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Ok I just need help what do I do
QUOTE(TigTrivers @ Oct 21 2009, 03:03 PM) 
Ok I just need help what do I do
A form as in an html form...?
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<form method="get or post" action="addressOfAction">
<input type="text or password" value="Default text" name="uniqueName2" />
<textarea cols="# of columns" rows="# of rows" name="uniqueName3">default text here</textarea>
<input type="radio or checkbox" value="value of box" name="uniqueName4" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit the Form!" name="submit" />
</form>
<input type="text or password" value="Default text" name="uniqueName2" />
<textarea cols="# of columns" rows="# of rows" name="uniqueName3">default text here</textarea>
<input type="radio or checkbox" value="value of box" name="uniqueName4" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit the Form!" name="submit" />
</form>
Where method="get or post" is either "get" or "post" in quotes. The difference is that "get" will put all the information in the form into the URL, "post" does not. The action="addressOfAction" is where the information is sent upon submit. This is usually a .php, .asp, .aspx, .cgi, etc file that does some sort of information processing and returns/displays a result. You can leave the action blank (action=""), and it will just reload the page you are currently on, with the information in the form in either the URL (method="get") or in the post information (method="post") and not visible in the URL.
The second one is a text box, where type="text" shows everything you type, type="password" marks things in asterisks, like it were a password.
Textarea is just a big text box, where you can specify the number of columns and rows.
Type="radio" is a radio button, type="checkbox" is a check box. For those, if you have more than 1 checkbox/radio button that are in the same set, the name MUST be the same, but the value should change. Example:
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<form method="post" action="processPizzaToppings.php">
What would you like on top of your pizza?<br />
<input type="checkbox" value="pepperoni" name="toppings" /> Pepperoni
<input type="checkbox" value="sausage" name="toppings" /> Sausage
<input type="checkbox" value="anchovies" name="toppings" /> Anchovies
<input type="submit" value="Submit the Form!" name="submit" />
</form>
What would you like on top of your pizza?<br />
<input type="checkbox" value="pepperoni" name="toppings" /> Pepperoni
<input type="checkbox" value="sausage" name="toppings" /> Sausage
<input type="checkbox" value="anchovies" name="toppings" /> Anchovies
<input type="submit" value="Submit the Form!" name="submit" />
</form>
Lastly, the submit button. The type="submit" lets the form know it's a submit button and should do the action listed once the submit is clicked.
Everything should have a unique name, except for the above mentioned checkboxes/radio buttons. If you want to do javascript processing with the form, you should probably give it a name too. Value="Default Text" is what is displayed in/on the control, except for the checkboxes/radio buttons, where those values are actually passed in the submit, depending on what is checked/selected.
That help?
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