HTML Forms/CGI Workshop

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Saturday October 8, 1994

This workshop is meant for students who are already comfortable with the basics of HTML and are interested in creating documents that use forms. It is important to note that unless you have your own server running, you will likely not be able to develop documents that utilize forms due to the fact that you will not have access to the cgi-bin directory of any system.

BASIC OUTLINE
I. Review of HTML Form Creation
A. Summary of HTML markup tags
B. Form Generator Example
II. CGI and the Server: Processing Forms
A. Environment Variables
B. Receiving Input
C. Sending Output

III. Some More Advanced Features
A. ISMAPS
B. Using Hidden Fields to Maintain State
C. Using the Path to Maintain State

Jonathan Stark

jks@uiuc.edu