Posted by John on 06/08/05 13:50

Philip wrote:

> Someone asked me to write a homepage for their business, but because I
> didn't know a lot of html (I don't need a lot for what I do), I declined.
> He got someone else to do it, but for some reason they refused to upload
> it, so he asked me if I could upload it. I said sure, and he gave me it on
> a cd-r. While going over it though, I noticed an ordering form. I've never
> used forms myself, so I didn't know what to make of it. I tried looking at
> some html references, and something does indeed seem a little fishy about
> it. But then, it could just be my ignorance on tables/forms. Here's the
> relevant html:
>
> <table>
> <tr>
> <td>
> <tr>
> <td width="100" height="20"><b><font face="Verdana" size="1"
> color="#000000">Name:</font></b></td> <td width="200"
> height="20"><input name="name" type="text" style="background-color:
> #FFFFFF; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; border: 1px;
> border-color: #000000;border-style: solid" value="" size="20"></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td width="100" height="20"><b><font face="Verdana" size="1"
> color="#000000">Mail:</font></b></td> <td width="200"
> height="20"><input name="E-mail" type="text" style="background-color:
> #FFFFFF; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; border: 1px;
> border-color: #000000;border-style: solid" value="" size="20"></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td width="100" height="20"><b><font face="Verdana" size="1"
> color="#000000">Phone:</font></b></td> <td width="200"
> height="20"><input name="phone" type="text" style="background-color:
> #FFFFFF; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; border: 1px;
> border-color: #000000;border-style: solid" value="" size="20"></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td width="100" height="20"><b><font face="Verdana" size="1"
> color="#000000">Address:</font></b></td> <td width="200"
> height="20"><input name="Address" type="text" style="background-color:
> #FFFFFF; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; border: 1px;
> border-color: #000000;border-style: solid" value="" size="20"></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td width="100" height="20"><b><font face="Verdana" size="1"
> color="#000000">Assembled:</font></b></td> <td width="200"
> height="20"><input type="checkbox" name="Assembled"
> style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; font-family:
> Verdana; border: 1px; border-color: #000000;border-style: solid"></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td width="100" height="19"><input name="post" type="submit"
> style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana;
> border: 1px; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid"
> value="Order"></td> </tr>
> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> </div>
>
> [end]
>
> The thing that bothers me is the bit at the bottom. AFAIK, usually when
> one submits a form, it gets passed to a serverside script. This doesn't
> seem to go anywhere. I want to upload this thing, but I'm hesitant,
> because I don't want the guy to have a homepage with a dummy form on it.
> Neither do I want to have to learn more html (or God forbid, perl), I
> mean, that's why I declined in the first place.
>

You haven't included the <form> tag which will specify the action taken
on submit. It's messy html/css but nothing sinister.

If I were you I would upload the whole lot and see what it does. If you
are suspicious then don't enter any sensitive data into the forms.

It sounds like your friend needs to get himself a decent web designer
who will sort out the whole package rather than a selection of people
doing different tasks.

John

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