I'm designing an html email for a Holiday Art Market. The request is simply for graphic design, make it pretty-put the date/time etc., but I'm wondering if I can also implement an RSVP form in the email: Are you coming, yes or no? Can this be done in an email, or do I need to redirect to a website? If it can be done, how?
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Last time I tried it (back in about 2001) it worked fine. Just make sure the action= attribute of the form tag contains an absolute URL.
Jim.
simplest solution - if all you need is a yes or no answer - is to embed two links, one for yes and one for no, with identifying information already in the querystring parameters of the links, e.g.
http://www.yourdomain.com/[email protected]&response=no
http://www.yourdomain.com/[email protected]&response=yes
I would not add it in an email. People would be cautions about it with good reason - there is no easy way to tell where the "action" is pointing to; and a customer would not take kindly to being redirected to a site without their knowledge after they click the submit button.
I would highly recommend linking to a site. Or - even better - generate two links, using their email address and the answer in the querystring. i.e.
<a href = "www.yoursite.com/submit?from={$SenderEmailAddress}&answer=yes">Yes</a>
<a href = "www.yoursite.com/submit?from={$SenderEmailAddress}&answer=no">No</a>
That way you can make sure that people arnt accidentally answering twice or answering when they didnt receive the invite.