Article Title: Getting Contact And Order Information From
Interested Web Site Visitors.
Author: Fred Black
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How do I create a web page that allows visitors to my web site
to submit their contact information to me?
Let's pretend that you are a very serious amateur photographer
and you have a web site where you show off some of your
photographs. Also suppose that you'd like to offer prints of
your photographs for sale on your web site. We're not talking
about drugstore prints; we're talking about framed,
professional quality prints that hang in your home or office.
It seems like a huge task to create an online order system as
you offer various sizes of prints with various frames and
different mattes. The simplest option is to create a web page
with a form to collect contact and other information from a
prospective customer. This information is emailed to you when
they submit the form. You can then follow up with the
prospective customer, finding out their needs and quoting a
price.
This scenario works well in environments where order volume is
low enough that an automated order processing system is not
required. The example of higher-end customized photography fits
this perfectly. It also has the added benefit of creating a
personalized order process where your customer gets to know
you. If handled correctly, this personal contact can really
enhance repeat sales.
Is this hard to do? Just how do you make a web page to get
contact information sent to you by email? The answer is you use
a form. What's a form you ask? A form is a place on a web page
containing fields where you enter text and select choices like
red, blue, green, or small, medium, large. HTML Form tags are
used to create a form. Inside the HTML Form tags, you use
different types of HTML Form Field Tags. Like the Input Tag for
getting text such as a name, email, or street address, radio
button or checkbox tags for selecting among choices, the select
tag for creating drop-down selectors, etc. Also, the button type
for creating a button such as the submit button.
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