Newbie needing help with HTML forms.

[lroberts]

Hi my name is Lindsay. I'm a little new to the HTML'ing thing. I know generally how to make my own fields and things, etc. however there's a few questions I have in general:

1. I am creating an employment application form. The form is rather long, so I would like to know how to create a "Next" button. The "Next" button cannot be a submit button. I need the application to stay in one piece, so I can tell which application belongs to which applicant.

2. Submit Button - I've tried and tried and tried and tried and tried to configure a working submit button. I have come the the conclusion that when it comes to submit buttons, I'm retarded. I literally need it to be spelled out for me, because again, for the love of God I cannot figure out how to get this "Mailto: myemail@mywebsite" idea of a working script to work. A thorough explanation would be wonderful!

3. Required Fields: I would like an HTML code where there is no pop up for the required field, but instead, the little red asterisk right underneath the field that says "Invalid Input". I'm not sure how to do this at all.

I also need a legitimate validation for both e-mails and social security fields. I know how to make the 3-box social security password type field with auto-tab, however I would like to have an HTML code validate that they have the same input.

Thank you for any help or input. It's much appreciated. I know I'm a pain in the butt, but this is for a small business of mine and I'm relying on this for the majority of my advertisement. I'd like it to look 150% professional and super nice.

To contact me directly, you can chat with me through my "Live Support" chat, lol. Just go to http://www.happypetpaws.net and click "Live Support" - Again, thank you, thank you, thank you for all the help. I'll edit my post with updates, if I've figured anything out for myself, and when I'm finally finished with my form, I'll paste the code in here that way you can copy/paste however you like.

Thank you!
<3 Lindsay

[lroberts]

I was browsing the forums, and I came across another question. The boyfriend and I have been trying to figure out how to make this form email, and still no luck so far. The boyfriend mentioned something about php. I'm not 100% sure how to write php, and on top of that, the following code (html) is what makes my forms blend/match my website:

EX: <input type="text" name="name" size="25" class="inputbox">

I was wondering if maybe I could mesh the php and the html?
To maybe look similar to something like:

php: email form submit information stuff

html
body
<input type="text" name="name" size="25" class="inputbox">
<BUTTON GOES HERE>
/html
/body

/php

If anyone could please help with this that would be much appreciated. I've been going at this for literally days now, with no success.

Update-
*Please excuse the lack of content in the php/html examples. For some reason I was getting a "Bad Request" error message, and it wasn't allowing me to post full tags.

[lroberts]

Okay so as I'm browsing these forums, I'm looking into dabbling a little bit goes. Here's a quote of a submitted post in regards to these issues and questions:

Hi, I've been thinking about using PHP as an alternative to html. I know php may be a better way to help with my custom form, however I only know how to write html to begin with, and on top of that, there's a vital html code that allows my custom form to match the layout of my website and that is:

<input type="text" name="name" size="25" class="inputbox">
<input type="submit" name="submit" class="button">

My main concern as far as how to create Register forms in PHP would be:

1. What would a "Name" field look like in PHP code?
2. How can I implement my class="inputbox/button" into a PHP format?
3. Would it still work?

I have more information and questions:

newbie-needing-help-with-html-forms-vt17211.html

To reach me at the following you can visit:
http://www.happypetpaws.net
And click on "Live Support" from there. I'm almost guaranteed to answer. Thank you for any help! It's much appreciated!

Pretty much explains itself. Thought the additional questions in this forum would be a good idea. Would give all the information someone else might need in this one topic.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Willing to donate a small amount to whoever can figure out a working html/php form that actually does what I want it to do and matches my website.

*Please note that it is a professional website, and I've actually put money into form builders, however the lack of customization is leaving me unsatisfied, and not I'm trying to custom build my own form the way I want it. So it's not just a matter of it working. I have forms that work, but they look ugly. So I'm trying to make nice, pretty forms that work according to my likes.

Here's a couple of the requirements if anyone might be interested in a project:

-Must have a working "Submit" button that forwards the form results to designated email address.
-Must have the html code class="inputbox/button, etc."
-Must contain separated phone number fields.
-Must contain separated password social security fields.
-Must have validation for social security fields (matching) and email verification (matching, valid email)
-Must have required fields
-Must have auto-tab for phone number/social security number.
-Must have "Next" button that continues to the next section of the form, but does not yet submit results until the actual submission (ie. An Employment Application Form)
-Forms must be easy to edit and recreate.

I think that's all for the time being. I know how to separate the fields for social security and phone number fields, I know how to make the password fields, I know how to autotab, etc. There's a lot that I don't know how to do (see additional posts for details).

Again, I'm willing to make a small donation to whomever can fix my problem. I would also like a thorough explanation so I can do it myself, next time.

Thank you for the help!

[webmaster]

PHP will only be needed for handling what happens after you've clicked the submit-button. So you can keep your form in HTML-code.

Check out this:
http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/feedbackphp.shtml