Re: [css-d] Best option for simple contact form?
> On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:38:21 +0530, Rahul Gonsalves replied: >> I have had good results with this form. It seems well thought out. >> >> http://green-beast.com/blog/?page_id=71 > > After building my own PHP-driven form that got spammed within a week, > I came across the form script that Rahul refers to. I agree with > his recommendation. My .02: I'd not seen M. Cherim's solution (link in above quoted text) but it's not only elegant, well documented and simple, it really does all it says it will. I'll be forwarding that to any client who asks about forms and security and putting it in my bi-monthly design promo/newsletter to clients. Thank you Rahul, for the link...and, as always, to this list for the amazing amount of knowledge shared. Kind regards, ~Ray -- Non scholae sed vitae discimus __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
Re: [css-d] Best option for simple contact form?
>>> On 10/15/2007 at 11:00 AM, David Hucklesby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Hi Ann, | | You asked: | |> How about this feedback form? |> http://www.thesitewizard.com/wizards/feedbackform.shtml |> | | From the sample page, it looks very "old school" - tables and font | tags. :( Yeah, I did my own formatting. | The other forms mentioned use a technique to defeat spam that | has a "dummy" field that lead spam bots to fill it in, but humans | will not. This has proven pretty effective at reducing spam. The | form you refer to does not have this feature. Ah, good point. Thanks for pointing this out! This would reduce or eliminate spam to the site administrator, wouldn't it. Don't know why I didn't consider that sooner. Thanks. | On other thing you need to guard against - so-called "injection | attacks." This is quite hard to guard against, but is taken care | of in Wufoo and in Mike Cherim's solution. I did not look at the | code in the site you referenced, so cannot advise you on that. This, actually, was what led me to the sitewizard feedback form. It is specifically set up to defeat injection attacks, which I was having at the time. | Cordially, | David | -- Thanks for the comments. -- AnnR -- __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
Re: [css-d] Best option for simple contact form?
>>> On 10/14/2007 at 3:59 PM, David Hucklesby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Hi Jenn and Alison, | |> On 12-Oct-07, at 11:42 PM, Allison Kelly wrote: |> |>> I need to build a very simple email form for a contact page. |>> | | On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:38:21 +0530, Rahul Gonsalves replied: |> |> I have had good results with this form. It seems well thought out. |> http://green-beast.com/blog/?page_id=71 | | After building my own PHP-driven form that got spammed within a week, | I came across the form script that Rahul refers to. I agree with | his recommendation. | -- | |> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:42:15 -0700, Jenn Mears wrote: |> Hi David, |> I have been looking into web form handling companies for a client that uses | a hosting |> company which doesn't offer cgi-bins(who knew?) I came across a company | called Web |> Form Buddy and they offered a pretty good range of services for $40 per | year. They |> seemed like the best company I could find after quite a search, but I | couldn't find any |> online reviews about them. Have you heard anything about them? |> http://www.web-form-buddy.com/ |> | | Sorry, no. I am fortunate in that someone I helped "paid" me by | giving me free hosting. :) So I have little experience in that regard. | | Cordially, | David | -- How about this feedback form? http://www.thesitewizard.com/wizards/feedbackform.shtml AnnR __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
Re: [css-d] Best option for simple contact form?
If you need a good form styling check out Khoi Vinh's good form: http://www.subtraction.com/pics/0508/050822/ On 10/14/07, David Hucklesby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jenn and Alison, > > > On 12-Oct-07, at 11:42 PM, Allison Kelly wrote: > > > >> I need to build a very simple email form for a contact page. > >> > > On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:38:21 +0530, Rahul Gonsalves replied: > > > > I have had good results with this form. It seems well thought out. > > > > http://green-beast.com/blog/?page_id=71 > > After building my own PHP-driven form that got spammed within a week, > I came across the form script that Rahul refers to. I agree with > his recommendation. > -- > > > On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:42:15 -0700, Jenn Mears wrote: > > Hi David, > > I have been looking into web form handling companies for a client that > uses a hosting > > company which doesn't offer cgi-bins(who knew?) I came across a company > called Web > > Form Buddy and they offered a pretty good range of services for $40 per > year. They > > seemed like the best company I could find after quite a search, but I > couldn't find any > > online reviews about them. Have you heard anything about them? > > http://www.web-form-buddy.com/ > > > > Sorry, no. I am fortunate in that someone I helped "paid" me by > giving me free hosting. :) So I have little experience in that regard. > > Cordially, > David > -- > > __ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- iron sharpens iron __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
Re: [css-d] Best option for simple contact form?
Hi Jenn and Alison, > On 12-Oct-07, at 11:42 PM, Allison Kelly wrote: > >> I need to build a very simple email form for a contact page. >> On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:38:21 +0530, Rahul Gonsalves replied: > > I have had good results with this form. It seems well thought out. > > http://green-beast.com/blog/?page_id=71 After building my own PHP-driven form that got spammed within a week, I came across the form script that Rahul refers to. I agree with his recommendation. -- > On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:42:15 -0700, Jenn Mears wrote: > Hi David, > I have been looking into web form handling companies for a client that uses a > hosting > company which doesn't offer cgi-bins(who knew?) I came across a company > called Web > Form Buddy and they offered a pretty good range of services for $40 per year. > They > seemed like the best company I could find after quite a search, but I > couldn't find any > online reviews about them. Have you heard anything about them? > http://www.web-form-buddy.com/ > Sorry, no. I am fortunate in that someone I helped "paid" me by giving me free hosting. :) So I have little experience in that regard. Cordially, David -- __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
Re: [css-d] Best option for simple contact form?
On 12-Oct-07, at 11:42 PM, Allison Kelly wrote: > I need to build a very simple email form for a contact page. Allison, I have had good results with this form. It seems well thought out. http://green-beast.com/blog/?page_id=71 Best, - Rahul. __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
Re: [css-d] Best option for simple contact form?
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:12:47 -0400, Allison Kelly wrote: > > I need to build a very simple email form for a contact page. > Take a look at Wufoo: http://wufoo.com/ I just helped a classmate set up a contact form with the free service they provide. They have a huge variety of forms they support, so the options are somewhat overwhelming for a simple contact form. But the documentation is clearly written - be sure to read it. The markup is clean, valid, and CSS friendly. The free version is paid for by showing an ad to the form submitter on the "thank you" page, but it's pretty innocuous. The form even uses the latest anti-spam techniques. Cordially, David -- __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
[css-d] Best option for simple contact form?
Hello all, and happy Friday! I need to build a very simple email form for a contact page. In my searching I have come across various ways to do this, and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for this. I have seen just basic XHTML and CSS, and then some with PHP. It has been a while since I have built any forms and I am not familiar with best practices here. If you have any recommendations as to what things I should look out for or take into consideration when deciding on a method I would really appreciate it! Allison Kelly __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
