Forms

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Project Objectives

• Discuss form processing• Describe the difference between client-side and

server-side form processing• Add a horizontal rule to a Web page• Create a form• Discuss form design

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Project Objectives

• Insert a table into a form• Describe form objects• Describe and add text fields and text areas to a

form• Describe and add check boxes and radio buttons

to a form• Describe and add lists and menus to a form

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Project Objectives

• Describe and add form buttons to a form• Describe form accessibility options• Apply behaviors to a form• View and test a form

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Form Processing

• Server-side scripts• Common Gateway Interface (CGI)• <form> tag

– GET method– POST method

• Form components– <input> tag– <select> tag– <textarea> tag

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Copying Data Files to the Parks Web Site

• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar and then click My Computer

• Double-click Local Disk (C:) and then navigate to the location of the data files for Project 4

• Double-click the DataFiles folder, double-click the Proj04 folder, and then double-click the parks folder

• Hold down the SHIFT key and select the two data files. Right-click and click the Copy command

• Navigate back to the your name folder. Paste the two data files into the parks folder. Close the parks folder

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Copying Data Files to the Parks Web Site

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Starting Dreamweaver and Opening the Colorado Parks Web Site

• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar• Point to All Programs on the Start menu, point to

Macromedia on the All Programs submenu, and then click Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 on the Macromedia submenu

• If necessary, display the panel groups• Click the Files panel box arrow and then click

Colorado Parks on the Files pop-up menu

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Starting Dreamweaver and Opening the Florida Parks Web Site

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Inserting and Formatting the Heading

• Double-click hotel_form.htm in the Files panel• Click the Document window, type Colorado National Parks as the first line of the heading and then press SHIFT+ENTER to insert a line break. Type Hotel Reservations Form as the second heading line

• Drag to select both lines of text, apply Heading 1, and then click the Align Center button in the Property inspector. Deselect the text and then press the ENTER key

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Inserting and Formatting the Heading

• Click View on the menu bar, point to Visual Aids, and verify that there is a checkmark to the left of the Invisible Elements command. If the checkmark is not displayed, click the Invisible Elements command

• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar• Hide the panel groups and collapse the Property

inspector

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Inserting and Formatting the Heading

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Inserting a Horizontal Rule

• Click Insert on the menu bar, point to HTML, and then point to Horizontal Rule

• Click Horizontal Rule• Click the Horizontal rule text box and type horz_rule

• Click the W (Width) text box and type 500. Press the TAB key two times

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Inserting a Horizontal Rule

• Type 10 in the H (Height) text box• Click the Shading check box to deselect it• Click at the end of the line and press the ENTER

key. If necessary, click the Align Left button• Click the Save button

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Inserting a Horizontal Rule

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Inserting a Form

• If necessary, display the Insert bar. Click the arrow to the right of the display category on the Insert bar and then point to Forms on the Insert bar pop-up menu

• Click Forms and then click the Form button

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Setting the Form Properties

• Double-click the Form Name text box in the Property Inspector. Type hotel_form and then press the TAB key

• Type mailto:dedwards@parks.com (use your own e-mail address)

• Click the Target box arrow, select _self, and then press the TAB key

• Type text/plain and then press the ENTER key

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Setting the Form Properties

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Inserting a Table into a Form

• Click inside the form (the dotted red outline)• Click Insert on the menu bar and then point to

Table• Click Table

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Inserting a Table into a Form

• Type the following values in the table: Rows – 11, Columns – 2, Table Width – 75 percent, Border thickness – 4, Cell padding – 5, Cell spacing – 0, and Hotel reservation form for Colorado’s four national parks as the Summary text

• Click the OK button• Verify that the table is selected, click the Align

box arrow in the Property inspector and then select Center

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Inserting a Table into a Form

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Formatting the Form

• Click the Table Id box, type reservations and then press the ENTER key

• Expand the Property inspector• If necessary, scroll up, click row 1, column 1, and

then drag to select all of column 1. Click the W text box, type 35% and then press the ENTER key

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Formatting the Form

• Click the Align Right button in the Property inspector

• Click the <table> tag in the tag selector. Click the Brdr Color hexadecimal text box. Type #993300 and then press the ENTER key

• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

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Formatting the Form

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Adding Descriptive Labels and Single-Line Text Fields to the Hotel Reservations Form

• If necessary, scroll up and then click row 1, column 1• Type Name as the descriptive label and then press

the TAB key• Click the Text Field button• Double-click the TextField text box in the Property

inspector, type name and then press the TAB key• Type 50 in the Char Width text box and then press

the TAB key. If necessary, click Single line

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Adding Descriptive Labels and Single-Line Text Fields to the Hotel Reservations Form

• Click row 2, column 1, type Address, and then press the TAB key

• Click the Text Field button on the Forms category

• If necessary, scroll down. Double-click the TextField text box in the Property inspector, type address, and then press the TAB key

