Leet Nexus action going on here... hee!

[azurelunatic]

In which I make a form suitable for helping a harried secretary get books ordered on time and correctly


Web references used:
http://werbach.com/barebones/barebones.html
http://www.bignosebird.com/formls1.shtml

The raw code, probably needing debuggery:



<FORM ACTION="mailto:[shadesong]@[work].edu" METHOD=POST>
Author <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="AUTHOR" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="255">
Title <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="TITLE" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="255">
Publisher <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="PUBLISHER" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="255">
ISBN <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="ISBN" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="255">
Course <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="COURSE" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="255">
Section <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="SECTION" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="255">
Number of Copies <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="COPIES" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="255">
<p>
Do you want a desk copy?
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="DESKCOPY" VALUE="YES">YES! I do want a desk copy of this textbook for myself!
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="DESKCOPY" VALUE="NO">NO! I do not want one, Sam-I-am! I do not like desk copy spam! </p>

Your first name <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="PROFFIRSTNAME" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="30">
Your last name <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="PROFLASTNAME" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="30">
Your e-mail address <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="PROFEMAIL" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="30">
<p>
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit to the will of thine Almighty Secretary">
<INPUT TYPE="RESET"></p>
</FORM>

The sort-of finished thingy, with the post action removed

Author
Title
Publisher
ISBN
Course
Section
Number of Copies

Do you want a desk copy?
YES! I do want a desk copy of this textbook for myself!
NO! I do not want one, Sam-I-am! I do not like desk copy spam!

Your first name
Your last name
Your e-mail address

Now, I just need to write JavaScript validation on the required fields... oh, and probably "how many copies do you want, Dog Breath?" would be a good option. Dog Breath optional.

Comments

[grifyn.livejournal.com]

::impressed::

I'd leave the Dog Breath in. And I'd deny that I'm the one who did it. Then I would snicker when barely out of earshot.

[azurelunatic]

*giggle*

But, seriously, what's there to be impressed about? It's just ... an html ... form... which ... requires ... oh. Requires general HTML programmish l33tness, yeah. Ah. That.

*bows graciously*

[grifyn.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah. I am the Luddite who has a passing knowledge of HTML. If HTML were a foreign language and I was in its country of origin, I would know just enough to inquire after bathrooms and restaurants.

[azurelunatic]

If I were in HTMLia, I would be able to navigate the city just fine, but if at a formal banquet chatting with the leader, I would make some ungracious faux pas, and wouldn't be able to weasel my way out of it immediately thereafter when chatting with the secret police, or, if I were, I would certainly be hurting a lot before it was over.

[thette.livejournal.com]

If I was in HTMLia, I'd be in the company of my fiance, the grammar-and-usage bitch. Who, of course, is fluent.

[raaven.livejournal.com]

That's lovely. I am envious of your code-fu. :)

[azurelunatic]

Thanks! It's amazingly simple to look up the syntax once you know the general idea how...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Also course and section. But AWESOME. Hee!

[azurelunatic]

Therrrrrre you go! All done but the scripty-validation!

[azurelunatic]

Re-reading, and randomly wondering: was this just good for amusement purposes, or have you gotten actual use out of it?

[wibbble]

Thank you for terrorising me with the word 'debuggery'.

[azurelunatic]

You're welcome. :)