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HTML HTML Forms Form Basics Create a Submit Button

Posted by Alex Zoidis
Alex Zoidis
Courses Plus Student 183 Points

what I'm doing wrong

help

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <form action="index.html" method="post"> 

    <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">

    <textarea id="comment" name="user_comment">

       <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Live Top
Live Top
3,916 Points
Live Top
Live Top
3,916 Points

Don't have too much experience but what i have noticed so far is that you did not closed your tags "form" and "textarea", for example look at the end

======================

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>HTML Forms</title> </head> <body>

<form action="index.html" method="post"> 

<input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">

<textarea id="comment" name="user_comment">

   <button type="submit">Submit Comment</button>
  </textarea>
  </form>

</body> </html>

Venkataraman Ganesan
Venkataraman Ganesan
5,679 Points
Venkataraman Ganesan
Venkataraman Ganesan
5,679 Points

Alex Zoidis Here are a few things

  1. Input tag is self closing have a <input .... />
  2. text area needs a separate closing tag <textarea></textarea>
  3. close the form tag <form ...> .... </form>