<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<!--
    a first example of a textarea
    by: Sharon Tuttle
    last modified: 2-11-13
-->

<head>  
    <title> Playing with a textarea </title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
</head> 

<body> 
    <h1> Playing with a textarea </h1>
    <h2> adapted from "Web Programming Step-by-Step", 2nd edition,
         p. 212 </h2>

    <form action="http://users.humboldt.edu/smtuttle">
        Comments: <br />
        <textarea name="comments" rows="4" cols="20">
Type your comments here.
(Don't worry, we'll sanitize them...)
</textarea> <br />

        <input type="submit" value="submit" />
    </form>

    <hr />   

    <p>
        <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">
        Validate this HTML5 page
        </a>
    </p>

    <p>
        For full credit, this page must also pass the tests at
        <a href="http://lint.brihten.com/html/">
        http://lint.brihten.com/html/ </a> when its URL is
        entered (and without modifying the default options).
    </p>

</body> 
</html>