Text Input

Allowing the visitor to enter information is achieved with text boxes.

This allows 1 line of text to be entered by the user. Ideal for names and email addresses etc.

• name : name="" used to give the field an appropriate name - for example if the field is to hold the visitors email address then you could use name="email address" - when the form is processed you get something like this in your email
  email address=whatever_was_entered
  so give your fields a useful name.
  
  
• size : this specifies how many visible characters the box will hold - if more characters are entered than the physical space provided the text will scroll. Just enter the value for example size="15"
  
  
• maxlength : this allows you to limit the amount of characters that can be entered into the box. for example maxlength="2" would be useful for someone's age. Try this (allows only 2 characters)
  
  Age :
  
  here's the code for it
  Age : <input type="text" name="Age" size="3" maxlength="2">
  
  
• value : Optional, if you don't provide a value attribute the default is empty. If you want to have some text in as default then use value="some text"
  
  

So, what if you want the visitor to provide information that requires more than 1 line of text. This is done using a textarea like this.

• cols : this specifies how many characters wide the box will be. Just enter the value for example cols="15"
  
  
• rows : this specifies how many visible rows the box display - if more rows are entered than the physical space provided the text will scroll to a new line. Just enter the value for example rows="5"
  
  
• name : name="" used to give the field an appropriate name - for example if the field is to hold the visitors comments then you could use name="User Comments" - when the form is processed you get something like this in your email
  User Comments=whatever_was_entered
  so give your fields a useful name.