Chapter 9Links and Forms
Long gone are the days of single-page web sites. Because many web sites span numerous pages, users need easy and intuitive ways to navigate through a site as well as within a page. Database-driven web sites also need a way to pass existing and user-entered data through the site. Two of the most common ways to deliver this functionality are with links and forms.
What Type of Navigation Should You Use?
Determining the type of navigation to use will often depend on what kind of data you need to send to the link or form destination. Links allow data to be sent in a key/value pair format that does not include user input. Forms allow you to send static data as well as user-entered data in the form of text and value lists. ...
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