# Very Confused how to make a submit e-mail button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused-how-to-make-a-submit-e-mail-button/19048>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused-how-to-make-a-submit-e-mail-button/19048 "2003-04-23T19:55:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![bongorific](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ebca7d/32.png) [@bongorific](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bongorific)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused-how-to-make-a-submit-e-mail-button/19048/1 "2003-04-23T19:55:29Z")

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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](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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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused-how-to-make-a-submit-e-mail-button/19048/2 "2003-04-23T20:05:30Z")

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

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/very-confused-how-to-make-a-submit-e-mail-button/19048/3 "2003-04-24T04:22:40Z")

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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 🙂 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.