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Creating a Web Contact Form
This tutorial will explain how to create an online contact form. There are two pages involved: the form
and the confirmation page. When a user presses th
e submit button on the form, the information will
be e-mailed to you, and the user will see a confirma
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Step 4
The form has three hidden fields. They are displayed in Dreamweaver as yellow anchor icons (see
below). The hidden fields in this form are named subj
Chicago-Kent Dreamweaver Tutorial
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Type a descriptive label for your text field directly in
the form. Next, click on the Text Field icon from
the Insert panel. A text field is added to the document at the insertion point.
Chicago-Kent Dreamweaver Tutorial
Creating a Web Contact Form
Type a heading in the form to describe the group of
checkboxes, if desired. Click on the Checkbox
icon from the Insert panel. Then add a label for each individual checkbox.
Set options for each checkbox in the Properties panel:
(required)
A descriptive name for the checkbox group.
If you are grouping
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Inserting radio buttons
Type a heading in the form to describe the group of radio buttons, if desired. Click on the Radio
Button icon from the Insert panel. Then add a label for each individual radio button.
(This group of radio buttons does no
t have a heading to describe them.)
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Type a label in the form to describe the list/menu. Cl
ick on the List/Menu icon from the Insert panel.
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Step 6
Check your form to make sure everything looks the way you expected. Preview it in the browser by
choosing File Preview in Browser from the menu bar. Save the page.
Step 7
Open the form-confirm.html file in Dreamweaver. Fo
llow steps 2 and 3 from above to give the page a
title and correct the default links.
Step 8
Replace the default text you see below with your own re
levant text and save the file. This is the page
that users will see after they submit the form.
Step 9
Upload both pages to your directory on the Web
server. Remember, the URL of your confirmation
page must match the URL you entered in the hidden redirect field on the form (step 4).
Test the form before you start directing people
to use it. Open the form through your browser
Chicago-Kent Dreamweaver Tutorial
Creating a Web Contact Form