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Further-to… Web expert says this is “where it’s at”. Only other thing which would be offered is “bells and whistles” - superfluous for me. What I wanted is so “obvious” PHP provides it “ready to roll” with the “mail()” function. Regards, > On 1 Jul 2023, at 10:46, rds_met <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello all > > Hopefully a good general computing question... > I would like help with this one-off (?) "todo". > > Context - my expertise as much as I have is metals, welding, > construction, some nautical, etc. > Any programming has been in support of metallurgy - not much general > spread of ability in computing. > > My "weldsmith.co.uk" website - I want people to be able to contact me > at-will. > Without getting spammed to oblivion. > Get messages without revealing anything personal. > They can include email, mobile phone, etc., if they so choose. > > Only needs to be / enforces that only ASCII text transmits. > > So thought is a "submit message" form. > > Looking online, suggests need PHP. > > I have met PHP at a minimal level - a MySQL/PHP database I did 20 > years ago... > > http://weldsmith.co.uk/cheesedb/cheesedb.html > The "cheese database" > v > http://weldsmith.co.uk/cheesedb/cheese_db.php > The cheese database > > I doubt I will be doing more PHP and scripted webpages, so would be > happy to be guided through a one-off activity. > (all my webpages are "flat" HTML hand-encoded - I write content > sprinkling-in the markup as I write - it's "HTML 1.00". I use one > "stylesheet" to give margins and that's about it) > > My web provider is TSOHost, for what it's worth... > > Regards, > Rich Smith > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG FAQ: https://www.dcglug.org.uk/faq/