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Posted by Matt Ensor
Matt Ensor
3,278 Points

Pushing Forms to email using html

Hey

'second question' :) I am wanting to have forms to fill on the website, as html is just a markup language what is the best way to have a form pushed to a email... do I need to know php or ruby or should I link it some type of programme? total noob with this!

Thanks

4 Answers

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Since you want to use ruby you can follow Ruby on Rails Forms.

PS. You'll have to do some of the previous ruby courses to understand that though.

eck
eck
43,038 Points
eck
eck
43,038 Points

Hey Matt, nice question!

To send data submitted with an HTML form as an email you do need to used a server side language like Ruby or PHP. Treehouse has this series of PHP tutorials that can get you started with PHP basics and also covers emailing form submissions.

Before starting this series, it is recommended that you do some introductory HTML tutorials first :D

Matt Ensor
Matt Ensor
3,278 Points
Matt Ensor
Matt Ensor
3,278 Points

Thanks Eric, I'm actually planning to learn ruby then get into rails.. does the ruby tutorials cover this ??

eck
eck
43,038 Points

I don't know if WordPress (WP) is the best, but you can totally include a WP blog on an otherwise static HTML site. When/if I add a blog to my website, I will most likely use WP.

If you want to do this though, you will want to go through at least some basic WP tutorials and know how to install the software. And since WP is widely used, you can find answers to most of your questions with a bit of searching.

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Matt,

If you're considering WordPress I would learn PHP as WordPress is built with PHP.

Jeff

Matt Ensor
Matt Ensor
3,278 Points
Matt Ensor
Matt Ensor
3,278 Points

Thanks, is that difficult to do? im a newbie..

eck
eck
43,038 Points

I have not done any of the Ruby tutorials, but the Forms tutorial that Gloria mention is marked as "advanced"

This tutorial series look like the intended entry point for Ruby, and includes a section on forms.

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

It depends, I suggest you give both a try and figure it out.