• Type 50 in the Char Width text box and then press the TAB key. If necessary, click Single line

• Click row 3, column 1, and then type City. Press the TAB key

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Adding Descriptive Labels and Single-Line Text Fields to the Hotel Reservations Form

• Click the Text Field button on the Forms category

• Type city as the TextField name

• Type 50 in the Char Width text box and then press the TAB key. Ensure Single line is selected

• Click row 4, column 1. Type State/Zip Code as the label and then press the TAB key

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Adding Descriptive Labels and Single-Line Text Fields to the Hotel Reservations Form

• Type State and then press the SPACEBAR

• Click the Text Field button. Type state for the TextField name in the Property inspector

• Type 2 for the Char Width and Max Chars values. Ensure Single line is selected

• Click to the right of the State form object and then press the SPACEBAR. Type Zip Code and then press the SPACEBAR

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Adding Descriptive Labels and Single-Line Text Fields to the Hotel Reservations Form

• Click the Text Field button

• Type zip as the TextField name

• Type 10 for the Char Width and Max Chars values and then press the TAB key. Ensure Single line is selected

• If necessary, scroll down. Click row 5, column 1, and then type E-mail address

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Adding Descriptive Labels and Single-Line Text Fields to the Hotel Reservations Form

• Press the TAB key and then click the Text Field button

• Type email as the TextField name

• Type 45 for the Char Width value and then press the ENTER key. Ensure Single line is selected

• Press CTRL+S to save the page

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Adding Descriptive Labels and Single-Line Text Fields to the Hotel Reservations Form

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Adding Check Boxes

• Click row 6, column 1, type Hotels, and then press the TAB key

• Click the Checkbox button on the Forms category• Type hotel1 as the CheckBox name• Press the TAB key and then type black_canyon in the Checked value text box. Press the ENTER key

• Click to the right of the check box form object and then press SHIFT+ENTER to add a line break

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Adding Check Boxes

• Click the Checkbox button• Type hotel2 as the CheckBox name. Press the

TAB key and then type mesa_verde in the Checked value text box. Press the ENTER key

• Click to the right of the second check box, press SHIFT+ENTER to add a line break, and then click the Checkbox button on the Forms category

• Type hotel3 as the CheckBox name• Press the TAB key and then type rocky_mountains in the Checked value text box. Press the ENTER key

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Adding Check Boxes

• Click to the right of the third check box, press SHIFT+ENTER to add a line break, and then click the Checkbox button on the Forms category

• Type hotel4 as the Checkbox name• Press the TAB key and then type sand_dunes in

the Checked value text box. Press the ENTER key

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Adding Check Boxes

• Click to the right of the first check box• Type Black Canyon Royale and then press

the DOWN ARROW key• Type Mesa Verde Pueblo as the descriptive

label for the second check box, press the DOWN ARROW key, and then type Rocky Mountains Station as the label for the third check box

• Press the DOWN ARROW key, and then type Sand Dunes Central as the label for the fourth check box

• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

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Adding Check Boxes

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Creating a Scrolling List

• Click row 7, column 1. Type Accommodations and then press the TAB key. Click the List/Menu button on the Forms category

• Type accommodations as the List/Menu name• Click List in the Type options• Type 2 in the Height box• Click the Selections check box to allow multiple

selections

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Creating a Scrolling List

• Click the List Values button• Type Single as the first Item Label, press the• TAB key, and then type single as the Value• Press the TAB key• Type Double as the second Item Label

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Creating a Scrolling List

• Type double as the Value and then press the TAB key

• Type Suite as the third Item Label• Type suite as the Value and then press the

TAB key• Type Luxury Suite as the fourth Item Label

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Creating a Scrolling List

• Type luxury_suite as the Value• Click the OK button• Click Single in the Initially selected box in the

Property inspector• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

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Creating a Scrolling List

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Creating a Pop-Up Menu

• If necessary, scroll down and then click row 8, column 1

• Type Number of nights and then press the TAB key

• Click the List/Menu button on the Forms category• Type nights in the List/Menu text box to name

the pop-up menu• Click the List Values button. In the List Values

dialog box, type 1 as the Item Label, press the TAB key, and then type 1 for the Value

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Creating a Pop-Up Menu

• Press the TAB key• Repeat the previous step in the List Values dialog

box, incrementing the number each time by 1 in the Item Label and Value fields, until the number 7 is added to the Item Label field and the Value field

• Click the OK button• Click the number 1 in the Initially selected box in

the Property inspector

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Creating a Pop-Up Menu

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Inserting a Jump Menu

• Click row 9, column 1, type Links, and then press the TAB key

• Click the Jump Menu button• Type Choose one in the Text text box and then

click the plus (+) button• Double-click the Text text box• Type Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park as the text for the second menu item and then press the TAB key

