I only know HTML, so I would need a detailed response. I want to have a javascript which serves the same purpose as a shopping cart, but much less complicated. Nothing fancy, I want users to be able to add an item to a shopping basket (no prices or quantities, just the name of the item/service). Then show at the bottom part of the web page a table which shows the contents of the basket. I then want to have the contents of the basket shown on a seperate web page (the inquiry form) and have it in a format which can be sent through a CGI-Mail script.
Unless someone wants to write it for you, all I can suggest is the Rhino book (O'Reilly's JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan). It is a little old (June 1998), so it doesn't take into consideration the new DOM Standards set by the W3C and all the browser compatiblity issues you will run into.
Can someone at least give me a example of what the script should be coded like or a web site that gives examples or tutorials specifically towards the type of script I need?
I would suggest cgi or php as the shopping cart. much easier to play with and learn as far as I am concerned. Better security too. you can get cgi shopping carts at various free cgi scripts pages. to use php your server will have to be setup to use it.