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This is the third in a series of "How-to-do-it"articles for the beginner or pro online. It outlinesthe resources for making CGI Forms. In our previous article we discussed the powerof using CGI forms and the importance of themto your site for many of your daily tasks.Forms have a variety of potential uses. Among them are: -- Sales--Subscriptions--Requests for information--Surveys--Questionnaires--and many other potential uses This article details some resources for developingyour own CGI forms for your site.Creating your own forms can be both fun and intimidating. There are several steps to creatinga form and getting it to function correctly.The basic construction of an html form is this... end a form Of course, there is a lot more to creating formsthan that simple bit of HTML.Here are some great resources for learninghow to do forms:http://www.webcom.com/html utor/forms/start.shtmlhttp://mastercgi.com/howtoinfo/formtutorial.shtmlhttp://www.webmastercourse.com/articles/html-forms/part1/http://html.surfnet.nl/designer/intertut/formtut1.htmlhttp://www.htmlgoodies.com utors/forms.htmlhttp://activewebmarketing.com ools/cgi_installation/index.htmlAlso, here is an online generator to aid in the work:http://www.webschematics.com/html/formmaker.htmlSome find the task to be just too time-consumingand demanding. Others have a webhost whichdoes not allow CGI forms. A simple, quick way to use forms without all ofthe work of creating and uploading them to yoursite is to use a remotely-hosted script you willfind for free at this site: http://www.response-o-matic.com/Here are many more remotely hosted resourcesat this site: http://www.cgi-resources.com/Remotely_Hosted/Whichever path you take, be sure to recognizethe importance of using forms in your online work.They are worth the effort to set up and usefor gathering all kinds of information in a fairly secure way.Larry Johnson, author=============(Get this article by autoresponder:mailto:[email protected] all of the promotion tips in this series:mailto:[email protected] )===================================== Get off to a Quick Start with this free, weeklypublication that features original articles, tipsand no-nonsense How-to-do-it help.Subscribe: mailto:[email protected]=====================================
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