Session 6: Creating Web Page Forms
Overview | Reading and References | Objectives | Lab Work
Overview
Web forms are used to send data (any information) to a web server/script, or email address for processing. This topic describes the various controls that can be used as well as formatting options for both controls and forms.
Reading and References
Objectives and Demos
- Describe how Web forms can interact with a server-based program
- Insert a form into a Web page
- Create and format an input box for simple text data
- Set up a selection list for a predefined list of data values
- Create option buttons for a list of possible field values
- Insert a text area box for multiple lines of text data
- Generate form buttons to submit or reset a form
- Describe how data is sent from a Web form to a server
- Understand how to hidden fields, and file buttons
- Apply tab indices to control elements
Lab Work
- Work through and experiment with form examples