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I am designing a web site and do not know a hole lot about web design. How would I go about learning, or getting free code. I am trying to det up an order form that will be on multiple pages and the end result will be everything that they picked to order will get sent to my e-mail.

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by midiprogram

The basic thing is that you need to learn some HTML. Search around the web, there are many sites that teach how it works and give free code. It's not very difficult to learn.
Specifically you want a

by jay eckles

First of all, FrontPage is NOT a good tool for learning HTML. FrontPage generates poor markup and uses a lot of Microsoft-specific extensions, which are NOT HTML. Notepad is a good tool for learning HTML.

Second of all, even if you host doesn't provide a "form handler" as midiprogram called it, if the host allows CGI, PHP, ASP, or Java Servlets/JSP, then you can install your own form handler. There are many freely available in virtually any programming language or framework.

Good luck.

Jay

by midiprogram

The basic thing is that you need to learn some HTML. Search around the web, there are many sites that teach how it works and give free code. It's not very difficult to learn.
Specifically you want a

by prkvl

Learn HTML and DHTML.
Learn some basic java, or Vb scipt.
Learn java script.
If you learn java and java script you are selecting java
environment.
If you learn Vbscript and java script you are selecting
Microsoft environment.
Down load Apache Webserver for java. You will get
instructions to install in Readme file.
Start working on jsps, java beans etc.
Self learning is a hard way. It is like falling down and
getting up while learning to walk and it takes more
time.
Also learn some basics of operating systems.
Thanks and wish you great success

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