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Inserting a Jump Menu

• Type http://www.nps.gov/blca and then point to the Plus button

• Click the Plus button, double-click the Text text box, type Great Sand Dunes National Park as the entry, and then press the TAB key

• Type http://www.nps.gov/grsa and then point to the Plus button

• Click the Plus button, double-click the Text text box, type Mesa Verde National Park as the entry, and then press the TAB key

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Inserting a Jump Menu

• Type http://www.nps.gov/meve and then click the Plus button

• Double-click the Text text box, type Rocky Mountain National Park as the entry, and then press the TAB key

• Type http://www.nps.gov/romo for the link• Double-click in the Menu name text box and type park_web_sites

• Click the Select first item after URL change check box

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Inserting a Jump Menu

• Click the OK button

• Click Choose one in the Initially selected box in the Property inspector

• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

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Inserting a Jump Menu

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Adding a TextArea Text Field

• If necessary, scroll down. Click row 10, column 1• Type Comments and then press the TAB key• Click the Textarea button on the Forms category• Type comments as the name for the TextField

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Adding a TextArea Text Field

• Press the TAB key and type 50 for the Char Width value. Press the TAB key and type 4 for the Num Lines value

• Click the Init val box, type Please add your comments as the entry

• Verify that Multi line is selected• Click the textarea in the form to display the initial

value• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

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Adding a TextArea Text Field

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Adding the Submit and Reset Buttons

• If necessary, scroll down and then click row 11, column 1

• Click the Button button on the Forms category• Click row 11, column 2, and then click the Button

button on the Forms category

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Adding the Submit and Reset Buttons

• Type reset in the Button name text box and then press the TAB key

• Type Reset in the Label text box and then click Reset form in the Action area

• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

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Adding the Submit and Reset Buttons

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Opening the Volunteer.htm Web Page

• Click the expand/collapse arrow to display the panel groups

• Double-click volunteer.htm in the Files panel

• Click the expand/collapse arrow to hide the panel groups

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Adding a Form and Table to the Volunteer.htm Web Page

• If necessary, scroll down and then position the insertion point at the end of the last line of text. Press the ENTER key

• Click the Form button on the Forms category• In the Property inspector, type newsletter as the form

name• Use the mailto: format and type your e-mail address in the

Action text box

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Adding a Form and Table to the Volunteer.htm Web Page

• Select _self on the Target pop-up menu, type text/plain in the Enctype box, and then press the ENTER key

• Click inside the form in the Document window. Click Insert on the menu bar and then click the Table command

• Create a four-row, two-column table, with a width of 75%, a border thickness of 4, and a cell padding of 5. Type Colorado National Parks newsletter in the Summary text box. Click the OK button

• Scroll up and down as necessary• Click the Table ID and type newsletter_form

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Adding a Form and Table to the Volunteer.htm Web Page

• Select the table, click the Align pop-up menu in the Property inspector, and then center the table

• Enter #993300 in the Brdr color hexadecimal text box and then press the ENTER key

• Select row 1 and then merge the cells• Click row 1, type Colorado National Parks as the

entry, and then press SHIFT+ENTER to insert a line break

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Adding a Form and Table to the Volunteer.htm Web Page

• Type Newsletter Information and then select the two lines of text

• Apply Heading 2 and then center the heading• Select rows 2 through 4, column 1, and then click the

Align Right button in the Property inspector• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

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Adding a Form and Table to the Volunteer.htm Web Page

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Inserting a Single-Line Text Box

• Select rows 2 through 4, column 1, and then set the column width to 35%

• Click row 2, column 1, type E-mail as the entry, and then press the TAB key

• Click the Text Field button on the Forms category• Double-click the TextField text box in the

Property inspector. Type email and then press the TAB key

• Type 30 and then press the TAB key

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Inserting a Single-Line Text Box

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Adding a Radio Group

• Click row 3, column 1. Type I am interested in receiving a newsletter and then press the TAB key

• Point to the Radio Group button on the Forms category

• Click the Radio Group button• Type newsletter and then click the first

instance of Radio in the Label field

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Adding a Radio Group

• Type Daily as the Label and then press the TAB key

• Type daily as the Value• Press the TAB key, type Weekly in the Label

field, and then press the TAB key• Type weekly

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Adding a Radio Group

• Click the Plus button, click Radio, and then type Monthly in the Label field. Press the TAB key

• Type monthly and then, if necessary, click the Lay out using Line Breaks (<br> tags) radio button

• Click the OK button

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Adding a Radio Group

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Adding the Submit and Reset Buttons to the Volunteer.htm Form

• If necessary, scroll down. Click row 4, column 1, and then click the Button button on the Forms category

