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HTML HTML Forms Form Basics Create a Submit Button

Posted by Brian Cass
Brian Cass
3,830 Points

This is not working. I have to put <input type = "text" id = "name" name = "user_name" twice as once will not work

<!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"> <input type = "text" id = "name" name = "user_name"> <textarea id = "comment" name = "user_comment"</textarea> <button type = ""submit"> </button> </form> </body> </html>

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">
          <input type = "text" id = "name"  name = "user_name">
  <textarea id = "comment" name = "user_comment"</textarea>
  <button type = ""submit </button>
          </form>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Shaun Byrnes
Shaun Byrnes
4,730 Points
Shaun Byrnes
Shaun Byrnes
4,730 Points

Try removing the spaces between your attribute declarations. For example:form action="index.html" method="post">"

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You forgot to close the form tag before you started your first input. What you wanted was this:

<form action="index.html" method="post">
  <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
</form>

Note the > added to complete the tag.