Q&A
| Q1: | Do HTML forms have to be this ugly? |
| A1: | The forms in this book are simple, plain, barebones, and—some would say—ugly. The purpose of Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours is to teach you Perl and CGI programming, not HTML. In fact, most of the HTML in this book is not up to standards and is not complete; it lacks <HEAD> tags, <HTML> tags, DTD headers, and so on. By providing basic HTML, I hope you'll correct this for your own needs.
As I mentioned earlier, a good method for spicing up your forms is to explore the Web and find a form you like. By viewing the source, you can get an idea of how those pages are put together. |
| Q2: | I'm getting the Can't find string terminator "XXXX" anywhere before EOF at… error. What is it? |
| A2: | This error is caused ... |
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