Creating Forms

Creating Forms
Using Macromedia Dreamweaver 3

1. Select Forms
Select forms on the objects toolbar.

2. Select Icon
The icon is the first on the top left side. A red box will appear. Every thing that is to be on the form needs to be inside the red dotted line.

Objects you can add to a form

	These are the Submit and Reset buttons at the bottom of the form
	You can click on to add/remove a check
	This is a pulldown menu. Go to list value to edit the choices on the pulldown menu
	This is a radio button. These are used for yes or no questions and others.
	This is a field that will allow the user to type in information like their e-mail address and name. The names for these have no certain names. The name needs to be named "realname", the email address could be called "email"

3. Insert Hidden Fields

A. The first one needs to be "post"
the value needs to be

http://www.pekin.net/cgi-bin/formmail.pl

B. The second will be "recipient". Put the address of the person that will recieve all the information. The address must be a pekin.net address.

C. The third will be "required". Insert the names of the buttons that is wanted to be reguired. (i.e. realname, email, ect.)

D. The fourth will be "print_config". The information you choose will be put into the body of the email.

E. The fifth will be "return_link_url". This should be the URL of the returning page, like www.pekin.net

F. The sixth will be "return_link_title". This will be the text of the link to the returning page. Such as Back to pekin.net