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Hi Rob.

That's weird.

I copied your form code earlier and tried it on my own system. It sent the
value if one was selected. I will get back to you later.

Best wishes.

Charles Sweeney
https://formtoemail.com
The world's easiest feedback script!

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: FormToEmail script


> this is details of filling the field in question with a value of 5
>
> = Name: bgfd
>
> Email: [email protected]
>
> Orderdate: 19-AUG-2008
>
>
>
> --
> Thank you for using FormToEmail from https://formtoemail.comOn 19 Aug
> 2008, at 23:38, FormToEmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi Rob.
>>
>> No. What I meant was to fill out the form just as a visitor to the
>> website would. click the drop down list and select a (non-zero)
>> value from it, then send the form. You will see that it comes
>> through.
>>
>> Best wishes.
>>
>> Charles Sweeney
>> https://formtoemail.com
>> The world's easiest feedback script!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: FormToEmail script
>>
>>
>>> hi,
>>> just tried
>>>
>>> <tr>
>>> <td class="quotetitles">Number of Children 13-16
>>> Years</td>
>>> <td class="quotecontents"><select name="Number of
>>> Children 13-16 Years" size="1">
>>> <option value="">0</option>
>>> <option value="1">1</option>
>>> <option value="2">2</option>
>>> <option value="3">3</option>
>>> <option value="4">4</option>
>>> <option value="5">5</option>
>>> <option value="6">6</option>
>>> <option value="7">7</option>
>>> <option value="8">8</option>
>>> <option value="8">9</option>
>>> <option value="10">10</option>
>>> </select></td>
>>>
>>> with still no luck, is this what you meant by giving it a value,
>>> regards
>>> rob
>>>
>>> On 19 Aug 2008, at 22:40, FormToEmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Rob.
>>>>
>>>> Did you try what I suggested? Selecting a value for children
>>>> 13-16? As you say, there is no difference between it and the other
>>>> fields (that I can see)?
>>>>
>>>> Charles Sweeney
>>>> https://formtoemail.com
>>>> The world's easiest feedback script!
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:52 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: FormToEmail script
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> hi,
>>>>> i validated the page, so i learnt something there, and the css.
>>>>> but i
>>>>> still cant get the entry for children 13-16 to be emailed??? i cant
>>>>> see that its any different to the other entries,
>>>>> can you see the problem,
>>>>> regards
>>>>> rob
>>>>>
>>>>> On 19 Aug 2008, at 21:42, FormToEmail.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Rob.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My pleasure to assist.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's the best thing to do. Get the feel of the free script
>>>>>> first
>>>>>> before you get into the fancy stuff!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any questions, just let me know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best wishes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Charles Sweeney
>>>>>> https://formtoemail.com
>>>>>> The world's easiest feedback script!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:46 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: FormToEmail script
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> cheers for the information. im not really sure what the errors
>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>> cause, but worked out that dreamweaver can fix them automatically
>>>>>>> with a command. with the last error ive tried swapping the
>>>>>>> text as
>>>>>>> stated but with no luck. i will persevere will this formbyemail,
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> once i understand it a bit more, i will then purchase the pro
>>>>>>> version, but without understanding the functions, not much use
>>>>>>> to me
>>>>>>> at the moment.once again thanks foir your support,
>>>>>>> regards
>>>>>>> rob
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 19 Aug 2008, at 18:30, FormToEmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Rob.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> First things first. The form page is producing 138 errors
>>>>>>>> according to the W3C validation service:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/5ab78d
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't think this is directly related to your issues here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The reason you don't get some values from the form (e.g.
>>>>>>>> children
>>>>>>>> from 13-16 years) is because the value is zero "0". Try
>>>>>>>> selecting
>>>>>>>> a value and you will notice that it gets sent. This is the way
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> free script works, if the value is blank or zero it doesn't get
>>>>>>>> sent. With the Pro version you can configure it to send all
>>>>>>>> values
>>>>>>>> from the form regardless of what they are. Maybe you can live
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> this. If no value is present then you know it's a zero.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can get more information on the Pro version, here:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://formtoemail.com/formtoemail_pro_version.php
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> All the other information is coming through because it is in
>>>>>>>> fact
>>>>>>>> selected. Something like "0 Days" is a valid input and gets
>>>>>>>> passed
>>>>>>>> to the script. If you don't want this to be passed to the
>>>>>>>> script,
>>>>>>>> you would change your HTML from:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <option>0 Days</option>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <option value="">0 Days</option>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The above option now has a blank value and will not get sent.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is an HTML issue and is not connected to the script.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You have this input for the email:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <input type="text" size="45" name="E:Mail Address">
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would change it to this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <input type="text" size="45" name="email">
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Some aspects of the script work better with "email".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any questions, just let me know.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best wishes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Charles Sweeney
>>>>>>>> https://formtoemail.com
>>>>>>>> The world's easiest feedback script!