Forms FORMS ARE THE MEANS HTML PROVIDES TO ENABLE THE VIEWER OF A WEB PAGE TO CONTROL THE "PARAMETERS" SENT TO A CGI PROGRAM. BY USING THE FORM PROVIDED AT "YAHOO", WE CAN DETERMINE THE SEARCH SUBJECT. IF THE SUBJECT IS KNOWN AHEAD OF TIME, WE CAN JUST INCLUDE IT IN THE URL. <A HREF="http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=frogs"> Yahoo on Frogs </A> PRODUCES Yahoo on Frogs

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This page is part of a section of lecture slides related to " HTML Forms " within the topic "CGI and HTML Forms". Other slides within this section and other sections of slides for the topic "CGI and HTML Forms" can be accessed using the links below. Common Gateway Interface CGI == Common Gateway Interface HTML Forms Forms Forms (cont.) FORM ACTION ATTRIBUTE Form Input Elements The Submit Button Text Input Fields Name/Value Pairs Checkboxes Radio Buttons Other "INPUT" Elements The "TEXTAREA" Tag Selection Lists Selection Lists (cont.)