HTML Interactivity
So, you want interactivity on your page, do you? Then here you go.....

Type your name here: 

Type your password here: 

Comments?

How did you find us? 

May I take your order?

beer

coffee

Please take this survey:

Do you like beef?

Do you like chicken?

How in the hell did you do that? That might be running through your head as you look at that. Well, here's the HTML behind it.

<FORM ACTION="bin/mailto" METHOD="POST">
Type your name here:
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Name">
<P>
Type your password here:
<INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="Password">
<P>
Comments?
<P>
<TEXTAREA NAME="Comments" ROWS="3"COLS="18"></TEXTAREA>
<P>
How did you find us?
<SELECT NAME="Menu">
<OPTION>Search Engine
<OPTION SELECTED>Followed Link
<OPTION>The CheeseMaster</SELECT>
<P>
May I take your order?
<P>
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="food">Beer
<P>
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="food">Coffee
<P>
Please take this survey:
<P>
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="beef" VALUE="on">Do you like beef?
<P>
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="chicken" VALUE="on">Do you like chicken?
<P>
<INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE="Submit this crap">
<INPUT TYPE=reset VALUE="Reset this mess">

BREAKDOWN!!!!!:

First of all, in the FORM tag, you don't have to use "BIN/MAILTO" like I did (Unless you're a Tripod Member), because I don't know if you have a BIN/MAILTO directory. Just put what URL your server provides you with (usually given information).
If the input type is "radio", this is important to know:  If there is more than one radio tag with the same name, only one of them can be switched "on" at a time.
For input type, that goes accordingly, like PASSWORD is a password-like text (asterisks). NAME, however, can be changed. When this form is filled out,if you have "Password" as the name of that input type, the reciever will get this:

Password: Cowpie

If you typed Cowpie as your password, of course.
As for TEXTAREA, you can decide however many Columns and Rows it has (ROWS & COLS).
The SELECT Tag is a pull-down menu to select from. Each choice should have<OPTION> in front of it.  <OPTION SELECTED> is if you want a default option to be selected.
INPUT TYPE=reset/submit are buttons in which you can change the labels of them after the VALUE tag. 


Well, my friends, this is all I can tell you about HTML. Need MORE help with starting your web page?  Fine: If using Netscape Navigator, click on View then Page Source while at my home page. That's where you'll see lots of HTML in action. Or, you can just save my page locally and open it with notepad.

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