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Letting users choose a user name and password

You add an HTML form to the registration page to let users choose a user name and password.

To let users choose a user name and password:

1 Create a new page (File > New) and lay out your registration page using the Dreamweaver design tools.
2 Add an HTML form by placing the insertion point where you want the form to appear and choosing Insert > Form.
An empty form is created on the page. You may need to turn on Invisible Elements (View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements) to see the form's boundaries, which are represented by thin red lines.
3 Name the HTML form by clicking the <form> tag at the bottom of the Document window to select the form, opening the Property inspector (Window > Properties), and entering a name in the Form Name box.
You don't have to specify an action or method attribute for the form to tell it where and how to send the record data when the user clicks the Submit button. The Insert Record server behavior sets these attributes for you.
4 Add text fields (Insert > Form Objects > Text Field) to let the user enter a user name and password.
The form can also have more form objects to record other personal data.
You should add labels (either as text or images) beside each form object to tell users what they should enter. You should also line up the form objects by placing them inside an HTML table.
Here is an example of a registration form with text fields for user name and password:
For more information on form objects, see "Creating Forms," in Using Dreamweaver or in Dreamweaver Help (Help > Using Dreamweaver).
5 Add a Submit button to the form (Insert > Form Objects > Button).
6 You can change the label of the Submit button by selecting the button, opening the Property inspector (Window > Properties), and entering a new value in the Label box.
For example, here's the Property inspector of a button labeled "Register":
The next step is to add the Insert Record server behavior to update the database table of site users.

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