Week 3 - HTML Part 3

Question 1

What are the main tags/attributes needed for a html form?

Answer 1

Method (get - submit form and obtain data/post - submit form and store data) & action (URL of where the server to process form goes)

Question 2

How do C/S relate to forms?

Answer 2

1. You request the HTML form using HTTPS over Internet
2. Server sends HTML form using HTTPS over Internet
3. You submit form over Internet
4. The server processes the form and generates a response to show client side.

Question 3

What are structural elements used for?

Answer 3

Used for more styling and being able to section code so that it’s more accessible

Question 4

What does a radio button need to function properly?

Answer 4

Types are same, names are same but values are different.

This is because we want a single selection from multiple choices.

Question 5

What does a checkbox need to function properly?

Answer 5

Types are same, names have [] at end, but values are different.

This is because we want to make an array to accept multiple selection.

Question 6

What does a dropdown menu need to function properly?

Answer 6

Uses select with name and id tags.

We mark up all of the different options using:
option value = “…”

Question 7

What does a HTML form do?

Answer 7

Allows for data to be submitted into a webpage and processed by the server to get a response.

(You’ve successfully registered!)

Question 8

Semantic HTML

Answer 8

The code describes meaning to the browser and developer.

Eg: nav, footer, header, article, section, figure

Question 9

Non-Semantic HTML

Answer 9

The code doesn’t describe anything about the content, only used for structure.

Eg: span, div, br

Question 10

div

Answer 10

Block level container used to section off code for further CSS styling.

Question 11

span

Answer 11

Inline level element used to group other inline elements for further CSS styling.