Question

I tried making a custom submit button for my simple contact form because I wanted to style it a bit with CSS. I set the input type to submit and whenever I click the button it neither submits nor is click able.

I created a class called blue button, and my style will show but cannot submit.

 <a class="blue button" input type="submit">Everything? Send!</a>

I then tried this method instead and it submits, but it does not show my style that created!

 <input class="blue button" type="submit" value="Send">

Form

<form method="post" id="submitform" action="submitemail.php" >
    <input type="text" 
                            class="formstyle"
                            title="Name" 
                            data-placeholder="Name..." 
                            name="name" />

                            <input type="text"
                            class="formstyle" 
                            title="Email" 
                            data-placeholder="Website..." 
                            name="website" />

                             <input type="text" 
                             class="formstyle"
                             title="Email" 
                             data-placeholder="Email..." 
                             name="email" />

                              <input type="text"
                               class="formstyle" 
                               title="Email"
                               data-placeholder="Business or Personal?"
                               name="type" />

                            <textarea name="message" 
                            data-placeholder="Message..."
                            title="Message"></textarea>

Is there anyway to have a submit button from element styled button like below?

<a class="blue button" input type="submit">Everything? Send!</a>

CSS as requested:

.button.blue {
    border: 1px solid #005998;
}

.button.blue .text {
    padding: 16px 31px 14px;
    text-transform: none;
    text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 #022268;
}

.button.blue .normal {
    background: linear-gradient(#00a7f7, #0563bb);
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#00a7f7, #0563bb);
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(#00a7f7, #0563bb);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(#00a7f7, #0563bb);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(#00a7f7, #0563bb);
    -pie-background: linear-gradient(#00a7f7, #0563bb);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #12dbff inset;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #12dbff inset;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #12dbff inset;
    -ms-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #12dbff inset;
    -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #12dbff inset;
    behavior: url(pie.htc);
}

.button.blue .hover {
    display: none;
    background: linear-gradient(#008af3, #0244a2);
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#008af3, #0244a2);
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(#008af3, #0244a2);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(#008af3, #0244a2);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(#008af3, #0244a2);
    -pie-background: linear-gradient(#008af3, #0244a2);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #12c4ff inset;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #12c4ff inset;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #12c4ff inset;
    -ms-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #12c4ff inset;
    -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #12c4ff inset;
    behavior: url(pie.htc);
}

Answer 1

<a class="blue button" input type="submit">Everything? Send!</a>

This is totaly wrong. For form submit button:

<input type="submit" class="blue-button" value="submit" />