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CSS Bootstrap Basics Building Forms With Bootstrap Structured Form Layouts with the Grid

Posted by Jorleni Maldonado
Jorleni Maldonado
14,398 Points

Reference for JavaScript to actually submit the data collected from the form? I would like the data from form emailed.

As Guil mentioned at the end of the video, a programming language such as JavaScript would need to be incorporated to actually send the data from the form. Is there a good reference to get more information on that? Also, I would like the data from the form emailed to a dedicated inbox.

eslam said
eslam said
Courses Plus Student 6,734 Points
eslam said
eslam said
Courses Plus Student 6,734 Points

The technology to post or get data from or to a server is AJAX, just continue the front end track and you will learn it

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jamesjones21
jamesjones21
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jamesjones21
jamesjones21
9,260 Points

There are multiple things out there to send emails using the forms data. One thing is PHP which you can simlle Create a mailinv script, I would share mine if needed?

Jorleni Maldonado
Jorleni Maldonado
14,398 Points

Yes please, that would be great!

Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
15,053 Points
Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
15,053 Points

To clarify, front-end JavaScript can't send an email. You will need a backend (server) technology to actually send an email.

JavaScript can send it to it's web server (the POST request mentioned above) but at the end of the day, the "sending of the email" happens from a server. Therefore, you will need a customized solution to achieve this.