• Click row 4, column 2, and then click the Button button on the Forms category

• Type Reset as the Button name and then press the TAB key

• Type Reset in the Value text box and then click Reset form in the Action area

• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

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Adding the Submit and Reset Buttons to the Volunteer.htm Form

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Adding Links to the Volunteer.htm, Hotel_Form.htm, and Natl_Parks.htm Web Pages

• Display the panel groups and open the natl_parks.htm Web page

• Scroll to the end of the Web page and then add a line break after the Home link. Press the END key

• Type Colorado National Parks Volunteer Association. Add a line break, and then type Colorado National Parks Hotel Reservations

• Select the text Colorado National Parks Volunteer Association and create a link to the volunteer.htm Web page. Select the text Colorado National Parks Hotel Reservations and create a link to the hotel_form.htm Web page

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Adding Links to the Volunteer.htm, Hotel_Form.htm, and Natl_Parks.htm Web Pages

• Save the natl_parks.htm Web page and then press the F12 key to display the page in your browser. Verify that the links work and close the browser. Close the national.htm Web page

• Click the volunteer.htm tab and then scroll to the bottom of the page. Type Home and then add a line break

• Type Colorado National Parks as the entry• Select the Home text and then create a link to the

index.htm Web page

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Adding Links to the Volunteer.htm, Hotel_Form.htm, and Natl_Parks.htm Web Pages

• Select the Colorado National Parks text and then create a link to the natl_parks.htm Web page

• Save the volunteer.htm Web page• Press the F12 key to display the Web page in your

browser and then verify that the links work. Close the browser

• Click the hotel_form.htm tab and then, if necessary, scroll to the bottom of the page. Type Home and then add a line break

• Type Colorado National Parks as the entry

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Adding Links to the Volunteer.htm, Hotel_Form.htm, and Natl_Parks.htm Web Pages

• Select the Home text and then create a link to the index.htm Web page

• Select the Colorado National Parks text and then create a link to the natl_parks.htm Web page

• Save the hotel_form.htm Web page• Press the F12 key to display the Web page in

your browser and then verify that the links work. Close the browser

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Adding Links to the Volunteer.htm, Hotel_Form.htm, and Natl_Parks.htm Web Pages

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Adding the Validate Form Behavior

• Display the panel groups and hide the Property inspector

• If necessary, click the hotel_form.htm tab• Click Window on the menu bar and then point to

Behaviors• Click Behaviors• Click <form#hotel_form> in the tag selector. Click the

Add Behavior button in the Behaviors panel and then point to Validate Form on the pop-up menu

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Adding the Validate Form Behavior

• Click Validate Form• Click the Value Required check box• Click the text “address” in form “hotel_form” field and

then click Value Required for the “address” field• Repeat the previous step for the city, state, and zip

fields

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Adding the Validate Form Behavior

• Click the text “email” in the form “hotel_form” field. Click the Value Required check box and the E-mail Address radio button

• Click the OK button• Click anywhere in the

Document window to deselect the form

• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

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Viewing and Testing the Hotel_Form.htm Form

• Press the F12 key• Complete the form, typing

data in each field, and then click the Submit button

• Read the information in the dialog box, and then click the OK button

• Close the browser and return to Dreamweaver

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Adding Behaviors, Viewing, and Testing the Volunteer.htm Form

• Click the volunteer.htm tab. Click inside the form, but not in the table, and then click <form#newsletter> in the tag selector. Verify that form#newsletter is selected in the tag selector

• Click the Add behavior button on the Behaviors panel and then click Validate Form on the pop-up menu

• Click the Value Required check box and the Email address radio button and then click the OK button

• Save the form• Press the F12 key to display the form in your

browser

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Adding Behaviors, Viewing, and Testing the Volunteer.htm Form

• Click the E-mail address form object and then type your e-mail address

• Click the Weekly radio button and then click the Submit button

• Click the OK button in the Microsoft Internet Explorer dialog box to e-mail the data

• Close the browser and return to Dreamweaver• If instructed to do so, upload your Web site to a

remote server. Appendix C contains information on uploading to a remote server. A remote folder is required before you can upload to a remote server. Generally, the remote folder is defined by the Web server administrator or your instructor

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Adding Behaviors, Viewing, and Testing the Volunteer.htm Form

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Closing the Web Site and Quitting Dreamweaver

• Click the Close button on the upper-right corner of the Dreamweaver title bar

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Project Summary

• Discuss form processing• Describe the difference between client-side and

server-side form processing• Add a horizontal rule to a Web page• Create a form• Discuss form design

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Project Summary

• Insert a table into a form• Describe form objects• Describe and add text fields and text areas to a

form• Describe and add check boxes and radio buttons

to a form• Describe and add lists and menus to a form

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Project Summary

• Describe and add form buttons to a form• Describe form accessibility options• Apply behaviors to a form• View and test a form

Project 4 Complete

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