Note 7 for Internet Web Publishing

Watch & Read:

Notes on Good Web design!

Sample of what happens when you have bad design

A Web Form needs an action (what you are going to do with the form) and should include a method (how to send the info in the form)

Text Field & Area	Check Box	Radio Button
Selection Box	Submit Button	Reset Button

Jon's Bribe Site uses a form that connects to a database.

With Forms you can "Get" or "Post" information to your server. The Get method is the default method and it sends the form contents in the URL for everyone to see and the Post method sends the form contents body of the request better for passwords and large amounts of data.

You have the option of adding several "objects" to your HTML with the forms tag. Text boxes, Text Areas, Check Boxes, Radio Buttons and Submit Buttons are the more popular objects you can add to your page.

CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface. CGI adds interactivity between HTML and the Web servers resources (data bases or ability to create new pages.) Several different languages can be used to create CGI scripts. Some of the more popular languages are Perl, VB Script, Java Script, C++ and Apple Script.

Review the following:

W3schools Tutorial on Forms

Terms you need to know:

CGI, Forms, Scripts, Perl

Homework:

You should be reading Tutorial 6 in your book

Post your website Review off of your homework page! You need to review 2 sites, one you consider bad (needs a great deal of improvement) and one you consider good (only Minor improvements needed)

Reminder: You will need to post an article about computers, web, Internet security or e-commerce every week!!!

Final Step:

Review in your mind everything we covered in class and remember to cover it again before you go to bed so your mind to process this information while you sleep.