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[LUG]Re: submit-message form on website

 

Further-to…
Web expert says this is “where it’s at”.
Only other thing which would be offered is “bells and whistles” - superfluous for me.

What I wanted is so “obvious” PHP provides it “ready to roll” with the “mail()” 
function.

Regards,

> On 1 Jul 2023, at 10:46, rds_met <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello all
> 
> Hopefully a good general computing question...
> I would like help with this one-off (?) "todo".
> 
> Context - my expertise as much as I have is metals, welding,
> construction, some nautical, etc.
> Any programming has been in support of metallurgy - not much general
> spread of ability in computing.
> 
> My "weldsmith.co.uk" website - I want people to be able to contact me
> at-will.
> Without getting spammed to oblivion.
> Get messages without revealing anything personal.
> They can include email, mobile phone, etc., if they so choose.
> 
> Only needs to be / enforces that only ASCII text transmits.
> 
> So thought is a "submit message" form.
> 
> Looking online, suggests need PHP.
> 
> I have met PHP at a minimal level - a MySQL/PHP database I did 20
> years ago...
> 
> http://weldsmith.co.uk/cheesedb/cheesedb.html
> The "cheese database"
> v
> http://weldsmith.co.uk/cheesedb/cheese_db.php
> The cheese database
> 
> I doubt I will be doing more PHP and scripted webpages, so would be
> happy to be guided through a one-off activity.
> (all my webpages are "flat" HTML hand-encoded - I write content
> sprinkling-in the markup as I write - it's "HTML 1.00".  I use one
> "stylesheet" to give margins and that's about it)
> 
> My web provider is TSOHost, for what it's worth...
> 
> Regards,
> Rich Smith
> 

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