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1. Re: Difficulties with 'mailto' form.
David_Powers Jun 14, 2009 11:42 AM (in response to Chrsitian)It's because you have put everything inside <noscript> tags. Remove the <noscript> tag just before your opening <table> tag, and the closing </noscript> tag after the closing </table> tag.
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2. Re: Difficulties with 'mailto' form.
Ned Murphy Jun 14, 2009 11:49 AM (in response to Chrsitian)Is the counter.js file supposed to be what displays in place of the form when a user has javascript enabled? I can't tell because it is a massive tangle of code all on one line.
If it isn't, then you probably need to remove the <noscript> tags from around the form. Otherwise, the form won't appear unless you have javascript disabled.
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3. Re: Difficulties with 'mailto' form.
Chrsitian Jun 14, 2009 11:49 AM (in response to David_Powers)Thanks a million Dave - that did it.
I have no idea how those tags came about. I defined the from using the design view and following the instructions in David Karlins book Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 HOW-TO's 100 Essential Techniques.
Do you have any idea as to what I may have done 'wrong?'
Again, many thanks!
christian
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4. Re: Difficulties with 'mailto' form.
bregent Jun 14, 2009 11:51 AM (in response to Chrsitian)In addition to what David has told you, using mailto for a form's action is completely unreliable. I would estimate that it will fail > 50% of the time. It won't work for users that use web mail (this is huge). If the user does have a mail client, it will commonly popup a security warning message that will cause many to not submit the form. It's really not a valid option. You need to use a form script.
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5. Re: Difficulties with 'mailto' form.
David_Powers Jun 14, 2009 11:53 AM (in response to Chrsitian)You probably inserted the counter script without taking notice of what was going on in the code underlying Design view.
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6. Re: Difficulties with 'mailto' form.
Chrsitian Jun 14, 2009 12:26 PM (in response to bregent)Thanks for the warning, I will investigate that, and see if I can 'do' that. Many thanks!
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7. Re: Difficulties with 'mailto' form.
Chrsitian Jun 14, 2009 12:29 PM (in response to David_Powers)David, unfortunately, I am not that well versed in html code/Dreamweaver that I would have noticed
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8. Re: Difficulties with 'mailto' form.
SnakEyez02 Jun 14, 2009 12:34 PM (in response to Chrsitian)If you are not well versed with writing code, I would suggest Wufoo for creating forms. It looks better than a simple mailto and acts like a form instead of opening up a mail program as previously stated. I've used them for some small projects I carry out at work, but I see no reason why it wouldn't be able to work in your scenario. The only limits on free accounts are that you can only make 3 forms and have a maximum of 10 fields for each form with 100 responses per month. Otherwise they have premium plans.
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9. Re: Difficulties with 'mailto' form.
Chrsitian Jun 22, 2009 6:50 AM (in response to SnakEyez02)Many thanks fo the tip - I did that as a 'back up.' All seems to be working now!



