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The tags for inserting a form are very easy. Look at the form you filled out on the introduction page for this unit as an example. Like most features on a web page, the form opens with <form> and closes with </form> at the end. As when you add features to the opening <body> or <td> tag, you add features to the opening <form> tag to tell the computer whether to use a "post" or "get" method and where the program is that will process information. (This is "where the action is"—if you want a corny explanation of why the code reads "action=" and the value is a URL address). Altogether the opening tag turns out to be something like: <form method="post" action="/cgi-bin/ohlone.online.pl"> In between the opening and closing form tags you have a variety of <input> tags. For every input you define:
For each of the types of input there are particular additions you make to have the input work. Consider putting your form into a table so that it looks orderly. If you do this, have your <form> before your <table> tag, and have the </form> after your </table> tag. This means you nest the table inside the form. |
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