WIRED Forms Application Not working

Chris Cooper cooperc at watt.physics.carleton.edu
Fri Apr 21 09:14:17 PDT 1995


>Ken thinks OmniWeb doesn't work with the PRE block inside of FORMs, I think  

>it doesn't work with submit button inside a BLOCKQUOTE.

>If you REALLY want to subscribe to HotWired now, you can View Source on the  

>page, remove all the "<BLOCKQUOTE>" and "</BLOCKQUOTE>" lines in Edit,  
>save  

>the document (as, say, /tmp/foo.html), alt-drag from the miniturize button  

>and command-drop into OmniWeb (or hitton command-o in OmniWeb and type  

>/tmp/foo.html), and enter your information there.

>In a separate (rich) e-mail message, I've included the "fixed" file.  Note  

>that this is an OmniWeb bug, but maybe I can convince the HotWired guys they  

>don't really need BLOCKQUOTE until we can release a patched version.

>-Wil


I just joined this mailing list and realize that this is an older topic, but I don't think the  
form problem is due to a bug in OmniWeb at all, but instead due to sloppy html at  
HotWired.  BLOCKQUOTE can have a SUBMIT button inside, and PRE blocks can  
be inside forms.  The problem with the HotWired form is that the BLOCKQUOTE  
and FORM tags are overlapping like:

<BLOCKQUOTE>
<FORM>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
</FORM>

-Chris


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