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How to make an e-mail notification

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I am wanting to set up our blogs so when a new entry is posted, an e-mail notification will be sent to me. How do I make that work?

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  • A Web form with Email notification has two parts to it--the HTML portion and the PHP code. The HTML portion is used to create the form. Each element of the form has a "name" attribute which is used to send the user input to the PHP code. The PHP code is used to process the user input and place it into an email which is sent to the webmaster.
    HTML Portion
    Step
    1
    Open a text editor.
    Step
    2
    Start the HTML document with the following five lines:


    Comments


    Step
    3
    Type the line "" to start the form.
    Step
    4
    Type the line "" to begin the table.
    Step
    5
    Create the Comment box with the following eight lines:


    Comment:





    Step
    6
    Create the Name box with the following eight lines:


    Name:





    Step
    7
    Create the Email box with the following eight lines:


    Email:





    Step
    8
    Create the Submit button with the following five lines:





    Step
    9
    Type the next four lines to end the HTML document:




    Step
    10
    Save and close the document.
    PHP Code
    Step
    1
    Open a second blank text document.
    Step
    2
    Type "" to end the PHP code.
    Step
    10
    Type the next 5 lines so that your users know that the email has been sent.


    Thank you!


    Step
    11
    Save the file as "email.php"
    Step
    12
    Place the HTML document and the "email.php" document on your web server.

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    Where are the codes?

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