Key Points
To create a form, use a two-sided <form> tag. Within it, place one or more <input> tags that define the form fields.
In the opening <form> tag, place a
method="post"
argument and anaction
argument that describes how the form should be processed. The most common argument isaction="mailto:address"
where address is a valid e-mail address. If collecting form results by using e-mail, include anenctype="text/plain"
argument.To create a text box, use
<input type="text" name="fieldname" />
where fieldname is the unique name you assign to the text box. Optional additional arguments includesize and maxlength
.To create a multi-line text box (a text area), use a two-sided <textarea> tag with a
name
argument and a number of rows and columns. ...
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