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Noob Question - Modify Existing Feedback Module

10/20/2008 2:18 PM

mb2000inc

Joined: 9/5/2008

Posts: 26

Noob Question - Modify Existing Feedback Module

Ok, I'm a noob. I admit it freely.

How hard is it to modify an existing Feedback Module for a "Contact Us" Page?

What I would like to do is create a "contact us" page for a site that gathers information about a user in order to help answer any questions they have.

---OR---

is there a way to create something that would fit into another module such as a Text/HTML module (vb script or something similar)?

Any and all help is appreciated. Please advise. I'm desperate.

Thanks,

-mb

10/24/2008 1:40 PM

Anas Ghanem

Joined: 9/3/2006

Posts: 47

Re: Noob Question - Modify Existing Feedback Module

Take a look at this discussion

http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Forums/tabid/795/forumid/30/threadid/148014/scope/posts/threadpage/1/Default.aspx

Anas Ghanem,
My blog

10/27/2008 9:37 AM

mb2000inc

Joined: 9/5/2008

Posts: 26

Re: Noob Question - Modify Existing Feedback Module

Thanks:

Ok, that kind of helps, but I'm looking at modifying it a little more to have a person input their contact info in the form.

IE: Name, Zipcode, Phone Number, Company Name, as well as comments and questions and the like.

Something like a request for information-type form.

Is there something already out there or is there a way to make the modifications needed?

10/27/2008 11:21 AM

mb2000inc

Joined: 9/5/2008

Posts: 26

Re: Noob Question - Modify Existing Feedback Module

Ok, how about this:

When modifying a page skin, is it possible to embed a form in the content pane and have it do all the things I need it to do like this:

<div class="contentPane" id="ContentPane" runat="server" >
                <form method="post" action="http://Insert Post Page URL here">
                    <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 372px">
                      <tr valign="middle">
                        <td width="200" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="28" align="right" class="formText">Name:</td>
                        <td width="200" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="28" align="left">
                          <input name="Name" class="box" size="20" maxlength="50" />
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                    <tr valign="middle">
                        <td width="200" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="28" align="right" class="formText">Company:</td>
                        <td width="200" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="28" align="left">
                          <input name="COMPANY" class="box" id="COMPANY" size="20" maxlength="50" />
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr valign="middle">
                        <td width="200" height="28" align="right" class="formText">Zip Code: </td>
                        <td width="200" height="28" align="left"> <input name="ZIP" class="box" id="ZIP" size="20" maxlength="50" /></td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr valign="middle">
                        <td width="200" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="28" align="right" class="formText"> Email:</td>
                        <td width="200" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="28" align="left">
                          <input name="Email" class="box" size="20" maxlength="50" />
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr valign="middle">
                        <td width="200" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="28" align="right" class="formText">Phone:</td>
                        <td width="200" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="28" align="left">
                          <input name="Phone" class="box" size="20" maxlength="50" />
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr valign="middle">
                        <td width="200" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="28" align="right" class="formText">Question
                          or Comments: </td>
                        <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="250" height="28" align="left"> 
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr valign="middle" align="center">
                        <td width="400" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="120">
                          <textarea name="Comments" cols="40" rows="5" class="box">Question or Comments</textarea>
                        </td>
                      </tr>
                      <tr valign="middle">
                        <td width="200" align="right" style="height: 28px"><input name="submit" type="submit" class="box" value="Send" id="Submit1" />
                         </td>
                        <td width="200" align="left" style="height: 28px">  
                          <input name="reset" type="reset" class="box" value="Clear" /></td>
                      </tr>
                    </table>
                    <br />
                  </form>
                      <%
                          Dim strName, strCompany, strZip, strEmail, strPhone, strComments
                          strName = Request.form("Name")
                          strCompany = Request.form("Company")
                          strZip = Request.form("Zip")
                          strEmail = Request.form("Email")
                          strPhone = Request.form("Phone")
                          strComments = Request.form("Comments")

                          Dim Mail, strMsgHeader, Err
                          Mail = Server.CreateObject("Persits.MailSender")
                          Mail.Host = "email.emscorporate.com"
                          Mail.From = strEmail
                          Mail.AddAddress = ("mbogner@emscorporate.com")
                          Mail.Subject = "General - Corporate Information Request form From www.emscorporate.com"
                          strMsgHeader = "This Email Was sent from The EMS Corporate Web site" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
                          Mail.Body = strMsgHeader & "Email: " & strEmail & vbCrLf & _
                            "Name: " & strName & vbCrLf & _
                            "Company: " & strCompany & vbCrLf & _
                            "Zip: " & strZip & vbCrLf & _
                            "Email :" & strZip & vbCrLf & _
                            "Phone :" & strPhone & vbCrLf & _
                            "Comments: " & vbCrLf & strComments
                          On Error Resume Next
                          Mail.Send()
                          Mail = Nothing
                          If Err() <> 0 Then
                              Response.Write("There has been an error and your message could not be sent through email. Please contact us directly at 1-800-615-1330. " & Err.Description)
                          End If
                     %>

                    <p>
                     <%
                         Response.Write(strName & ",<br>")
                         Response.Write("Your message has been successfully sent.")
                     %>,</p>
            </div>

If It's possible, what am I missing in order to make it function properly?

10/30/2008 5:54 PM

Branded Content

Joined: 7/11/2008

Posts: 24

Re: Noob Question - Modify Existing Feedback Module

Can you even create your own custom form within a text/html module? Any time I have a form that posts with a submit button,it seems to essentially perform a postback, which according to MS is by design. This article might be helpful pending on the approach you are using.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178140.aspx

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