web form questions
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- MLP
ok web dudes... so i need to finish up two sections of my site before i launch it and want to know what types of shit to use to get this done... and to at least start searching and looking up tutorials since i don't know much beyond HTML... i'm guessing its mysql or php stuff:
1 - web form that will email me address information put in to start mailing list.. i do not want this to post to a database
2 - an organization for my BBS and portfolio structured like the superfamous site (http://www.superfamous.com) or the arkitip intelligence section (http://www.arkitip.com/intellig... where i can have clickable links to display certain categories within the entries - for example: branding, print, web, current, etc.
any help is appreciated
- MLP0
- UndoUndo0
look up $_POST at http://www.php.net and it will talk about handling variables from forms. once you capture this info you can simply send the info to you via the phpfunction mail(); which send it out to a specified address. look up the mail function on php.net. there are some great examples towards the bottom of the page (users comments) and simple code examples too.
- MLP0
thx undo...
anyone have any idea about the sorting part?
- UndoUndo0
you'll have to run it from a db.
- MLP0
this i know.. but what do i use to make it functional .. would this use php, mysql or what? i'm ultra noob on the web back-end
- UndoUndo0
php, mysql is the easiet and cheapest to learn. sorry my last post wasn't much help
- MLP0
cool.. i might just shoot my friend some $$$ to build it for me.
- cosmo0
u can store the info in an xml file, if you want.
- UndoUndo0
php in easy steps...... is the only book i used to learn php and a bit of mysql. 10 quid in the uk so should be about 10 dollars down yr way. worth a look.
- MLP0
cool, undo... i'll check that book out
- heavyt0
not sure if this is what you are looking for, but i have a script that organizes links into categories.
sample here:
http://www.tr1design.net/links/l…download source here:
http://www.tr1design.net/downloa…TR1