Creating the Input Forms and Scripts
Before you can add any posts, you must add a topic to the forum. It is common practice in forum creation to add the topic and the first post in that topic at the same time. From a user's point of view, it doesn't make much sense to add a topic and then go back, select the topic, and add a reply. You want the process to be as smooth as possible.
Listing 19.1 shows the form for a new topic creation, which includes a space for the first post in the topic.
Listing 19.1. Form for Adding a Topic
1: <html> 2: <head> 3: <title>Add a Topic</title> 4: </head> 5: <body> 6: <h1>Add a Topic</h1> 7: <form method=post action="do_addtopic.php"> 8: <p><strong>Your E-Mail Address:</strong><br> 9: <input type="text" name="topic_owner" ... |
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