Make Web forms more interactive by adding images and labels
Set form validation rules to get the information you need
Make search forms work properly by adjusting results
Send a confirmation page to your visitors
Add extra form information with a hidden field
Create registration forms so your visitors can access special content
Once you start to use forms, you’ll realize that the amount of information you receive from visitors, and the way the information is presented, is critical to your business operations. By getting your visitors to send you the information you need, in the correct format, you can easily use the form as a front end to a database that you can use for marketing and analysis.
In this chapter, you’ll learn about different ways in which Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 can help you create forms that provide the information you need—and are easy for your visitors to fill out. You’ll learn how images and shortcuts can make forms more “clickable” by giving users keyboard shortcuts. You’ll learn how to control the way user information is sent to you through forms validation. And you’ll learn how to set up search forms, confirmation pages, hidden fields, and registration forms, all of which help you and your visitors interact more effectively through forms.