Html help:(

iHawk · 04-21-2012

So I am quite new to HTML (I'm used to variable based and object base languages>.<) and I am having some trouble, and I was wondering if you could help me.
What I wish to do is this:
The user inputs text and hits enter
The text is added to the end of a website URL. Ie www.website.com/[inputed text]
And then it goes the the website
Thanks:/

Jazz · 04-21-2012

If you use a form, and use the GET method, it will send the form's data to the page.

Like so:

PHP Code:


			
<form action="newpage.html" method="get">
  <input type="text" name="textField1"/>
  <input type="submit" value="Submit Text"/>
</form>

Submitting this form will send you to the page newpage.html?textField1=[value you entered]

The 'name' attribute in the text field is what the name of the appended variable will be.
Hope this helps.

However, if you wanted to append the text in a different way, you would need to use some basic javascript.
W3schools has some nice tutorials for javascript and HTML, I highly suggest reading through them.

http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp

iHawk · 04-21-2012

Oh

okay I see how this works now0.0 I will try something tomorrow. Thank you!! +Rep for the help, won't comment on rep because it doesn't work on iPod lol.

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iHawk Graalian Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 986	So I am quite new to HTML (I'm used to variable based and object base languages>.<) and I am having some trouble, and I was wondering if you could help me. What I wish to do is this: The user inputs text and hits enter The text is added to the end of a website URL. Ie www.website.com/[inputed text] And then it goes the the website Thanks:/

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Jazz Awesome Person Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 217	If you use a form, and use the GET method, it will send the form's data to the page. Like so: PHP Code: `<form action="newpage.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="textField1"/> <input type="submit" value="Submit Text"/> </form>` Submitting this form will send you to the page newpage.html?textField1=[value you entered] The 'name' attribute in the text field is what the name of the appended variable will be. Hope this helps. However, if you wanted to append the text in a different way, you would need to use some basic javascript. W3schools has some nice tutorials for javascript and HTML, I highly suggest reading through them. http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp

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iHawk Graalian Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 986	Oh okay I see how this works now0.0 I will try something tomorrow. Thank you!! +Rep for the help, won't comment on rep because it doesn't work on iPod lol.