Forms Forms make web sites interactive by allowing visitors to enter information in a structured way. The information can then be placed into databases or e-mailed to you. Forms Syntax Forms are created by the insertion of special tags into ordinary HTML pages. Because there are other web sites that teach the syntax of the tags, this page does not discuss syntax. Spend time studying the references given below.
Information is entered into a form while the form is displayed by a browser.
The information is transferred to the web server hosting the web site containing the form, and the server passes the information to a designated program or script for processing. The particular program or script used depends on the web site providing the server. For example, this tag might look like the following. That tag should be on one line. Notice that the tag has an action argument that consists of the URL of a cgi program or script to process the information from the form.