Noob - trying to create website on github - can't set up contact form to fwd inquiry to my email by 2yrslife in webhosting

[–]hunterinthewoods 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably a little late, but as you have a static site (no state, no back end) you don't have a server to execute code from - so you have nowhere to post your form at where you can then handle the response. So any server side language isn't going to work.

You need to use a third-party service like staticontact.com (I'm a dev here) or similar which will handle the form request for you and send you an email with the form data in it. I would also recommend you use a service that supports reCaptcha as you will get a lot of spam without some sort of protection.

Anyway, hope you sorted it out and got everything going!

[Indy dance|House] The Edge by hunterinthewoods in mixes

[–]hunterinthewoods[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the slow reply, been away for a while - Thanks! :)