IDCC 370: Web Design I Fall 2009

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Next class we will begin work on the interactive form elements of the Assignment 3 specifications in class. Our first challenge will be to understand and create correctly labelled interactive form elements. Over the years, students have found this technology to be inviting and actually quite a bit of fun. I hope you will have the same experience. The screenshot of the forms tab insert bar (above) shows one easy way to access the 14 form elements available to you in Dreamweaver. The screenshot to your right shows the drop-down/fly-out menu system that also allows access to the form elements. I use them both, depending on where I am working in the form being built.

In class, we will very carefully construct a prototype form that will include all the elements needed for assignment 3.

To make a form work on our servers, you will need some special markup that calls up a Perl file (mailto_nt.pl) in the cgi-bin (Common Gateway Interface-binary) folder on the server atc.bentley.edu. This HTML markup is simple text in a Notepad file (cgimailto.txt) containing hidden elements that allow the form to function. These elements must be inserted into the head of the form tag. Therefore, in class on, you will need this markup, often referred to as the cgi snippet, to test the functionality of your form.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below. Note also that each announcement has a permanent link, available through the announcement title and posting date.

Labels: Assignment Three, binary, cgi snippet, Common Gateway Interface, form elements, form tag, interactive form, Perl

Check this out:

Next class we will begin work on the interactive form elements of the Assignment 3 specifications in class. Our first challenge will be to understand and create correctly labelled interactive form elements. Over the years, students have found this technology to be inviting and actually quite a bit of fun. I hope you will have the same experience. The screenshot of the forms tab insert bar (above) shows one easy way to access the 14 form elements available to you in Dreamweaver. The screenshot to your right shows the drop-down/fly-out menu system that also allows access to the form elements. I use them both, depending on where I am working in the form being built.

In class, we will very carefully construct a prototype form that will include all the elements needed for assignment 3.

To make a form work on our servers, you will need some special markup that calls up a Perl file (genmail2.pl) in the cgi-bin (Common Gateway Interface-binary) folder on the server. This HTML markup is simple text in a Notepad file (cgimailto.txt) containing hidden elements that allow the form to function. These elements must be inserted into the head of the form tag. Therefore, in class on, you will need this markup, often referred to as the cgi snippet, to test the functionality of your form.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below. Note also that each announcement has a permanent link, available through the announcement title and posting date.

Labels: Assignment Three, binary, cgi snippet, Common Gateway Interface, form elements, form tag, interactive form, Perl