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Forms & CGI
Web pages can be beautiful, but what people really like are interactive sites. CGI requires access to and knowledge of programming languages that run from a web server, and are a level or two above page formatting.
CGI101
offers a free online class in CGI programming written by Jacqueline Hamilton. "This class is intended for anyone who knows HTML, but doesn't know Perl or CGI programming (and maybe doesn't know any programming at all). The goal here is to introduce you to writing Perl CGI scripts, teach you the basics of writing CGI's, and walk you through several examples of common CGI programming applications for the Web." The site also features a library of free scripts and links to other related sites.
http://www.cgi101.com/
CGI Programming with Perl
Through a series of articles in WebReview, Brent Michalski takes you from the very basics to more advanced concepts of writing Perl scripts to run CGI programs
http://webreview.com/wr/pub/98/06/12/perl/index.html
CGI for the Total Non-Programmer
walks you through the basics of creating CGIs with Perl on a Unix platform and does not assume you know anything about CGIs, Perl, or Unix.
http://www.webteacher.com/perltour/index.htm
Form Tutor
a step-by-step guide from Joe Barta
http://junior.apk.net/~jbarta/tutor/forms/index.html
Web Diner Forms Tutorial
covers the basics of formatting and using forms that email the form data rather than running through a CGI server (useful for web hosting sites like AOL that do not allow CGIs)
http://www.webdiner.com/annexe/forms/wdform1.htm
Programming with HTML Forms
WebReference provides this tutorial with examples, written by Andrew Davison.
http://www.webreference.com/htmlform/
The Perl Language Home Page
One of the most widely used server programming langauges
http://www.perl.com/perl/
The Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
a technical explanation from NCSA (you know, the folks that gave birth to Mosaic)
http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/
Speakeasy CGI Resources
Sanford Morton's tutorials, discussions and working CGI scripts. The emphasis here is on explanation, so most of the scripts are discussed in some detail. Most are usable in production. http://www.speakeasy.org/~cgires/


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