creating custom forms

[TheMortician4]

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?

[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.

[TheMortician4]

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.

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

[TheMortician4]

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...

[stevesh]

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

[TheMortician4]

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?

[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.

[TheMortician4]

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.

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>