How to Set Up a Mailing List With Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver is an HTML editor that is capable of a wide variety of different functions. One of the most useful things it can do is help create a mailing list form you can use to capture the email addresses of visitors who want to receive more information about your site's content.
Instructions
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Open or create a new page in which you want users to be able to input their data for your mailing list.
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Insert a table on the page by clicking the "Insert" button in the navigation bar at the top of the program. Include the correct number of cells for the information that you will be collecting.
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Select the cell in which visitors are going to type in their email addresses. Click on "Insert" and then "Form." You should see the form outlined in red.
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Choose the appropriate type of form. For collecting email addresses for your mailing list, you will most likely want to use a text box form.
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Select how the information will be sent to your server by changing the method option in the Property Inspector.
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Insert the ASP or PHP form object that you will be using to collect the data.
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Modify the appearance of your table by changing the size and color scheme so that visitors can easily recognize it as the way to join your mailing list.
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References
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