input type = "text" inserts a text box
<?xml version = "1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head> <body> <form method = "post" action = "/cgi-bin/formmail"> <p><label>Name:<input name = "name" type = "text" size = "25" maxlength = "30" /> </label></p> <p> <input type = "submit" value = "Submit Your Entries" /> <input type = "reset" value = "Clear Your Entries" /> </p> </form> </body> </html>