Making a Simple RSVP Form - Help?

I am looking to get some help for my wedding website, I have the entire page coded but now need to add a html form to the blank space I have reserved for it.

I know it requires Java, but I have no experience with programming, just very basic HTML.

Can anyone help me make a very basic form? Here's what I need:

Name:
Email or Phone:
Number Attending:
Message [Optional]:

What I am looking for is very basic, just blank boxes under the text, enough space for them to be able to type a response.

All I need in terms of submitting is when they hit submit, it sends me an email with the info, and then takes them back to the home page or I can make a confirmation page.

Any help doing this would be greatly aprpeciated, you don't need to code it for me obvioulsly (unless you want too!), I just need help.

 

you started thinking in right direction.

you gonna need to save those data somewhere and update accordingly. i think you better off hiring somebody do it.

 

I do not wish to hire someone, since I would like to learn the proper way to do this.

 

For such a simple form you don't need javascript. Go to w3schools.com and you will see everything that you need.

 

Does your server run php? if it does, this would be easy.

 

I can do PHP but if the other poster said I can do this without java that would be great.

 

You really don't need java for this. All you need is something like the following PHP code on form submission:

mail( "your@email.com",
        "Title of Message",
	$_POST['message'],
	"From: ".$_POST['name']." <".$_POST['email_of_sender'].">");

PHP:

 

Where do I add that in my code? Here is the code I wrote for the form so far. Not sure how to make it email when they hit the RSVP button.

                            <form>
                             First Name: <input type="text" name="FirstName"  /><br /><P>
                             Last Name: <input type="text" name="FirstName"  /><br /><P>
                             Guests:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <input type="text" name="FirstName"  /><br /><P>
                             Message:&nbsp;&nbsp; <input type="text" name="LastName"  /><br /><p>
                               <input type="submit" value="RSVP" />
                                                     </form> 

Code (markup):

 

Firstly try doing this to the form:

<form method="post" action="send.php">
    First Name: <input type="text" name="FirstName"  /><br />
    Last Name: <input type="text" name="LastName"  /><br />
    Guests:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="text" name="Guests"  /><br />
    Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nsbsp;<input type="text" name="Message"  /><br />
    <input type="submit" value="RSVP" />
</form>

HTML:

Create a new file called "send.php" then add the following code:

<?php
mail( "the@email.com",
        "Title of Message",
        "Guests: ".$_POST['Guests']."/n/n".$_POST['Message'],
        "From: ".$_POST['FirstName']." ".$_POST['LastName']." <the@email.com>");
?>

DOWN HERE YOU COULD ADD A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE...

PHP:

To whose email would you like the form to be sent? Replace the with the email address you want.