Making an Email Form Send Email

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I have the following code for an email form from an HTML template. I'd like to make it send email, as the moment I think it doesn't and I need to add some javascript to process the form. Any tips on how to do that for this form?

Thank you!

<!-- Email -->
<article id="email" class="panel">
    <header>

<h2>Email Me</h2>

    </header>
    <form action="#" method="post">
        <div class="5grid">
            <div class="row">
                <div class="6u">
                    <input type="text" class="text" name="name" placeholder="Name" />
                </div>
                <div class="6u">
                    <input type="text" class="text" name="email" placeholder="Email" />
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="row">
                <div class="12u">
                    <input type="text" class="text" name="subject" placeholder="Subject" />
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="row">
                <div class="12u">
                    <textarea name="message" placeholder="Message"></textarea>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="row">
                <div class="12u">
                    <input type="submit" class="button" value="Send Message" />
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </form>
</article>

JavaScript can't send emails directly, you'll need a Server-Side script — George
– George, Commented Mar 22, 2013 at 17:54

James Hill · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-22 17:54:29Z

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Javascript cannot send an email (unless it's calling a server-side method using AJAX). You need a server-side language (e.g. C#, php, ColdFusion, etc.).

answered Mar 22, 2013 at 17:54

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2 Comments

LemonMan Over a year ago

ah well clearly I didn't know that haha. someone had a javascript file sending an email form, but I guess it was calling PHP somewhere. In that case, any tips for sending this with PHP?

James Hill Over a year ago

@Matthew, I'm not a PHP guy, I'm a C# guy. I suggest posting a new question...you'll get an much better (and faster) answer.

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