total noobie to cgi nightmare please help

im sooo sorry but im totally new to CGI so i have a few questions
im trying to create a bog standard form which i did in FP which holds
contact details and a comment box, all i need it to be able to do is submit
its responses to my email address setup with the site,

i created the form in FP and published it onto my site

when i click submit it goes to the default page of cannot find webpage????
so heres my questions

1 how do i setup a cgi bin directiry
2 what script do i need to add in this directiry to send it to my address
3 does FP have a template or example i can copy
4 does anyone have a template i can utilize instead as all im storing is the
customers email address comments there name and a contact telephone number to
be sent to my address.

please help

thanks before hand to anyone that can help

Re: total noobie to cgi nightmare please help

Hi
What processing script are you planning on using? If you are on a windows
server then you can use asp and sometimes php is also installed.

here is some examples using asp
http://www.webthang.co.uk/Tuts/tuts_dmx04/mailers/mailers3.a sp

and if you are on a unix server or a windows server which can process php

http://www.web4future.com/easiest-form2mail.htm


You don't use the CGI for asp and not always for php

here is a code generator
http://www.tele-pro.co.uk/scripts/contact_form/


Paul M



"Rivers" wrote in message
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> im sooo sorry but im totally new to CGI so i have a few questions
> im trying to create a bog standard form which i did in FP which holds
> contact details and a comment box, all i need it to be able to do is
> submit
> its responses to my email address setup with the site,
>
> i created the form in FP and published it onto my site
>
> when i click submit it goes to the default page of cannot find webpage????
> so heres my questions
>
> 1 how do i setup a cgi bin directiry
> 2 what script do i need to add in this directiry to send it to my address
> 3 does FP have a template or example i can copy
> 4 does anyone have a template i can utilize instead as all im storing is
> the
> customers email address comments there name and a contact telephone number
> to
> be sent to my address.
>
> please help
>
> thanks before hand to anyone that can help