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Job SearchHTML forms simply place a handful of GUI controls on the user agent to allow the user to enter data. The controls can allow text input, allow selection of predefined choices from a list, radio or check boxes, or other standard GUI controls.
After the data is entered into the fields, a special control is used to pass the entered data on to a program that can do something useful with the data. Such programs are typically referred to as form handlers because they “handle” the form data.
The following code shows a basic HTML form whose output.
A simple HTML form.
Note: Many form tags do not have closing tags. However, XML and its variants require that all elements be closed. If you are coding for XML or one of its variants (such as XHTML), be sure to close your tags by including the closing slash (/) at the end of tags that lack a formal closing tag.
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Html Tutorial
- What Is The World Wide Web?
- How Does The Web Work?
- What Is Hypertext?
- Where Does Html Fit In?
- What Is Css?
- What Is Xhtml?
- Creating An Html Document
- Specifying Document Type
- The Overall Structure: Html,head, And Body
- Styles
- Markup For Paragraphs
- Markup For Characters
- Special Characters (entities)
- Organizational Elements
- Linking To Other Pages
- Images
- Possible Improvement To Comments
- Scripts
- Putting It All Together
- Basic Rules For Html Code
- Creating The Basic Structure
- Declaring The Document Type
- Specifying The Document Title
- Providing Information To Search Engines
- Setting The Default Path
- Creating Automatic Refreshes And Redirects
- Page Background Color And Background Images
- Line Breaks
- Nonbreaking Spaces
- Soft Hyphens
- Preserving Formatting—the Element
- Indents
- Headings
- Why Horizontal Rules Used?
- Grouping With The Element
- Understanding Lists
- Ordered (numbered) Lists
- Unordered (bulleted) Lists
- Definition Lists
- Nested Lists
- Image Formats For The Web
- Creating Graphics
- Inserting An Image
- Image Alignment
- Specifying Text To Display For Nongraphical Browsers
- Size And Scaling
- Image Borders And Maps
- Animated Images
- What’s In A Link?
- Linking To A Web Page
- Absolute Versus Relative Links
- Link Targets And Titles
- Keyboard Shortcuts And Tab Order
- Creating An Anchor
- Choosing Link Colors
- The Link Tag
- Methods Of Text Control
- Bold And Italic Text
- Monospace (typewriter) Fonts
- Superscripts And Subscripts
- Abbreviations
- Marking Editorial Insertions And Deletions
- Grouping Inline Elements With The Tag
- Understanding Character Encodings
- Special Characters
- En And Em Spaces And Dashes
- Copyright And Trademark Symbols
- “real” Quotation Marks
- "real" Quotation Marks
- Accented Characters
- Greek And Mathematical Characters
- Other Useful Entities
- Parts Of An Html Table
- Table Width And Alignment
- Cell Spacing And Padding
- Borders And Rules
- Rows And Cells
- Table Captions
- Row Groupings—header, Body, And Footer
- Background Colors
- Spanning Columns And Rows
- Grouping Columns
- Rudimentary Formatting With Tables
- Real-world Examples
- Floating Page
- Odd Graphic And Text Combinations
- Navigational Menus And Blocks
- Multiple Columns
- Frames Overview
- Framesets And Frame Documents
- Targeting Links To Frames
- Nested Framesets
- Inline Frames
- Understanding Forms
- Inserting A Form
- Additional Attributes
- Tab Order And Keyboard Shortcuts
- Preventing Changes
- Fieldsets And Legends
- Form Scripts And Script Services
- Introducing Multimedia Objects
- Multimedia Plug-ins And Players
- Animations
- Video Clips
- Sounds
- Slide Shows
- Client-side Versus Server-side Scripting
- Server-side Scripting
- Including A Script
- Calling An External Script
- Triggering Scripts With Events
- Hiding Scripts From Older Browsers
- Css Overview
- Style Rules
- Style Rule Locations
- Understanding The Style Sheet Cascade
- The Css Box Formatting Model
- Css Levels 1, 2, And 3
- Understanding Selectors
- Understanding Inheritance In Html
- Pseudo-classes
- Pseudo-elements
- Shorthand Expressions
- Property Value Metrics
- Web Typography Basics
- Working With Font Styling Attributes
- Downloading Fonts Automatically
- Aligning Text
- Indenting Text
- Controlling White Space Within Text
- Controlling Letter And Word Spacing
- Specifying Capitalization
- Using Text Decorations
- Formatting Lists
- Auto-generated Text
- Understanding The Box Formatting Model
- Defining Element Margins
- Adding Padding Within An Element
- Adding Borders
- Using Dynamic Outlines
