RACC WEB 115 Class #14 Lecture

Begin Ch. 7 Lecture

Forms

• Method for processing a form
  • GET
  • POST - we will use this method
• Action
  • server script such as the one you'll see in the source at www.mohlerinsurance.com
    • find a free formmail.pl perl script and install in your cgi-bin folder
    • use a free formmail service such as http://formmail.to/
  • mailto: which sends the form results to your email address (use ...ENCTYPE="text/plain"... in your form tag - see pp. 275 & 276 to "clean up" the form submission)
• Form objects
  • text field or multi-line textarea)
  • button (Submit, Reset, or Command)
  • checkbox
  • radio button
  • list/menu (or Dreamweaver's jump menu)
  • hidden field - use a hidden field to store a value that you want to pass to the server

(if time) Behaviors (JavaScript)

• events such as onClick & onMouseOver
• actions
• validating a form field by field or when the user clicks the Submit button

Midterm Exam

Homework Assignment:

• Read Ch. 7 and create La Bonne Cuisine forms (interest.htm) following the steps on pp. 264+
• Write out the answers to Ch. 7 Review Questions.
• Do Assignment #6 by Tue Mar 4