Question about HTML forms

[2161]

When I was using Homestead before I came here they had a drag and drop HTML form builder so I could create forms for people to fill out and place an order. I don't have any up right now because they only got used a couple of times, most everyone just called to place an order.

I was wondering how forms worked here. I was reading some stuff about forms in one of my 800 page HTML XHTML CSS books, it talked about using scripts. I am guessing that Homestead took care of all that because I never had to do anything except to drag and drop the form and adjust it's size......very easy. I also don't know anything about scripts which is why I am asking how they work.

When you create an HTML or XHTML 1.0 form at Bluehost how does the server send the information?? I also read about encrypting the information how is that done here??

[Basil]

All a form does is submit values to a script; usually written in PHP, ASP, etc. The script takes those values and does something with them.

Without a script to do something with the data, the form is essentially useless.

[2161]

Does Bluehost have scripts on the server or do I have to come up with my own??

[charlesgan]

you could easily find resource online.
http://www.developingwebs.net/html/creatingphpform.php

basically you can use html editor software like dreamweaver to help you out :D

or you can use the "PageWizard".. under site management

[Basil]

What do you want the form to do?

[Greatlinks]

If you need a form builder, there are html programs like enhanced html or coffee cup which will help you build a form. The forms submit data to scripts in perl or php. They should have some type of forms processor program here at bluehost.

[2161]

What do you want the form to do?
We do Aerial Photography and we had a form set up so customers could order an aerial photo shoot. They would send their name, address, the address of the photo shoot location with a description of the area so we could locate it from the air and what directions they wanted us to take pictures from.

All that would be sent to us with forms and we could process the request call them to verify the order. But most people found it easier to just call and give the info over the phone. I haven't decided if I am going to put the forms back up, I just wanted to know how they work or what I would have to do if I wanted to use them again.

Thanks for the info.