(HTML) redirecting to another page after form submission

I'm sure it's simple, but I can't seem to get it to work.

I'm trying to redirect a user to another page when they click "Send" (submit) with only HTML (I'm not exactly interested in java or anything else for the moment). I read about using a "hidden" input with a value of the URL, but I don't know where to put it. I tried before and after the "submit" input (the logical place), with no luck (does it matter where I put it?). Does it work only if I have an "action" (in this case "mailto:"), or would it still work if I left the action attribute blank? Or do I have the whole process wrong?

 

well if you have a form
<form name="form1" method="post" action="yourpage.html">
...form fields here...
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>

then when they click the button, it will send them to "yourpage.html"
is that what you're looking for?

 

I tried a form inside a form using that format to both send an e-mail to the mailto address and redirect to another page. It sends the e-mail, but it doesn't redirect.
Here's the way I have it set up:

<form action="mailto:email@place.com" method="post">

[form stuff]

<form name="redirect" method="post" action="thankyou.htm">
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset" value="Cancel">
</form>

</form>

I have other attributes but chose not to display them.
I'm guessing the outer command ovverrides the inner one.

Is there a way to both mail to the e-mail and redirect? That method by itself would work, but it would only redirect to another page. Hopefully I get away with only HTML...
Sorry, maybe I didn't explain my situation fully when I said I wanted to redirect, not mentioning that I also wanted to send an e-mail. Thanks for the tip, though!

 

javascript is the only way I know how to solve your problem without going into server side code.