COS 125

DAY 24

Agenda Assignment 7 is due today Assignment 8 (last one) is posted

Due May 2

Left to do 3rd and final Capstone progress report due 1 Quiz on May 2

Chaps 7 17, Skip Chap 13 20 M/C, 4 Short essays

Capstone projects on May 6 @ 3 PM Lecture/Discuss Forms

Examples http://perleybrook.umfk.maine.edu/classes/cos125/HTML6ed_examples/localindex.html#c17

http://www.cookwood.com/html6ed/examples/#c17

Creating Labels for Form elements

<label for=“idName”> Some label name </label> Form element must have an ID If you do not use “for” then label is

associated with “nearest” form element Use CSS to format labels

Creating Radio Buttons

Radio Buttons allow you to select only one possible response from a list

The following creates a list of 3 choices with the third choice already selected.

Name must be the same for all radio buttons in the same group

<input type=“radio” name=“aName” value=“ChoiceA” />Choice A<input type=“radio” name=“aName” value=“ChoiceB” />Choice B<input type=“radio” name=“aName” value=“ChoiceC”

checked=“checked”/>Choice C

Creating Checkboxes

Checkboxes allow you to select as many responses as you like from a list

The following creates a list of 3 choices with the third choice already selected.

Name must be the same for all checkboxes in the same group

<input type=“checkbox” name=“aName” value=“ChoiceA” />Choice A

<input type=“checkbox” name=“aName” value=“ChoiceB” />Choice B

<input type=“checkbox” name=“aName” value=“ChoiceC” checked=“checked”/>Choice C

Creating Drop Down Menus

Creating Drop Down Menus

Prompt the user “Select one of the list:”

The following creates a drop down of N lines with 3 choices. Menu 3 is preselected.

<select name=“aName” size=“n” multiple=“multiple” ><option value=“menu1>Menu 1</option><option value=“menu2>Menu 2</option><option value=“menu3 selected=“selected”>Menu 3</option></select>

To Create Grouped menus

Create a menu as described on previous slide

Before the 1st option tag in the 1st group<optgroup label=“subMenu”> <option …> …</option>After the last option you wish to group</optgroup>

Creating a Larger Text Area

Gives user more room to write than text box Prompt the user

“Enter comments here:” <textarea name=“aName” rows=“n”

cols=“n”> Default Text </textarea> Can accepted up to 32,700 characters Scroll bars appear when user types in more text

than visible area

Allowing a user to Upload Files

Requires a special CGI script

<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action=“upload.cgi">

<h2>What files are you sending?</h2> <input type="file" name="uploadfile" size="40"/>

<input type="submit" name="submit"/>

</form>

Allowing a user to Upload Files

http://perleybrook.umfk.maine.edu/samples/forms/upload.html

Hidden Fields

The data is embedded in form and users doesn’t see and can’t modify

<input type=“hidden” name=“aName” value=“value” />

Must give a value Data will be passed to script

Creating the Submit Button

When depressed will send all name value pairs to script <input type=“submit” value=“submit text” />

The text given for value will appear on the button

You can use many submit buttons if you name them<input type=“submit” name= button1” value=“submit now” /><input type=“submit” name=button2” value=“submit again” />

You can add an image to a submit (or any other) button<button type=“submit” name=“submit” value=submit”><img src=“image.gif” /></button>

You can use CSS to style buttons http://www.cookwood.com/html6ed/examples/forms/submit.html

#buttons input {background:#DED983;font:1.2em "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, sans-serif}#buttons {text-align:center}

Resetting the Form

Resetting will cause all entered data on the form to be reset

<input type=“reset” value=“reset text” /> You can add an image to a reset (or any

other) button<button type=“reset” name=“reset” value=reset”>

<img src=“image.gif” />

</button>

http://www.cookwood.com/html6ed/examples/forms/buttonreset.html

Using an Image to Submit Data

Create a GIF or JPEG image <input type=“image” src=“image.gif”

name=“coord” alt=“picturename” /> Position of cursor when mouse is

clicked will be relayed to script as Coord.x Coord.y

Using an Image to Submit Data

http://www.cookwood.com/html6ed/examples/forms/zonemap.html

Other form attributes

Setting tab orders tabindex=“N” in element opening tag http://www.cookwood.com/html6ed/examples/forms/taborder.html

Adding keyboard shortcuts acesskey = “B” in element opening tag http://www.cookwood.com/html6ed/examples/forms/keyboard.html

Disabling an element Disabled=“disabled” http://www.cookwood.com/html6ed/examples/forms/disabled.html

Prevent a element from being modified Readonly=“readonly” http://www.cookwood.com/html6ed/examples/forms/readonly.html

Capstone Update

Place your capstone project files in the capstone directory on the ftp server

Call the start page of your website “main.htm” and place in the capstone directory

Place your PowerPoint Presentation in this same directory

You will be able get to capstone through the menu

Assignment #8

Create a Guest Book Students Create the input form

Collect the following info Name E-mail Age Status Favorite URL Comments

Instructor wrote the ASP Scripts that create the guest book

The script will give you errors if your form isn’t correct

Assignment #8If you get this after submitting your form, than your form is either incorrect Or the user did not use the form correctly

Assignment #8

If you get this display after submitting your form, than your form is working correctly

Assignment #8