noiseordinance Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Ok, this is probably the php question that everyone here hates. I don't do website stuff often at all. My company is pretty broke right now (surprising?) and wants me to overhaul our website. I haven't done a site in years so this is interesting. Anyways, they want a contact form. We currently have hosting through blowDaddy with a Linux server and from what I'm reading, php is the code of choice for Linux servers. Anyways, I'm trying to research how to make a form and I'm kinda getting a rough idea of what's required, but I'm a little lost. However, more importantly, I want to know if we can even make a form the our designer wants. I know the data collection portion is simple, but the designer wants transparent text input feilds, and a transparent submit button. Here's a graphic of the mock representation: The idea is to have this small contact form on the upper right corner of every single page. For one, I don't know if transparent text inputs are even a possibility. And two, the submit button leaves only two options from what I see: It's either a transparent png with IE6 png fix, or it's flattened to the page and an invisible div is positioned over the button to avoid annoying png fixes. Can anyone provide any input? I appreciate the help. I'm a little in over my head on the php stuff considering I've never used it, but would be grateful of any pointers... Thanks! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/145130-php-form-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
farkewie Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Hi, To be honest i dont think it is possible, but i may be wrong, this isnt really the right place to ask. We only look at the php "coding" side of things not the design, i recomend lookin for a design or css forum. I can say php is the best solution and should be quite easy to setup. Goodluck with you website. :-) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/145130-php-form-question/#findComment-761726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
allworknoplay Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I don't think you can do that unless you design the entire form in FLASH... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/145130-php-form-question/#findComment-761729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noiseordinance Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 Ahh, oki doki. Well thank you guys for the reply. I'll probably pop back on when I can't get the form to work. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/145130-php-form-question/#findComment-761737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I don't think you can do that unless you design the entire form in FLASH... Why do you say that? I'm pretty sure you can do that with CSS. You'd be surprised at its power. http://www.picment.com/articles/css/funwithforms/ If you need help with CSS, we have a few CSS gurus on the forum: http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/board,5.0.html Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/145130-php-form-question/#findComment-761754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphanumetrix Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 That all can be done, but submit buttons can only be changed to a degree. You can make it transparent, but you can't change its shape or anything. (i've tried) forms are quite simple actually, the storage and transfer of data, however, is what takes some nack. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/145130-php-form-question/#findComment-761759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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