10. Using Forms and Fields

A lot of Web sites exist just to provide information and entertainment to site visitors. But if you want your site to get information back from your visitors, you’ll need some way to let them interact with you and your site. To do that, you’ll need to add a form.

A form contains fields, and those fields can be anything from a simple check box to a group of radio buttons, or a single or multiline text entry area. And of course, you’ll want some sort of “OK” or “Submit” button so that your visitors will know how to send you their completed form. Look at the Forms category of the Insert Bar (Figure 10.1), and you’ll see that it contains everything you need to add any kind of form and field to your site.

Figure 10.1. The ...

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