help with forms

Hi,
I am looking to integrate a comment section into my site. I have got the design right. I want to screen the message before i post it onto my site.
My problem is that when i click on the submit button, instead of sending the content to the e-mail address that i have provided, outlook express opens up. What i would like to know is that, do i have to load my site on a server before i can experiment with forms?
And can anyone tell me how to design a good form?
Thanks

 

I can assist you with this. PM me if interested in my help. Thanks.

 

http://www.spotwebdesign.com/contact-us.php

Is that the kind of form you are talking about? except that this is a contact form. If it is, then PM me and I may help

 

are you using a "Mailto:" for submission?? get a contact form php based or there is an easy php class called "PHPMailer", its very simple to use and it can mail through smtp, sendmail etc

 

Are you using some kind of server side script?

 

To be able to email a forms contents you will need a server side script. You can find suitable free php scripts on hotscripts.com. There are also many cgi scripts available such as the one on formmail.com

 

Yes, but you would need them customized to what you need. This is really easy thing to do