How do I create a web form on my site?

jmandresen · #1 Feb 4, 2007, 08:05 AM

Hi, I'm a Mac user and I created a site for our school using iWeb. I would like to create web forms in which prospective parents can complete and submit their application and registration completely online. What software/program(s) do I need to do this?

Once I've created the form, what do I need to do to make it "Submit"-able?

Thank you!

BenReilly · Feb 21, 2007, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jmandresen

Hi, I'm a Mac user and I created a site for our school using iWeb. I would like to create web forms in which prospective parents can complete and submit their application and registration completely online. What software/program(s) do I need to do this?

Once I've created the form, what do I need to do to make it "Submit"-able?

Thank you!

It depends on what language you like to use and what your hosting plan supports.
My personal favorite is PHP, but you might as well use Flash or ASP. For PHP you dont need anything except a text editor (Crimson Editor for Syntax Highlighting) and you can run/test the script after upload. If you want to test everything locally first then go to PHP on Mac OS X on how to install PHP and download Apache for Mac (tutorial: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/49). As for the scripts to make it submitable look up formmail php - Google Search there are a load of tutorials to make it happen. (from experience use form validation and at least a simple captcha or look forward to a lot of spam)
Hope that helps



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