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I will soon need to create a contact form for a site I'm working on. I was wondering in your experience would you suggest creating one from scratch, using PHP, HTML, AJAX, jQuery?????? Or using one of the many online form builders that are around these days??
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James
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Posted 09 December 2011 - 11:35 AM
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Posted 09 December 2011 - 03:12 PM
A more professional approach is to make it from scratch rather than use online form builders.
This is just one example I found - not tried it myself but the comments at the bottom seem favourable
http://www.developer...c-contact-form/
This is just one example I found - not tried it myself but the comments at the bottom seem favourable
http://www.developer...c-contact-form/
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 06:02 PM
From the scratch is a good idea. because you can make it related to your site design style. and can make it unique. can show it on many blogs sample contact us forms. or can add your design on the comment section with a link. thast a good reputation for you and your work. easy marketing
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Posted 22 December 2011 - 08:30 PM
HTML forms are nice enough with a confirmation page!
You could also embed the confirmation via an iframe!?
Joel.
You could also embed the confirmation via an iframe!?
Joel.
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Posted 22 December 2011 - 10:31 PM
As contact form scripts go it's pretty basic and there are several complete examples out there on the web that have built in validation features to prevent spambots, non valid emails, rude messages and injection attacks.
Of course the average user does not really care about all that, just what it looks like lol!
So for a little inspiration here's my contact form page, I'm still tinkering with the entire site but the form works and you're welcome to send me a mail and see it in operation. (think I've even posted the code for it here someplace)
Something else to aware of (and this applies to the Pro's as well) is that some web hosts have disabled the local mail() function on thier shared servers to prevent users spoofing email headers as part of combating phishing scams.
Of course the average user does not really care about all that, just what it looks like lol!
So for a little inspiration here's my contact form page, I'm still tinkering with the entire site but the form works and you're welcome to send me a mail and see it in operation. (think I've even posted the code for it here someplace)
Something else to aware of (and this applies to the Pro's as well) is that some web hosts have disabled the local mail() function on thier shared servers to prevent users spoofing email headers as part of combating phishing scams.
This post has been edited by Sogo7: 22 December 2011 - 10:32 PM
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