new kid on the block

well I can honestly say I never thought I would be joining a web forum. I am currently stumbling my way through teaching myself dreamweaver 8 and enjoying the many bumps along the way. I have extremely limited web knowledge but a hell of a lot of determination! I am building myself a new website at the moment, my current website which is quite a mess will then be the next job on my list for a rebuild. to show my ignorance i don't even know which section to post my questions in 1) can someone explain to me in simple terms what a cgi wrapper is? 2)I'm currently working on building a form for wholesale purposes, is formmail-clone a favourable program to attach it to? If you can steer me in the right direction to which section of the forum I should direct these questions to, I would be thankful.
It looks a great forum here, am looking forward to being part of it.
Many thanks,
Lorraine

Welcome to the forumz! You've come to the right place to get help. I have no idea what a CGI wrapper is... About the form-mail, I'd say you're looking for a nice PHP script to handle some extra stuff. I'd stay away from CGI.

welcome

Welcome to webforumz!

Welcome to the forums!

If it is a contact form your looking for (which is what cgi always used to be used for) then go for a php one. Karinne knows of really good one but I can't remember the url. Perhaps she'll post up a link. Karinne?

Pete.

Hi, thanks for making me feel welcome. The form I am about to attempt is a wholesale registration form which I am hoping to gather the info into an email sent to my address. I will also need to set up a user/password form. I have no knowledge of scripts so yes this will make you all cringe I will be using the design mode in dreamweaver. :-)

hahaha...Well this is going to be complicated for a beginner, but not impossible! Let's start by saying..."for any type of form, if you are on a server that supports PHP...use PHP!" Same goes for the username/password form.

But this is where matters get complicated. You would then connect the PHP form to a MySQL database, which is kinda like an Excel worksheet. It stores and encrypts the data there. (Normally MD5 encryption ) I would start out by posting in the New to Web Design area I am sure they will get you going on the right path! Also check out the Beginner Resources area!

Oh yeah, Welcome to Webforumz!

Jacob seems to have covered everything. (He's very good at that and helpful.) So, I guess I will Just say 'Welcome to Webforumz. Enjoy your time with us.'

Thanks Sannbe and Jacob! I'm sure I'll learn a great deal from being a member here.

Lorraine

Welcome to the forumz!

Here's the form - PHP Contact Script

And if you do a search of the forum for php contact script or something similar, you should find quite a few threads on the subject!

Welcome to WebForumz

Thanks guys. Ross your avatar just totally cuts me up!

Lorraine

same here ha

Lorraine, you sound like me. I am self taught in Dreamweaver way back in Dreamweaver 3 or 4 I think. I was determined as you!
Good luck and enjoy ! If only I had this forum wayyyy back then!

This was three months ago.

Pete.

I agree with Ryan. Cgi stuff is a nightmare to work with, and as far as I know hasnt changed or been updated in many years. PHP is the way to go in my opinion.

for example, in php you can basicaly send an email simply with:

mail("to@youraddress.com","Subject","Message");

There is more to it than that really, but that would send. When I have had to do stuff with Cgi its always been bad and theres been loads of code.

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