ࡱ > G I F bjbjcc (8 v v \ D 2 S S S S S S S S v S S S S W S S [ : S S S : , q 3 < 0 D = R S S S : Craig Stroupe | University of Minnesota Duluth Forms in Dreamweaver What to doHow to do itWell create a form with the following kinds of fields: * name * e-mail address * yes/no question * multiple choice question * short answer question If possible, create this sample form on a page that already exists. Think about ways that having a form on that site would enhance the audiences connection with you, the client, or other visitors. Note: a form is a field that can go on a page with ordinary content. Also, ordinary text and images can be inserted within a form among the various buttons and text fields. If necessary, import your www site, and then open the page on which you want to add a form Create a form field on the pageBe sure to turn on invisible elements viewing: View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements. Click the Forms tab at the top of the Dreamweaver screen Drag the first icon on the left (yellow box) into your document where you want the field to appear. Add form objects into the form: * a single-line text field for the name * a single-line text field for the e-mail address * two radio buttons for yes and no answers * a set of checkbox fields for the multiple-choice answers * a multi-line text field for a short answerDrag different form objects from the forms palette into the red dotted line of the form. Note you can intersperse form objects with regular text and images. Be sure you understand the difference between names and values. The name is how the form object is identified. The value is the content input by the user. In the case of a form field asking for someones gender, the name of the field is gender and the value would be either male or female A cool trick: name the e-mail field from. When you receive the e-mailed output from the form, the users name will appear in the From line of the message. Insert the necessary Submit and Reset buttons to the bottom of the form.Click on the buttons after youve inserted them to format them with the Properties panel. Insert the location of the form handler (the cgi script) on the local server. Note: This path is only good for pages posted on the UMD server. On other servers, you will need to ask for the correct path to the cgi script that handles form output. click the dotted red line around the form, or select the