HTML and XHTML Step by Step

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 an action argument that describes how the form should be processed. The most common argument is action="mailto:address" where address is a valid e-mail address. If collecting form results by using e-mail, include an enctype="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 include size 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. ...