Forms are a way to allow visitors to your website to submit information. Here is an example:

Q: How do you make borderless frames?

Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer use two different methods for borderless frames. However, you can cover your bases by including both the BORDER (Netscape) and the FRAMEBORDER and FRAMESPACING (Microsoft) attributes in your <FRAMESET> tag. Example:

<FRAMESET COLS="25%,50%,25%" BORDER="0" FRAMEBORDER="0" FRAMESPACING="0">

Q: What are forms?

Forms are a way to allow visitors to your website to submit information. Here is an example:

Q: What can I do with forms?

There are many things you can do with forms. Some of the more common things are:

• Simple Order Form (non-secure)--Users can select products and enter customer data that is then sent to you via e-mail. Do not ask for sensitive information such as credit card numbers!
• Visitor Feedback Form--Get feedback from your visitors about your website.
• Bug Reports--Allow visitors to report errors or broken links on your site and give detailed information regarding a possible bug.
• Mailing List--Visitors can input their e-mail addresses to join your mailing list. You can collect this data, and use it to send messages to the members on your mailing list.
• Surveys or Voting--You can ask your visitors specific questions about their likes and dislikes, and have their answers e-mailed to you.
• much more--Customize the feedback form to your website's needs.

Q: What is the benefit of having a free FreeServers site?

FreeServers sites offer all of the following and more:

• 20 Megabytes (20MB) of web space
• A custom domain name
• Unlimited e-mail addresses based on your custom domain name
• Quick Site Builder
• File Manager 2.0
• Enhancement tools like Guest books, Counters, and More!

With all of these features and more continually being added, the experience with your own personal FreeServers web site will be exceptional, far exceeding that offered by any other free web site service available on the Internet.

Q: How do I build my web site on FreeServers?

There are several ways you can build your web site:

• For beginners, we offer the Quick Site Builder tool for designing your web site.
• You can copy your web site from another server using our Site Copier.
• You can upload your site using our File Manager 2.0.
• You can upload your site using a standard FTP program.
• You can upload your site using web site design software such as Microsoft Front Page.

We also have a Getting Started wizard to guide you through the process of building your web site.

Q: How do I get my own web pages onto FreeServers?

When you've finished creating your web pages on your personal computer, you will need to upload them to your FreeServers site. You can use the File Manager 2.0 or an FTP program to upload the pages to your site.

Q: How can I change my FreeServers domain name?

If you want to change your FreeServers domain name, do the following:

• Sign up for a new FreeServers account to get your new domain name.
• Use the Site Copier utility to copy your site from your old domain to your new one.
• Use the Delete Account utility to delete your old account.

Q: I created my web site on my hard drive. How do I upload it to FreeServers?

NEW! A step-by-step tutorial is available to help you upload files. Click here to try the tutorial. Here's how to upload your site from your hard drive to your FreeServers site.

• If you have created your site with web publishing software, such as Macromedia Dreamweaver or Microsoft Front Page, you can use that software to upload your site. Click here to find out how.
• You can upload your site with any standard FTP program. Click here to find out how.
• You can use the File Manager 2.0 to upload files off your hard drive. Click here to find out how.

Q: I copied my site using Site Copier and it doesn't look the same. What went wrong?

There are a few situations in which you will need to make changes to your site before it will work properly in your FreeServers web site. Please check the following:

• On many web servers, the filename for your home page is something other than "index.html". It might be "default.htm" or "home.html" or something else. What you need to do is find your home page and rename it to ""index.html"." You will also need to find any links to your home page using the old file name and change them to "index.html". (You must do the same for any sub-directories as well.) You can use the File Manager 2.0 to rename the files. (If you have an older browser or one that cannot use Java, you can use the Old File Manager.)
• If there are spaces in your file names or directory names, the links may not work. You can use the File Manager 2.0 to rename the files. (If you have an older browser or one that cannot use Java, you can use the Old File Manager.)
• If the pages used a CGI script on your old server, they will not work because FreeServers does not allow any CGI scripts other than the standard ones that we offer. The scripts we do have available are quite powerful and very flexible. The Form E-mailer script can be configured by you to e-mail the results of a form, store information on your web site, and do many other things.
• Certain file types, such as ".ASP" files, are not supported by FreeServers. You'll have to change them to more conventional HTML files.
• Microsoft Front Page extensions and SSI (Server Side Includes) are not supported by FreeServers. You'll have to change them to more conventional HTML files.