- Foreground Color
- Background Color
- Sizing An Element’s Background
- Background Images
- Repeating And Scrolling Background Images
- Positioning Background Images
- Defining Table Styles
- Controlling Table Attributes
- Table Layout
- Aligning And Positioning Captions
- Understanding Element Positioning
- Specifying Element Position
- Floating Elements To The Left Or Right
- Defining An Element’s Width And Height
- Stacking Elements In Layers
- Controlling Element Visibility
- The Page Box Formatting Model
- Defining The Page Size With The @page Rule
- Setting Margins With The Margin Property
- Controlling Page Breaks
- Handling Widows And Orphans
- Preparing Documents For Double-sided Printing
- Javascript Background
- Writing Javascript Code
- Using Javascript In Html Documents
- Practical Examples
- The Need For Dhtml
- How Dhtml Works
- Dhtml And The Document Object Model
- Cross-browser Compatibility Issues
- Browser Detection In Html
- Practical Examples Of Dhtml Examples
- Breadcrumbs (page Location Indicator)
- Collapsible Menus
- Dynamic Html And The Document Object Model
- Dhtml And Css Properties
- Internet Explorer Filters
- How Web Servers Work
- Market-leading Web Servers
- The Need For Server-side Scripting
- Server-side Scripting Languages
- Understanding The Need For Database Publishing
- How Database Integration Works
- Options For Database Publishing
- Database Publishing Case Study-a Newsletter
- Authentication And Security
- The Blog Phenomenon
- Blog Providers And Software
- Posting Content To Your Blog
- Handling Comments
- Using Permalinks
- Using Trackbacks
- Syndicating Content With Rss
- Building An Audience
- The Need For Xml
- Relationship Of Xml, Sgml, And Html
- Versions Of Xml
- How Xml Works
- Well-structured Xml
- Document Type Definitions
- Xml Schemas To Develop Rule Sets
- Xpath
- Style Sheets For Xml: Xslt
- Xml Implementations
- Testing With A Variety Of Browsers
- Testing For A Variety Of Displays
- Validating Your Code
- Text-oriented Editors
- Wysiwyg Html Editors
- Other Tools
- Web Publishing Services Provided By Isps
- Estimating Your Costs
- Support And Service
- Bandwidth And Scalability
- Contracts In Html
- Domain Names
- Introducing Ftp
- Ftp Clients In Html
- Principles Of Web Server File Organization
- Soliciting Links
- Listing Your Site With Search Engines
- Facilitating Search Engine Access
- Predicting User’s Search Keywords And Enhancing Search Retrieval
- Strategies For Retaining Visitors On-site
- Analyzing Usage Via Server Logs
- Checking For Broken Links
- Responding To Feedback
- Backing Up Your Data
- Challenges Of Developing Large-scale Web Sites
- Project Management Basics
- The Need For Information Architecture
- Overview Of The Web Development Process
- Designing The Site Structure
- Choosing A Design Theme
- Tracking Site Usage And Performance
- Maintaining The Site
- Principles Of Audience Analysis
- Performing An Information Inventory
- Chunking Information
- How Users Read On The Web
- Developing Easily Scanned Text
- Developing Meta Content: Titles, Headings, And Taglines
- Characteristics Of Excellent Web Writing
- Writing For The Web
- Usability Issues
- Accessibility Mandates
- Web Content Accessibility Initiative (w3c)
- Principles Of Internationalization And Localization
- Introduction To Web Internationalization Issues
- Understanding Unicode
- Understanding The Risks
- Web Site Security Issues
- Overview Of Web Security Methods
- Understanding Privacy
- Privacy Legislation And Regulations In The United States
- Voluntary Solutions
- Model Privacy Policy Pages
Introducing The Web And Html
What Goes Into A Web Page?
Starting Your Web Page
Lines, Line Breaks, And Paragraphs
Lists
Images
Links
Text
Special Characters
Tables
Page Layout With Tables
Frames
Forms
Multimedia
Scripts
Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
Creating Style Rules
Fonts
Text Formatting
Padding, Margins, And Borders
Colors And Backgrounds
Tables Table Styles
Element Positioning
Defining Pages For Printing
Javascript
Dynamic Html
Dynamic Html With Css
Introduction To Server-side Scripting
Introduction To Database-driven Web Publishing
Creating A Weblog
Introduction To Xml
Xml Processing And Implementations
Testing And Validating Your Documents
Webdevelopment Software
Choosing A Service Provider
Uploading Your Site With Ftp
Publicizing Your Site And Building Your Audience
Maintaining Your Site
The Web Development Process
Developing And Structuring Content
Designing For Usability And Accessibility
Designing For An International Audience
Security
Privacy
