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Learning How To Use Forms...

Forms are a good way for visitors to your site to interact with your site. It allows a visitor to send you information or to send information to the site to be processed in a certain way.

Creating a form usually involves writing or obtaining a script program to run on the server like a CGI script. If you are using a free web service to post your site, first check their web site. Most of the time they have already made up scripts that are easy to put on your site.

Below are 2 forms I decided to use on my personal site, regarding my own chat server, the first one was used to receive feedbacks, the second was used to receive registrations for rooms on my chat server.

Form Example 1

Type your server question here:

Any other questions, please type here:

Do you like my chat server?:
Yes
No

Server suggestions please type here:

Do you like my website?:
Yes
No

Website suggestions please type here:

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The HTML code for Form Example 1...

<table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="350">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="350">
<dl>
<dd>
<form method="post" enctype="text/plain" action='mailto:your@email.here'>

<input type="hidden" name="To" value="Server">

<font color="#000000">Type your server question here: </font>
<input type="text" name="questions about my server:"
size="50" maxlength="100">

<font color="#000000">Any other questions, please type here: </font>
<textarea name="Other Questions" wrap="physical" rows="7" cols="46">
</textarea>

<font color="#000000">Do you like my chat server?: </font>
<input type="radio" name="Do you like my chat server?" value="Yes">Yes
<input type="radio" name="Do you like my chat server?" value="No">No

<font color="#000000">Server suggestions please type here: </font>
<textarea name="Suggestions" wrap="physical" rows=7 cols="46">
</textarea>

<font color="#000000">Do you like my website?: </font>
<input type="radio" name="Do you like my website?" value="Yes">Yes
<input type="radio" name="Do you like my website?" value="No">No

<font color="#000000">Website suggestions please type here: </font>
<textarea name="Suggestions" wrap="physical" rows="7" cols="46">
</textarea>

<input type="submit" value=" Submit ">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="5" height="1" alt="spacer">
<input type="reset" value=" Reset ">
</form>
</dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

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Form Example 2

The HTML code for Form Example 2...

<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="350">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" valign="top" width="350">
<dl>
<dd>
<form method="post" enctype="text/plain" action='mailto:your@email.here'>
<input type="hidden" name="To" value="Server">

<font color="#000000">Username: (no spaces or symbols) </font>
<input type="text" name="Username:" size="20" maxlength="20">

<font color="#000000">Realname: </font>
<input type="text" name="Realname:" size="50" maxlength="30">

<font color="#000000">Email Address: </font>
<input type="text" name="Email Adress:" size="50" maxlength="100">

<font color="#000000">Room Name:
(no spaces or symbols, other than "-") </font>
<input type="text" name="Room Name:" size="50" maxlength="50">

<font color="#000000">Topic: (no symbols) </font>

<input type="text" name="Topic:" size="50" maxlength="100">

<font color="#000000">Password: (between 5-10 letters,
all lowercase, no spaces or symbols)</font>

<input type="text" name="Password:" size="20" maxlength="10">

<input type="reset" value=" Submit ">
<img src="spacer.gif" width="5" height="1" alt="spacer">

<input type="reset" value=" Reset "> </form>
<dd>
<dl>
</td>
</tr>
</table>