Web Design

267 CHAPTER Adding Forms to Your Site 11 TIP Can I also include a button to clear the form? Yes. HTML includes a type=”reset” fo ...

268 Group Related Form Elements ................................. 4 Type <legend>. 5 Type a descriptive legend for the set ...

269 CHAPTER Adding Forms to Your Site 11 TIP Can I control the appearance of the fieldset? Yes. You can use the CSS border prope ...

CHAPTER 12 Creating Dynamic Pages Although a need for simple Web sites will always exist, many orga- nizations today are realizi ...

Understanding Dynamic Web Applications........ 272 Download and Install WAMP on Windows........ 274 Download and Install MAMP on ...

272 M any Web sites need to be able to respond to changes such as new members joining a site or customers adding items to shoppi ...

273 CHAPTER Creating Dynamic Pages 12 Testing Dynamic Pages You cannot simply open a dynamic page in your browser to test it. In ...

274 Download and Install WAMP on Windows .................. The file downloads and the installer opens. Note: If you get any sec ...

275 CHAPTER Creating Dynamic Pages 12 TIP I have heard that using a single installer like WAMP has problems, and that I should m ...

276 Download and Install WAMP on Windows (continued) The Server Setup Wizard begins. ! Type e-mail information if you have it. N ...

277 CHAPTER Creating Dynamic Pages 12 TIPS How can I manage WAMP? You should see a WAMP icon ( ) in your task tray — the area on ...

278 Download and Install MAMP on a Mac ...................... The Downloads dialog box opens and the file begins downloading. Wh ...

279 CHAPTER Creating Dynamic Pages 12 TIP I see mention on the Web site of MAMP Pro. What is that? MAMP exists in two versions: ...

280 Create a Basic PHP Page ........................................ 2 Within the body of the document, type the opening PHP del ...

281 CHAPTER Creating Dynamic Pages 12 Why does the line with echo end in a semicolon? Every PHP statement needs to end in a semi ...

282 Save and Test a PHP Page ...................................... The Save As dialog box appears. 4 Navigate to your Web serve ...

283 CHAPTER Creating Dynamic Pages 12 Can I organize my files in the server’s root directory? Yes. You can — and should — have s ...

284 Process Form Data ................................................. 4 In your editor, open a new or existing document. 5 Wit ...

285 CHAPTER Creating Dynamic Pages 12 Does it matter what method I use on the form? Yes. The $_POST super-global reads form vari ...

286 Send E-mail with PHP ............................................ 2 In your editor, open a new PHP document. 3 Type <?php ...