Contact Form

[Karen]

Hi all,

I'm just looking for a shortcut contact form that comes with the PHP
code as well. I realise that the widget available does not have the
PHP parts. Is there one that's available? Just checking. Thanks!

Cheers,
Karen

[jvcbiggles]

Karen,

I'm just became the admin of this discussion group, and I'm trying to
get back to posts that got no resonses - I know that I hate when it
happens to me. Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with PHP
contact forms, but in the past, I had gotten a suggestion for a good
quality web-host, and that web-host refers its users to this site for
a secure PHP contact form: http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/secure-php-form-mailer-script/

I hope that helps,

jvcbiggles

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As a php developer, I think it is not productive to think that Flux really provides a good tool for php coding.

In web designs, there are essentially two skill sets, the graphic design, the layout of the site, and the functionality of the site. I have yet to see one piece of software that really offers meaningful support in both of these areas. Dreamweaver tried to do this and pretty much failed (in my opinion).

I just started using Flux recently because I wanted a more wysiwyg format for web page and template layout. I was perfectly happy with Coda, the software I use for coding, but sometimes needed something that let me do more visual layout.

I would recommend using Flux for what it is good at and using other software for what it is good at. Create some beautiful input forms in Flux and then write (or copy and paste) the php or other code to process those forms in an editor designed to support coding.

One wish I have for Flux, and it seems to be going in that direction, is to make it easier to integrate with other software like Coda. This would mean, from my perspective, 3 things:

1. Don't change directly entered code
2. Come up with some functionality that formats all code, html & css, according to coding standards
3. Make it ease to import export and modify files from both within and without Flux

Any one piece of software is unlikely to do everything right. Unfortunately, most web design software sets up sites and other file management features to force the use to work within their file management format. This is easier from a software designers standpoint, but for those of us who want to get the support of different software in our web design work, flexibility in this area is big time desirable.

I think we are moving into a kind of coding 2.0 environment where, as coders, we are working with a cluster of different software that provides us with the different functions that we need. I think the Dreamweaver "meet all needs" era is over.

Flux is a tool that does what it does; don't try to get it to do everything.

--Kenoli

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[jvcbiggles]

Kenoli,

I agree with you about using different (targeted) apps for different
things. FTP functionality is a good example. I've seen comments
about how Flux's FTP should work better (and maybe it should), but I
myself have never used it, because I always use my own favorite FTP
client, and it works great.

I also agree with your list of improvements, and I thank you for them,
because I'm evaluating the new version of Flux, Flux4, and your list
provide's a good criteria. I'll try applying it in my new Blog called
"Using flux" at http://usingflux.blogspot.com/ .

I haven't written about it yet, but I've had a good experience so far
with the "Free Code" editing mode which is relating to your first
point "Don't change directly entered code". Points two and three, I
haven't worked with yet. If possible, can you be more specific about
point #2? I'm afraid I'm a little ignorant when it comes to coding
standards, so I don't know what to look for when it comes to
evaluating the formatting. I know that I usually fix the indenting of
my code, that is, I don't rely on Flux's "Tidy Code" function. Is
that what you mean?

Anyway, thanks for the response,

jvcbiggles

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What I meant by point #2 is that the html Flux creates is all over the map.

There are different ways that people like html set up, but choosing one way and sticking to it makes it much simpler to use.

Here's a page I just created in Flux:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html><head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" >

<meta name="author" content="Flux User" >

<meta name="description" content="My Website" >

<meta name="keywords" content="Flux, Mac" >

<title>My Webpage</title>

</head>

<body>

</body></html>

The following is pretty much the standard:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>

<meta name="keywords" content="whtever" >
</head>

<body>
The content of the document......
</body>

</html>

Why not set up the tags like everyone else does?

It seems to me there have been some improvements in this, but I haven't worked with it enough to comment clearly.

Flux does a pretty good job formatting stylesheet files, though, as I mentioned it used to delete all comments and I don't know what else.  I hope it doesn't do that any more.

I do all my file management (FTD) elsewhere, not in Flux.

--Kenoli

[Ian Mac]

Hi Karen,

Try Forms to Go from http://www.bebosoft.com/ they offer a free lite
version which I am trying out at the moment.

Ian

[Karen Cheah]

Thanks for all the recommendations. I'll take a look at them....