creating custom forms

I have modified the define_shippinginfo.php file to include a return request form. The HTML code is as follows:

<p>Please fill out the form below to process your return/exchange</p>

<form action=”mailto:[email protected]”>
Name: <input name="Name" value="" size="10"><br>
Phone Number: <input phone="phone" value="" size="10"><br>
Your Email Address: <input email="Email" value="" size="10"><br>
Order or invoice number: <input invoice="invoice" value="" size="10"><br>
<center><input type="submit"></center>
</form>

and can be seen here

My problem is that when I tested the form, it opens the new email form, but does not import the data that was filled in prior to hitting the submit. Why?

It's not written correctly. For that form to work, you'd need some sort of script to process the entries and email them.

Haven't done a form in a long time, but I think it would need to start with:

<FORM METHOD=POST ENCTYPE="text/plain" ACTION="mailto etc.">

You can get a lot more info about HTML forms at w3schools.com.

I use a product called Machform.

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Originally Posted by stevesh

It's not written correctly. For that form to work, you'd need some sort of script to process the entries and email them.

Haven't done a form in a long time, but I think it would need to start with:

<FORM METHOD=POST ENCTYPE="text/plain" ACTION="mailto etc.">

You can get a lot more info about HTML forms at w3schools.com.

I use a product called Machform.

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I got the basics of HTML coding from web-source, as I have never coded HTML before this.

If you can provide any more information I would be extremely grateful for your time and assistance.

I went to w3schools.com and I would like to know if this is the correct information I am looking for:

http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit....html_form_mail

Okay this is what I now have:

<form action="MAILTO:[email protected]" method="post" enctype="text/plain">
Name:<br />
<input type="text" name="name" value="your name" /><br />
Your Phone Number (area code included)<br/>
<input type="text" name="phone" value="your phone" /><br />
E-mail:<br />
<input type="text" name="mail" value="your email" /><br />
Order or invoice number:<br />
<input type="text" name="order" value="order number" size="50" />
<br /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset" value="Reset">

</form>


But when the mailer opens up it states that it is a form mail, but the data fields still are not importing, ie; name, phone, etc...

Copying your code (and changing the mailto address) to an EZ page and into the shipping info page works for me in both cases.

Okay now you lost me, have no easy pages, ( am clueless as to how to do them and what they do). Would you kindly walk me through it?

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=117

But you don't need to bother with them if you want the form in the shipping info define page.

I copied your code from post #4 into the shipping info define page (as you did), changed the mailto address to my address and it worked fine - it inserted the information from the fields into the email and sent them on.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by stevesh

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=117

But you don't need to bother with them if you want the form in the shipping info define page.

I copied your code from post #4 into the shipping info define page (as you did), changed the mailto address to my address and it worked fine - it inserted the information from the fields into the email and sent them on.

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When I do it, it open my mailer system, my system is the email system that is associated with my domain. When I hit the submit button I get this 404 error:

The requested URL /return request.html was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache Server at store.bbiclan.com Port 80


Originally it was looking for a file and said the file did not exist. So I altered the code as such:

<form name="input" action="return request.html" method="get">
<form action="MAILTO:[email protected]" method="post" enctype="text/plain">
Name:<br />
<input type="text" name="name" value="your name" /><br />
Your Phone Number (area code included)<br/>
<input type="text" name="phone" value="your phone" /><br />
E-mail:<br />
<input type="text" name="mail" value="your email" /><br />
Order or invoice number:<br />
<input type="text" name="order" value="order number" size="50" />
<br /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset" value="Reset">

</form>