HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting ready to build the Bean Machine form
Before we start building that form, take a look inside the “chapter14/starbuzz”
folder, and you'll find the file “form.html”. Open it and have a look around. All
this file has in it are the HTML basics:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>
The Starbuzz Bean Machine
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>
The Starbuzz Bean Machine
</h1>
<h2>
Fill out the form below and click “order now” to order
</h2>
All we've got so far is a
heading identifying the page,
along with instructions.
The fo
rm is
going
to go h
ere.
</body>
</html>
F
or no
w, w
e're
goin
g to
build
th
ese
fo
rms
with
out
all t
he s
tyle
we'v
e bee
n
u
sing
on t
he S
tarb
uzz
site.
Tha
t
w
ay, w
e ca
n co
ncen
trat
e on
the
form
H
TML
. W
e'll a
dd t
he s
tyle
in la
ter.
Figuring out what goes in the form element
It's time to add your very first
<form>
element. The first thing you have to know
when creating a
<form>
element is the URL of the server script that is going to
process your form data. We've already taken care of that for you; you'll find the
server script that processes Starbuzz orders here:
http://starbuzzcoffee.com/processorder.php
…and to
the proc
essorder.p
hp server
script t
hat's on
the serve
r there.
This ser
ver script
already
knows
how to
take ord
ers from
the form
we're go
ing to bu
ild.
