Getting a form to work on a website template

[Merchant UK]

Hi all I have the following code on my contact us page

  <div class="main">
     <div class="wrap">
        <div class="section group">
                <div class="col span_2_of_3">
                  <div class="contact-form">
                      <h3>Contact Us</h3>
                        <form method="post" action="contact-post.html">
                            <div>
                                <span><label>Name</label></span>
                                <span><input name="userName" type="text" class="textbox"></span>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                                <span><label>E-Mail</label></span>
                                <span><input name="userEmail" type="text" class="textbox"></span>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                                 <span><label>Mobile</label></span>
                                <span><input name="userPhone" type="text" class="textbox"></span>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                                <span><label>Subject</label></span>
                                <span><textarea name="userMsg"> </textarea></span>
                            </div>
                           <div>
                                   <a href="#" class="btn btn-primary btn1">Submit</a>
                          </div>
                        </form>
                  </div>
                  </div>
                <div class="col span_1_of_3">
                    <div class="contact_info">

However i do not know how to edit it so that i can email myself all the form contents I've tried to add my email address to here

<a href="#" class="btn btn-primary btn1">Submit</a>

but with no luck and when i add the Mailto: command it just takes me to a blank email?? Can anyone help me get my customers comments to my email address

Thanks again guys

 

[ryedale]

If you just want to mail the results to an email address,you need to put the mailto as part of the form action

see here

http://webdesign.about.com/od/forms/a/aa072699mailto.htm

 

[Merchant UK]

So where would i put my return email in the code i've shown in post 1. Thats what i need to know

Thanks

 

[ryedale]

You'd put it in the action part of the opening form statement if you wanted to use mailto

This isn't the best approach though as it's reliant on the user having an active email client on their device.

Far better to use a form with a simple php script

Good example here
http://www.html-form-guide.com/email-form/php-form-to-email.html

 

[Merchant UK]

Ok, so you would probably guess i'm not very good at websites but, all i need to know is how to get the form working like i have already, The Code is in the first post surely someone can tell me how to send this form in HTML ?

Thanks

 

[Merchant UK]

Ok Don't panic guys, just this minute found an excellent contact form maker (HTML) and so easy to do https://www.cognitoforms.com/ Just copy the script to your contact page, delete the old one first then add that small bit of code. Did a superb job. So happy and no mucking about with PHP or JavaScript.