That sounds like a great idea..

After the POST box, put something like, "PLEASE NOTE: You will receive no confirmation that your email has been sent, but rest assured it will be sent properly."

Michale.....

OK, I'm going to post this here and on today's re-run column as well, so everyone gets a chance to see it.

Since this is now a user-supported site, I feel honor-bound to update everyone on the site's progress (which is why I'm taking the week off from writing columns, in other words).

Finally -- finally! -- CW.com can say that the site is now fully complete. The "Email Chris" page is now working (although there is no confirmation page as of yet, to let you know your email has gone through... we're working on that...) the way it is supposed to.

And -- bigger news -- ALL the static-text pages are now complete! Woo hoo! Much to our embarrassment here, this chore has been sitting around undone for far too long, but has now been completed. I've gone through and updated every "About" and "FAQ" type page on the site, and written a few that never existed up until this point -- most notably the "About ObamaPollWatch" and "About FridayTalkingPoints" pages, which jaded regulars eager for a mild thrill might want to check out (I'm just sayin'...).

Anyway, progress continues down in the nuts-and-bolts area of ChrisWeigant.com, just to let everyone know...

-CW

At the very least, I can update the text on the Email Chris page to say something like "No confirmation of your sent email will appear, sorry, but don't worry... it'll get to me!" or something along those lines...

Thanks to the testers for checking it out!

-CW

Would it have made a difference if I'd clicked on 'email Chris' at the TOP of the homepage, I wonder? I'll try it ...

You were cranky??? :D

Well, just a tad. :)

You were cranky??? :D

I did the Email Chris test...

You are right, there is no confirmation. It just takes you back to the EMAIL CHRIS page.

This is bound to cause some confusion and will likely result in multiple identical emails sent to you.. :D

That's all that I noticed...

Michale.....

OK, folks, two things.

(1.) I promise to not be so cranky today. Car problems once again have taken the sheen off my normally cheerful demeanor. The good news? Even with the hassles, the repairs will be FREE because they are covered under the warranty of the original repair, which doesn't happen all that often (to me, at least). So, less crankiness today, I promise!

(2.) I think I have gotten the "Email Chris" page to work the way it is supposed to, once again. The only drawback is that there is no confirmation page which says "your email successfully sent" at the end of the process, but at this point I'm just happy it seems to be working.

"Seems to be"... which is where I'm asking for your help. Go over to the page, and type me in an email message. Try it before you log in here (it should not let you enter an email, instead forcing you to log in first), and then after you log in (where it should allow you to type in and send an email).

I'm 100% confident right now of the privacy of these messages (that they'll never be publicly displayed here or anywhere else), but am not as confident of whether it'll work on everyone's various machines and browsers. So please go give it a whirl.

I'm glad to get this site feature working again, because it's been (blush) broken for almost a year now. I want to give it a rigorous testing, so everyone take two minutes and send me a test email, even if you've never sent me an email before. Really pound on the feature, and give it a workout! I won't be answering any of the test emails (unless you ask me to specifically), I just want to see that they arrive here formatted correctly.

Thanks, we now return you to your regularly scheduled comments.

-CW

Or maybe...

Ad Kirkiam - I'm right... but I'm going to... randomly pause... while saying so...
"You... are nothing more... than a poopy-head!"

Heh.

-CW

Ad Trekium
"I'm right because Star Trek says it's true..."

:D

Michale.....