I am an expert graphic designer but new to web development. Designing a very cool web site with graphics and text has been easy for me, but I am STRUGGLING with how to create forms that actually save and/or send data.

Can somebody provide me a link to some info how I can start learning about form data and how to the get the server to store or send it for me? I am sure once I learn the basics I will catch on fast, but I am just lost at the moment.

A basic intro would be best.

Thanks.

You can do it using PHP/MySQL and a simple HTML form. Best to google for some results and you should pick it up.

If you only need the form to send the results and not store anything on the server here's a great PHP script that has a built in security WORD - doesn't need a database. Security words are better than captcha in my opinion because half the time you can't read the captcha:

http://www.webwest.net/fm1

Start at the beginning of the tutorial and get it to work on your server first and then you can customize the fields.

See a customized version of this form in use at http://www.webwest.net/web-design-estimate.php