try his way h:

POST is where the data inputted in the form goes
in this case it goes to an email address as a message

 

It'll open a new page when the submit button is clicked, and probably asks if it can send it, like a popup.

 

not working :happysad:

 

Make sure only this part is put in;
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:mmerson@gmail.com">
<TEXTAREA NAME="comment" ROWS=6 COLS=40>
</TEXTAREA><br>
<INPUT TYPE="submit">
<INPUT TYPE="reset">
</form>

this example you can just stick in frontpage wherever you want..

 

yeah but its leading to an unknown page when you click submit.

 

Ok guys I fixed it. I had to uninstall then reinstall frontpage extensions, and now the form works perfect. thanks anyway

 

well, this is a little late, but i would consider screwing frontpage extensions... and try to not design with front page at all. it's the devil

the reason why the suggestions people made didn't work could be because setting the action of a form to be an e-mail address relies on an e-mail client (outlook, eudora, thunderbird...) being installed on the user's system. not everyone has one, and if they do, not everyone has it properly configured. in order to remove that dependancy, you have to use CGI. usually in the form of a program called sendmail on unix/linux web servers.

you can find plenty of free scripts to do it, if you have a cgi-bin directory and sendmail enabled in your web hosting space. it doesn't necessarily need unix/linux. it's pretty easy to setup and work with.

 

You dont HAVE to use CGI

Jess, if you need coding help let me know. I didnt see this till this morning, so I came in a little late.

I have millions of lines of code that you can use for samples, and if you need help understanding them, feel free to ask.

 

graci senor.

if you would like to see the results of my efforts the possible new front page is http://www.rfbookreviews.com/authors/test.htm

 

I would suggest changing the font to something more professional, adding some spacing between your titles and maybe move the images beside each link for the book review.

Other than that, I think that you are off to a great start.