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By now you should be able to create a web page that looks good and is functional. However other than links it lacks interactivity with viewers.

This is where forms come in. Take this example
Please not this is a fun example and not a serious form for calculating car loans

Car Purchase Plan
Total Car Price (£)
Deposit (£)
Annual Interest Rate: %
Loan Length Years
The costs
Outstanding loan (£)
No of Payments Months
Deposit (£)
Monthly Cost (£)

Like a paper form you input the data into the blank fields. The form the sends this data elsewhere for processing by a form handler (here we use a javaScript)

Begin with our intro or select

IntroductionWe explain what a form is and what it can do

The basic HTML Framework of forms

Input tag BasicsLooking at the basics around adding inputs to your form

Looking at the different types of form input available and their additional attributes

Form PropertiesHow to set up your form to respond to the entered data

Tying up all the the above into a nice tidy example of how forms can be used that you can tweak for your site

A list of other areas on this site and other websites that look at forms and form handlers

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<button> tag

Make your buttons all signing and dancing!! This a newer way of adding dynamic input buttons for forms

JavaScript

our look at these technologies which can be allied to forms

Event Handlers

Can be used in conjuction with forms to give dynamic effects. Find out more

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Cool Tips
Plenty of form related examples to try out
Links to sites specialising in CGI resources

 

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