1. Web Authoring
Topic 19 –
Web Forms in HTML

2. Objectives
Students should able to:
1. Describe the basics of web forms

3. Web Forms
Forms are becoming an increasingly popular
and necessary tool on web pages.
Having an online form is a great way to
gather data from website visitors.
You will be able to get information from
them, such as their name and email
address. You want to keep in touch with
them.

4. Web Forms
Using an online email form is very
efficient because you can drastically cut
back on the amount of paper.
By not having paperwork, you can also save
time and costs.
An online email form should be easy and
simple to use.

5. Web Forms
You can use a form generator to create an
online email form, you can customize it
so that you will only receive certain kinds
of emails.
You need a data management system set up
and have the capability of not only
sorting, but deleting information, filtering
information and editing information if
necessary.

6. Basics of Forms
A web form is a web page that contains
fields, areas which a visitor can enter
information or select from a set of
predefined options.
When a visitor accesses the form, the
browser displays the web page as
usual, including the form’s fields.

7. Basics of Forms
The visitor can interact with the fields –
for example, by typing text into a text
field, by selecting a check box or one
option button in a group of option
buttons, or by choosing an item from a
drop-down list.

8. Basics of Forms
When finished with the form, the visitor
clicks a command button that submits
the form, usually by running a Common
Gateway Interface (or CGI) script.

9. Web Form
For a form to work, you must:
- Create a form that contains the
appropriate fields for your purpose;
- On the web server, set up a script that will
handle the information the visitor enters
in the form;
- Include in the form the appropriate HTML
instructions for the script that will process
the form.