One of the most powerful features of HTML is the ability for users to fill in information on forms and to have the data sent to remote servers to process. This chapter will introduce some of the most common form elements and how to use the to create pages to collect informtion.
Learning Outcomes for this Chapter
Upon completion of the reading of this chapter and assignments found at the end, a student should be able to:
- recall the two modes (get and post) and their differences,
- create input boxes of various types,
- use drop downs and radio buttons on a page,
- associate labels to fields,
- submit data to a server and see the result.