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David Gassner

David Gassner

www.bardotech.com

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Creating an HTML data entry form
  3. Handling HTML POST requests
Created:
8 September 2009
User Level:
All
Products:
Dreamweaver

Building a website with Web Premium CS4 – Part 11: Creating an interactive web form

Welcome to Part 11 of the Building a website with Web Premium CS4 tutorial series. In this part you complete the following tasks:

  • Turn the home page into a data entry form that lets users select one or more data item (in this case, from a list of tours).
  • Create a PHP page that uses the form request functionality to query and display data from a MySQL database on the server.
  • Integrate a bit of intermediate PHP code to handle complex form requests.

Note: If you've just arrived at this section, you may want to go to Part 1 and start following along from the beginning. Or, if you prefer, you can download the sample files provided below and start following the instructions that are outlined here. The steps in this tutorial assume that you've installed the web server and application server, and defined a Dreamweaver site pointing to the directory on your hard disk where the local site files will be stored (as described in Part 2). I also assume that you've completed Part 8 and Part 9 of this series. If you've already completed the previous parts, you don't need to download any new sample files; just continue with the website you've created in its current state.

Requirements

In order to make the most of this article, you'll need the following software and files:

Dreamweaver CS4

Sample files:

Prerequisite knowledge

Basic familiarity working with Dreamweaver is recommended.

Building a website with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium

For your reference, here are all the parts in this series:

Introduction
Part 1: Planning the website
Part 2: Creating a local site
Part 3: Creating a remote site
Part 4: Creating a visual design
Part 5: Slicing and exporting site assets with Fireworks
Part 6: Adding styles to finalize the page design
Part 7: Finalizing and reviewing the home page
Part 8: Creating a database
Part 9: Presenting dynamic data
Part 10: Adding Ajax functionality with Spry
Part 11: Creating an interactive web form
Part 12: Creating and presenting a Flash animation
Part 13: Adding video to the website
Part 14: Creating a blog with InContext Editing

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About the author

David Gassner is an Adobe Certified Instructor and co-owner of Bardo Technical Services, an Adobe Authorized Training Center in Seattle. He is an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor with certifications in Dreamweaver, ColdFusion, and Flex. David wrote Flex 3 Bible for Wiley and has authored video-based training titles on Dreamweaver, ColdFusion, and Flex for Lynda.com.