keytone Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Hi everyone. I was planning to not trouble anyone with questions for a while, but.... I don't want anyone writing the code for me, just, a point in the right direction. What I want to do is have a simple input form for a viewer to enter a few words of info, but I haven't even got a clue on where the info would go. How's that for ignorant? I have some pics that a viewer could identify and tell me what they are. If I make an input form, I don't know where the entered info goes. Sounds pretty dumb, huh? I am eager to learn how, but don't know where to start. Am I looking at learning php or database or both or what? Just a nudge in the right direction would be a great help! I am always open-minded and welcome constructive advice. Thanks very much, keytone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davej Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 You could have the user enter something that is then e-mailed to you, or you could store the user input into a file or the database. Either choice requires server-side code. Maybe it would be better to do something that would produce a temporary visual effect. See... http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_output.asp http://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_intro_inner_html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keytone Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks, you gave me a place to start. I just didn't know where. keytone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davej Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 We can modify that 2nd example to read some user input... <!DOCTYPE html><html><body><h1>What Can JavaScript Do?</h1><input type="text" id="input1"/><button type="button" onclick="dosomething();">Click Me!</button><div id="output1">JavaScript can read inputs and display outputs.</div><script>function dosomething(){ document.getElementById('output1').innerHTML = document.getElementById('input1').value;}</script></body></html> We can put that into a neater and more standard form like this... <!DOCTYPE html><head lang="en"><meta charset="utf-8"><title>Jiffy Pop Memories</title><style>#output1{color: #F80;font-size:32pt;}</style><script>function dosomething(){ var inpv = document.getElementById('input1').value; document.getElementById('output1').innerHTML = 'The input was [' + inpv + ']'; alert('The input was [' + inpv + ']');}</script></head><body><h1>What Can JavaScript Do?</h1><input type="text" id="input1"/><button type="button" onclick="dosomething();">Click Me!</button><div id="output1">JavaScript can read inputs and display outputs.</div></body></html> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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