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Tricia - 10 Mar 2004 13:39 GMT

Hi. I am finding it very difficult to get any help with a
simple problem I am having with a form I have put into my
web page.

There seems to be no page to follow it. When someone
clicks on 'submit' on the web sample of the page it goes
to the standard explorer 'page not available', which is
understandable as I have found nowhere to specify where it
should go after the form is sent. I would like to have a
page saying 'thankyou for sending this form' or something
similar.

I have set the email address that the information should
be sent to (although this also does not happen when we try
the sample web page).

I am not making the mistake of asking to see a single page
and not the full web page. The rest is functioning
perfectly.

I would be very grateful if someone could help me.

THANKS, Tricia

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David Bartosik - MS MVP - 10 Mar 2004 14:17 GMT

In the FAQ - www.davidbartosik.com/faq.htm I cover what is required for
forms processing. For those that want more details it's covered at
http://www.davidbartosik.com/pub2k/pub2k_35.htm

You do not create a confirmation page. FrontPage extensions on the server do
that dynamically.
Forms processing is a server function involving programming. Most users do
not run and manage their own server nor do they have programming skills.
Hence Publisher isolates the user from that through the functionality of
FrontPage extensions that your web host installs on your account.

Forms require 3 steps of which you are likely skipping 2...
1) order FP extensions from host if they are not provided by default.
2) create and publish form page.
3) publish site in http protocol. (never use ftp on an FP extension equipped
site)

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> Hi. I am finding it very difficult to get any help with a
> simple problem I am having with a form I have put into my
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> THANKS, Tricia

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