Ok, I have a site that the users must agree to the term and conditions in order to access it.

currently i have a form with a textarea which displays the conditions in a nice sized scrollable area. then two radio buttons one i agree the 2nd i disagree.

This all works fine, but i want to add some formatting to the conditions so its easier to read.

How can i do this? in a textarea i understand the formatting applies to everything in it. I wantto add some headings bold to make the sections easier to see.

<div style="width: 500px; height: 300px; overflow: auto;">

<h1>Your TOS</h1>
<p>blah blah <b>bold blah</b> blah</p>

<h2>More TOS</h2>
<p>Blah</p>

</div>

The content of the conditions doesn't need to be part of a form. All you need is two elements, whether they be links, JS enabled radio group or a regular form with other fields. It's these elements which result in an action - not the content.

Thanks techwench.

In the end i went to a similar method to yours

 
<style type="text/css">
<!--
div.scroll {height: 200px; width: 400px; overflow: auto; border: 1px solid #666; background-color: #FFFFF; padding: 8px;}
.style11 { color: #FF0000; font-family: tahoma;
}
-->
</style>

Also, if you put the T's & C's in a textarea within the form, remember that data will be submitted back to the server and could cause a bit of a speed issue depending on how much data is in there.

I would go with the <Div> option as well. You could try an agree to submit script. Example Here


BTW TechWench: Great handle.

Or if you do not need to know the results just use a link..


decline - link to a page for decline
accept - link goes to the page..

make them condom links and most definitely add the goto
file to your robots.txt file so that they do not show up in the
search enginjes (if they can be accessed directly through
the url, people would be able to bypass and go directly
to the file.)

go to G or Y! and make sure the pages are not indexed
or the accept decline could be sidestepped..

Ok thanks people i never had a problem with the submitting it was just the formatting. of the text. Whcih i solved thanks to teckwench.

the form doesnt post information other than which radio button was pressed.
Then it already did what ClipJohns has suggested.

If the user clicks accept then a temp cookie is created and the user is sent to the next page.

if the user clicks decline then they get the message they cant use the car hire system unless they accept the terms and conditions.

Thank you all for your help, time and ideas but this problem has been solved