write a php script which will

send the results to an email address.
Post Reply