How can I force people to enter information

[diskwizz]

Hi guys, my site is not spammy or anything. It is used for official business purposes. However we need tpeople to enter certain info like email address on our submit form so that I can reply to them. You will be amazed how many forget to do this. But as I built the page myself there is no * asterix * so that when they hit submit it tells them they have not entered certain info.
Can anybody advise how I can implement this or is there a type of plugin that could help?

The page in question is here Page

Thanks in advance.
DW

 

[Tia Wood]

Sending PM.

 

[David G]

Sending PM.

They likely don't forget but just don't want to give the info. I had the same problem where people are always reluctant to reveal their contact information on forms for some odd reason.

Why not post your advice here so we can all share in it instead of only by PM for the OPs benefit only?

 

[adonivideo]

u make it [required-] in form

 

[diskwizz]

Hi Adoni. Cheers for that info. Could you possibly take a line from my script and show us an example of where [required-] would be placed in that script?

Thanks

 

[Tia Wood]

Why not post your advice here so we can all share in it instead of only by PM for the OPs benefit only?

I'm not giving advice. I am locking it down for him in PHP at no charge.

In Wordpress there is a plugin called Contact Form 7 that makes it easy to create required fields.

Other than that, there is really no advice to give. You either learn the language required or hire someone to lock it down.

 

[Gerry]

You might also require a log in or email submitting form at the front end of your site.

Often a teaser blog or quick post on twitter, FB, or others with a link to your site will generate some traffic.

If you require log in (aka, registration) for your site you would get the info you need prior to the continuation with the site's offerings.

 

[Ridge]

at gunpoint usually works.

 

[Tia Wood]

at gunpoint usually works.

LOL. That's what the title made me think, too.

 

[diskwizz]

Cheers for that Tia. Will go thru it all tomorrow. Off to bed now. Been a long day.

Thanks again.

 

[adonivideo]

wrong code

<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="username" maxlength="100"> *

right code

<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="required-username" maxlength="100"> *


no programmers here huh

 

[Tia Wood]

It was done in PHP, not HTML. It's being submitted to a PHP page so I took care of it in PHP. More than 1 way to do things.....

 

[adonivideo]

it's a simple form post in html, the required stops the form from parsing to the php unless it is filled in

and the action file has the same thing REQUIRED in the forms names

do what I say kiddo

the rest here don't do this stuff

 

[Tia Wood]

Sorry but your way is vulnerable and easily bypassed but thanks for sharing.

it's a simple form post in html, the required stops the form from parsing to the php unless it is filled in

and the action file has the same thing REQUIRED in the forms names

do what I say kiddo

the rest here don't do this stuff

 

[adonivideo]

here's a simple php email script

REQUIRED is the code

PERIOD

http://www.freecontactform.com/email_form.php

you name the info required in html and you put required in the email script

REQUIRED is the code

it's a simple form post

nothing major

 

[Tia Wood]

It's already complete but thanks.

 

[diskwizz]

Just want to thank Tia in public. I dont know the woman and she obviously didnt know me. I'll admit I was skeptical of handing over domain login details and would have not have done so had it not been for her posts rating.
What she did has worked perfectly and needs little if any adapting for me to use on my other pages too. Although this was done out of the goodness of her heart I would have no hesitation in paying her to do future work.
Thanks again Tia.

 

[dmyre]

I've seen javascript used to popup a form that couldn't be removed until the forms are filled out.
It allowed you to still see some of the page in the background, but it's somewhat greyed out.
Has anyone used anything like this?

 

[Tia Wood]

Thank you, Pete. It was a pleasure.

 

[Theo]

I would have no hesitation in paying her to do future work.

Then put your right hand in your virtual wallet and Paypal her an appropriate fee.