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A HTML form is an area of a document that contains normal content, markup, labels, and controls. Forms are usually used
by webmasters to gain information from a visitor. This is usually done by having the form "completed" by having its controls
modified. The user then presses the submit button to have that information transmitted to a database or email account.
When you push this submit button, two things are sent to the server: the data you've typed into the form, and an action, which
basically tells the server the name of the program which knows how to process that form's data.
Anybody who has access to a Web server for publishing HTML documents can create forms, since the form definition tags are
just HTML tags. The tricky part of using forms is creating the "Action" defined for the form (the program which parses
the encoded form data and then does something with it). The links below will help you with more indepth information about forms
as well coding help to build your own.
Recommended Links:
* W3C Org - Forms in HTML Documents - In-depth information about forms and its controls.
* W3C Schools - Forms and Input - HTML Forms are used to select different kinds of user input.
* Webcom - Forms Guide - Introduction, Tutorial, Step By Step Instructions, and Form Processor
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