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The include_footer() function produces HTML that terminates a web page, providing links (if provided as a
dictionary). An empty dictionary switches off the inclusion of the linking HTML:
>>> include_footer({'Home': '/index.html', 'Select': '/cgi-bin/select.py'})
'<p>\n<a href="/index.html">Home</a> <a href="/cgi-bin/select.
py">Select</a> \n</p>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
>>> include_footer({})
'<p>\n\n</p>\n</body>\n</html>\n' With links included, and
without.
The start_form() and end_form() functions bookend a HTML form, with the parameter (if supplied)
adjusting the contents of the generated HTML:
>>> start_form("/cgi-bin/process-athlete.py")
The argument allows you to specify
'<form action="/cgi-bin/process-athlete.py" method="POST">' the name of the program on the
>>> end_form() server to send the form’s data to.
'<p></p><input type=submit value="Submit"></form>'
>>> end_form("Click to Confirm Your Order")
'<p></p><input type=submit value="Click to Confirm Your Order"></form>'
HTML radio buttons are easy to create with the radio_button() function:
>>> for fab in ['John', 'Paul', 'George', 'Ringo']:
radio_button(fab, fab) Which one is your favorite?
Select from the list of radio
'<input type="radio" name="John" value="John"> John<br />' buttons.
'<input type="radio" name="Paul" value="Paul"> Paul<br />'
'<input type="radio" name="George" value="George"> George<br />'
'<input type="radio" name="Ringo" value="Ringo"> Ringo<br />'
Unordered list are a breeze with the u_list() function:
Again, not too easy on your eye, but
u_list(['Life of Brian', 'Holy Grail']) fine as far as your web browser is
'<ul><li>Life of Brian</li><li>Holy Grail</li></ul>' concerned.
The header() function lets you quickly format HTML headings at a selected level (with 2 as the default):
>>> header("Welcome to my home on the web")
'<h2>Welcome to my home on the web</h2>' Nothing too exciting here, but it works
>>> header("This is a sub-sub-sub-sub heading", 5) as expected. Same goes for here.
'<h5>This is a sub-sub-sub-sub heading</h5>'

Last, but not least, the para() function encloses a chunk of text within HTML paragraph tags:
>>> para("Was it worth the wait? We hope it was...")
'<p>Was it worth the wait? We hope it was...</p>'

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