Olympia Time: TellDino.com not working (also some possible technical issues)

For me, the most interesting part of Rossi's one hour old campaign is his try at transferring the fun loving nature of his Idea Bank to his new campaign.

Guess what everyone, you can email Dino Rossi. About anything! Anything that's on your mind, even if you're a state employee, just type in your concern, hit submit and Dino might even read what you wrote.

Before I get on to the technical fun of this post, I have to point out that the Rossi campaign is implying that by asking Dino something in public, a state employee can face retribution. Are they serious?

I know there are many state employees and others out there who prefer this approach – and I respect their feelings.

This attempt at passing off an email form as some direct connection to the candidate is already lame, but it also looks like the form itself isn't working. I've posted the entire code I pulled at 11:05 this morning below, but this is the interesting part:

  <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">

From what I know about html code, if the "action" part is blank, the form doesn't do anything. You're literally sending your concerns to Dino into thin air. But, I could be wrong, so check out the code below and tell me if I'm wrong.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><br /><head><br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><br /><title>Dino Rossi for Governor 2008</title><br /><style type="text/css"><br /><br /></style><br /></head><br /><body><br /><div class="container"><br />  <div id="Layer1"><br />    <p>Welcome to www.telldino.com.</p><br /><br />    <p>This website was created to provide you with an easy and  protected way to express your thoughts. I have always believed the best ideas  come from the people – not Olympia  insiders. <br /><br />      That is why I encourage you to share your comments, concerns  and ways to improve our state. </p><br />    <p>Please know this website is not a chat room and your  identity will not be made public. You may even submit your ideas anonymously. I  know there are many state employees and others out there who prefer this approach  – and I respect their feelings. </p><br />    <p>In closing, I make this promise to you: When I am your  governor, this website will remain active. And it will be as important to me then  as it is to me now.  </p><br />    <p>-  Dino </p><br />  </div><br /><br />  <div id="Layer2"><br />  <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action=""><br />    <table align="center" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"><br />      <tr><br />        <td colspan="2"> </td><br />        <td>Comments:</td><br />      </tr><br />      <tr><br /><br />        <td colspan="2" valign="top"><br />            <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"><br />            <tr><br />              <td>Name:</td><br />              <td><input name="name" type="text" size="35"></td><br />            </tr><br />            <tr><br />              <td>Email: </td><br /><br />              <td><input name="email" type="text" size="35"></td><br />            </tr><br />          </table><br />            <div align="right"><br />              <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"><br />          </div></td><br />        <td><textarea name="comments" cols="70" rows="8"><br /><br /><div id="Layer3">Paid for by Dino Rossi for Governor 2008</div>

UPDATE: I hate probably not being right. My buddy with all the smarts just said the form "probably" works, as the form will just submit to itself (the homepage technically is telldino.com/index.asp).

Anyone else want to chime in on this one?

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

TellDino.com not working (also some possible technical issues)

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