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Page 1: SUBMIT NOT TO AUTHORITY, BUT TO A FORM! Forms. What are the different ways you can submit information on a web page? Think back to your last exam (as

SUBMIT NOT TO AUTHORITY, BUT TO A FORM!

Forms

Page 2: SUBMIT NOT TO AUTHORITY, BUT TO A FORM! Forms. What are the different ways you can submit information on a web page? Think back to your last exam (as

Forms

What are the different ways you can submit information on a web page?

Think back to your last exam (as much as you may not want to). What kind of question types were there?

Page 3: SUBMIT NOT TO AUTHORITY, BUT TO A FORM! Forms. What are the different ways you can submit information on a web page? Think back to your last exam (as

Forms Scavenger Hunt

Use the w3schools page on the form to find out as much as you can about Forms in the next 15 minutes.

You will be exploring how to use text fields, radio buttons, checklists, and a more unique field of your choice.

Afterwards, we will be sharing.. So be thorough! Pay special attention to anything that discusses compatibility

Page 4: SUBMIT NOT TO AUTHORITY, BUT TO A FORM! Forms. What are the different ways you can submit information on a web page? Think back to your last exam (as

Text Input

What kind of ways can we give text to a page?

What are some applications of text inputs? Are there any disadvantages of using free

text input?

Page 5: SUBMIT NOT TO AUTHORITY, BUT TO A FORM! Forms. What are the different ways you can submit information on a web page? Think back to your last exam (as

Radio Buttons/Checkboxes

What is a radio button? What is a checkbox? What are the appropriate uses of each? Examples of ways we should or should not

use radio buttons and checkboxes

Page 6: SUBMIT NOT TO AUTHORITY, BUT TO A FORM! Forms. What are the different ways you can submit information on a web page? Think back to your last exam (as

The more “interesting” ones

You tell us – what did you explore? How do you use it? Are there any compatibility issues? What are some real-life uses of this form?

What might be the most useful one to use from all of the input forms we’ve discussed so far?

Page 7: SUBMIT NOT TO AUTHORITY, BUT TO A FORM! Forms. What are the different ways you can submit information on a web page? Think back to your last exam (as

Using Google Forms

Forms on a site is difficult to implement for us because it requires an additional language

Server-side scripting – PHP or ASPTo get around this (for now), we will be

embedding Google Forms. See the live demo!

Page 8: SUBMIT NOT TO AUTHORITY, BUT TO A FORM! Forms. What are the different ways you can submit information on a web page? Think back to your last exam (as

2-Minute Paper

Send an email to the [email protected] answering the two questions below:

What is the difference between a radio button and a check box?

How can forms be useful for your web site? If you are not using any forms, why not?