Create HTML Forms - a tutorial

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Create HTML Forms. . A Tutorial .. by. William Bontrager. Programmer … This tutorial is about how to make forms and how to send the information, …

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Create HTML Forms
?A Tutorial ?
by
William Bontrager
Programmer
and
Publisher
of
WillMaster Possibilities ezine
http://willmaster.com/possibilities/
mailto:possibilities@willmaster.com
A Peach-e-Book
Copyright 2001 William Bontrager2
Introduction
HTML forms are a means of collecting information. People fill in a form and/
or select something. Then they click a button.
Forms don’t actually process information.
For something to be done with the information, it must be sent somewhere.
Information processing destinations can be CGI programs, JavaScript
functions, mailto: links, or even a web page (which directs the browser to
load the page at the specified URL).
This tutorial is about how to make forms and how to send the information,
but not how to process the information after it has been sent off.
Forms begin with the

tag. The

tag can contain several attributes.
Sometimes you’ll need to determine the applicable attributes. Other times,
installation directions for CGI programs or JavaScript functions specify the

tag attributes expected by the installation.
(Note: There is no need to copy the code in this article. A
link where you can obtain the complete working form
incorporating these examples, along with a script to
process the form information, is in the last section.)…

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