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An Example Form

This section presents a simple form and shows how it can be represented using the HTML forms facility, filled out by a user, passed to a server, and generate a reply. The form asks for information about using the World Wide Web.

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<html>
<head>
<title>This is a practice form.</title>
</head>

<body>

<FORM METHOD=POST
        ACTION="http://www.cc.ukans.edu/cgi-bin/post-query">

Please help us to improve the World Wide Web by filling in 
the following questionaire:

   <P>Your organization? <INPUT NAME="org" TYPE=text SIZE="48">

   <P>Commercial? <INPUT NAME="commerce" TYPE=checkbox>

           How many users? <INPUT NAME="users" TYPE=int>

   <P>Which browsers do you use?

   <OL>
    <LI>Cello <INPUT NAME="browsers" TYPE=checkbox VALUE="cello">
    <LI>Lynx <INPUT NAME="browsers" TYPE=checkbox VALUE="lynx">
    <LI>X Mosaic <INPUT NAME="browsers" TYPE=checkbox VALUE="mosaic">
    <LI>Others <INPUT NAME="others" SIZE=40>
   </OL>

A contact point for your site: <INPUT NAME="contact" SIZE="42">

<P>Many thanks on behalf of the WWW central support team.

    <P><INPUT TYPE=submit> <INPUT TYPE=reset>

</FORM>
</body>
</html>



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