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Andrew Pickner
7,301 PointsContact Form next steps...
So I've been working on a simple static website for my Mom who is a lawyer. I've been going through the Beginning Web Dev Course on here, and trying to get my feet wet with Foundations6 on Lynda.com. I also know some other languages including a little Python.
I love contact forms, and would love to add one to my moms site, but I'm unsure as to what they actually do. Do they send an email to the site owner? Also, what language would be the easiest back-end solution to this problem?
2 Answers
Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 PointsContact forms does what ever you make them do :-)
The easiest backend solution (IMO) is to use PHP.
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 PointsHi
It's varies from site to site some only sends out an email to the person in charge of replying to customers some others save the data in a database and displays a "support ticket" like structure if you know what I mean.
The easiest option would probably be PHP as the backend langauge to the site. You will learn how to send out an email in this course: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-basic-php-website
Andrew Pickner
7,301 PointsThat all makes perfect sense! Thank you for your answer! I just have one small follow-up question: When sending email with PHP mailer, what are the Pros and Cons of sending an inline-styled HTML document to the site owner? Im styling it to make it easy to read and distinguish the key details, but I feel like this may have a negative impact on performance for the site.