Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 626)

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Dynamic sites, pages and web forms
Last updated 6/3/2015
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Securing a folder in your application (ColdFusion)
Working with Dreamweaver sites
Set up a testing server
Create an HTML form
Creating web forms
Note: Support for HTML form elements has been enhanced in Dreamweaver Creative Cloud updates. For information, see
Enhanced HTML5 support for form elements .
About web forms
When a visitor enters information into a web form displayed in a web browser and clicks the submit button, the
information is sent to a server where a server-side script or application processes it. The server responds by sending the
processed information back to the user (or client), or by performing some other action based on the form’s contents.
You can create forms that submit data to most application servers, including PHP, ASP, and ColdFusion. If you use
ColdFusion, you can also add ColdFusion-specific form controls to your forms.
Note: You can also send form data directly to an e-mail recipient.
Form objects
In Dreamweaver, form input types are called form objects. Form objects are the mechanisms that allow users to input
data. You can add the following form objects to a form:
Text fields Accept any type of alphanumeric text entry. The text can be displayed as a single line, multiple lines, and as
a password field where entered text is replaced by asterisks or bullets to hide the text from onlookers.