NEIU CGI Workshop Web Page: form.cgi

NEIU CGI Workshop Web Page: form.cgi page

Materials to help you implement the Form Processor script.

The HTML Page/Form

form.html page: with annotations
take a look at this and use the annotations to help you
form.html page: no annotations
use this as a template: you can use the Edit/Select All and Edit/Copy menu options to capture this, and then load it into a text processor or web page authoring tool for customization
how the form.html page looks in the browser
this is what the template looks like with no customization: you can also save this file for customization, by using the File/Save As menu option.
a pitch quiz application of the form.html template
this is a very basic customization of the form.html template, as it might be used in a music class for a simple quiz
the pitch quiz
how the pitchquiz.html form looks in the browser

The form.cgi Script

the script

you must customize the "Require Libraries and Parse Form Data" section

The Required Scripts

The required script files and library files are:

form.cgi (the script itself)
cgi-lib.sol
cgi-lib.pl
mail-lib.pl
form.setup

The data file

You must create a data file. I recommend creating a data sub-directory inside the directory in which you place your script and libraries, and then create a data file within that.

The permissions

the script: use "chmod 777 form.cgi"

form.setup: use "chmod u+w form.setup"

mail-lib.pl: use "chmod u+w mail-lib.pl"

cgi-lib.pl: use "chmod u+w cgi-lib.pl"

cgi-lib.sol use "chmod u+w cgi-lib.sol"

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