Form

Forms allow you to collect information from your visitor through a web site. The information collected may be emailed to you, stored in a database or stored in a text, HTML, or XML file. To collect -- or "handle" -- the information, you will either need to:

• Set up a form using the built-in FrontPage form handlers on a server that has FrontPage Server Extensions, Microsoft Team Services, or Windows SharePoint Services installed.
• Use your own custom scripting (ASP, PERL, etc.) to handle the form.

To create a form, you will:

1. Decide what fields you want in your form - for example, a simple feedback form might collect the following fields: Name, Email, Phone, Comments.
2. Create the form in FrontPage.
3. Set rules for the ways you want the visitor to enter information, if necessary. For example, you may want to check that the Phone field actually contains numbers.
4. Decide what to do with the information that is submitted. If using the FrontPage form handlers, you may email the information to an email address or store it in a database or text, HTML, or XML file. If using your own custom scripting, you may script your own program for handling the data.

There are different types of Form Fields that may be used in your form:

• Text boxes (single line and multiple lines)
• Check boxes
• Option or Radio buttons
• Drop down/select boxes
• Buttons
• Hidden fields

Related Links

• Learn how to create a form
• Insert Form
• Form Fields