Very Confused how to make a submit e-mail button

programming flash
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Hey guys,

I’ve run into a speed bump while making a website for my band. I’ve read all through the forums and read the tutorial on this site about php forms, but i’m incredibly confused. I’m not looking to make a big form, i just want to create one text box where someone can write their e-mail address and then a button that once clicked will e-mail me their e-mail address so that i can collect e-mail addresses for a mailing list. If that doesn’t make any sense, you can go to http://www.guster.com and scroll down a bit on the homepage and see something similar to what i’m trying to create.

My biggest confusion is how i should make it. Would it be easier to just make this form and button in dreamweaver or should i do it in flash? If i do it in flash, what action needs to be applied to the button?

Thanks for the help guys!

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well you have to use PHP (or ASP or some other server-side language). I use php a lot, and I wrote a tutorial about there here:

http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17313

and if you want to do it in Flash, then read thru this one:

http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17604

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i was just browsing through the forum and saw this and was like, holy cow,
i’m LISTENING to guster right now. :crazy:

i really love them :slight_smile: i wish they would play by me so i could catch a show…

in anycase, about your quesiton, i would totally use PHP like jubba said, not ASP or anything like that. You have to make sure your server supports PHP first, but most of them do.