Frontpage and the dreaded forms

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I have posted a website made by using FP 2000 ( I know I need to upgrade)
orignally on comcast. The website had a poll and worked. I then moved to
godaddy.com and I could not get the poll results. I want the poll results be
placed on a file or a page that I can check. I don't even need a fancy
database or emailed the results to me.

On the form, the data is suppose to be written to the private folder, which
on comcast I could easily access. On godaddy.com, I can't seem to access it
on the server, so something is amiss.

Any help? BTW, godaddy.com was of no help. Do I need to write a script?
if so, any suggestions b/c I'm a point and click fellow, no HTML experience.

Thanks,
 
Have you contact GoDaddy live support? If yes then you may need to switch to another web host.

Your version of FP is not the issue.

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I know a solution is out there; I'm not ready to leave godaddy.com just yet.
So any other suggestions are welcomed
 
If your form work on your previous web host, then the issue is with how GoDaddy has configured their
servers, and only they can change their configuration, no one here can help you.

If you want to run a server-side scripted solution, you will need to find out what is supported
under your GoDaddy account, then locate or learned to write a script the meets your needs.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
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I must disagree. This issue can be resolved with FrontPage. Last weekend, I
figured it out and posted my poll to the website without writing any scripts.


Here are the simple steps to creating a poll on your web site for people to
respond to. This will work for any kind of survey you want to post on your
web site.

To Create the Poll
1. Create a Thank You page that will appear after a visitor submits the
poll. Include a link back to your homepage. Don’t connect it to a page in the
navigation, otherwise it may affect the navigation links.
2. Create new folder called Results in FP.
3. Make a new page in the folder and call it Pollresults.htm.
4. On a web page on your main web site, place your cursor where you want the
form to be on your site.
5. On the Insert menu , click Form.
6. Resize the form to the desired size.
7. Then place radio buttons into the form.
8. Type in the labels for the radio buttons.
9. Right click each radio button, select form field properties and change
the value for each button so you know what selection your user made.
10. Right click the form, and click on Form Properties.
11. Click “Send toâ€.
12. Click Browse and find the Pollresults.htm file you created.
13. Click Options.
14. Under File Format, change the format of how you want the text to read (I
used:Formatted Text).
15. Under Options & Confirmation tab, click browse to the Thank You page
that you created.
16. Click OK.
17. Right click the “Submit buttonâ€; select form field properties, change
the label to “Voteâ€.
18. Publish your web site.

Visit the site, cast a poll, and ensure the Thank You page comes up.

To See the Results
1. Go to your ftp folder for the site on your server. Godaddy.com sent me
an email with a link to the FTP and my stats page. For godaddy, if you don’t
have the information, you can try typing into your web browser: ftp://<the
website address.>
2. You will see a folder called results. Open it.
3. In the folder you should see the page called: Pollresults.htm
4. Open it and it should have the poll results.
 
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