So, I am new to HTML / CSS and web development, and I am developing a website for Likert's online survey. At first I had a website, so when a participant clicked on the link, the entire survey will be displayed on the page with a submit button at the bottom of the page. However, my professor wants it to be designed in such a way that only one survey application is displayed at a time, and the user can click Previous or Next to navigate the survey.
I wrote code that does this, but it seems incredibly inefficient to me. There must be a better way to do what I'm trying to accomplish!
Here is an example of the approach I took:
<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
function showNext(divIdShow,divIdHide){
document.getElementById(divIdShow).style.display="block";
document.getElementById(divIdHide).style.display="none";
}
function showPrevious(divIdShow,divIdHide){
document.getElementById(divIdShow).style.display="block";
document.getElementById(divIdHide).style.display="none";
}
</script>
<div id="div1" class="center">
<table align="center" style="font-size: 14px" bgcolor="CCCCCC">
<tr><td>A survey statement goes here<td></tr></table>
<table align="center" style="font-size: 14px" bgcolor="CCCCCC">
<tr><td><input type="radio" name="s1" value="1">Strongly Disagree (1)</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="s1" value="2">Disagree (2)</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="s1" value="3">Neutral (3)</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="s1" value="4">Agree (4)</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="s1" value="5">Strongly Agree (5)</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="s1" value="0" checked><i>not answered</i></td>
</tr>
</table><br>
<button type="button" disabled>Previous</button>
<button type="button" onclick="showNext('div2','div1')">Next</button>
</div>
<div id="div2" class="center" style="display:none">
<table align="center" id="t1" style="font-size: 14px" bgcolor="CCCCCC">
<tr>Another statement goes here!</tr>
<tr><td><input type="radio" name="s2" value="1">Strongly Disagree (1)</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="s2" value="2">Disagree (2)</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="s2" value="3">Neutral (3)</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="s2" value="4">Agree (4)</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="s2" value="5">Strongly Agree (5)</td>
<td><input type="radio" name="s2" value="0" checked><i>not answered</i></td>
</tr>
</table><br>
<button type="button" onclick="showPrevious('div1','div2')">Previous</button>
<button type="button" onclick="showNext('div2','div1')">Next</button>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
function go(){
document.getElementById('state0').style.display = "block";
document.getElementById('state0').scrollIntoView();
}
function showNext(divIdShow,divIdHide){
document.getElementById(divIdShow).style.display="block";
document.getElementById(divIdHide).style.display="none";
}
function showPrevious(divIdShow,divIdHide){
document.getElementById(divIdShow).style.display="block";
document.getElementById(divIdHide).style.display="none";
}
</script>
<button type='button' onclick='go()'>GO</button>
<!--<button type='button' onclick="go()">go</button>-->
<?php
$numElements=5;
$array = array("This is the first statement", "This is the second statement","This is the third statement","This is the fourth Statement", "Last statement here");
for($i=0;$i<$numElements;$i++){
$divId='state'.$i;
$sId='q'.$i;
$nextInt=$i+1;
$prevInt=$i-1;
$nextDiv='state'.$nextInt;
$curDiv='state'.$i;
$prevDiv='state'.$prevInt;
if($i==0){
echo "<div id='$divId' class='center' style='display:none'>
<table align='center' style='font-size: 14px' bgcolor='CCCCCC'>
<tr><td>$array[$i]<td></tr></table>
<table align='center' style='font-size: 14px' bgcolor='CCCCCC'>
<tr><td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='1'>Strongly Disagree (1)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='2'>Disagree (2)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='3'>Neutral (3)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='4'>Agree (4)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='5'>Strongly Agree (5)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='6'>No answer </td>
</tr>
</table><br>
<button type='button' disabled>Previous</button>
<button type='button' onclick='showNext(\"$nextDiv\",\"$curDiv\")'>Next</button>
</div>";}
else if($i==$numElements-1){
echo "<div id='$divId' class='center' style='display:none'>
<table align='center' style='font-size: 14px' bgcolor='CCCCCC'>
<tr><td>$array[$i]<td></tr></table>
<table align='center' style='font-size: 14px' bgcolor='CCCCCC'>
<tr><td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='1'>Strongly Disagree (1)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='2'>Disagree (2)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='3'>Neutral (3)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='4'>Agree (4)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='5'>Strongly Agree (5)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='6'>No answer </td>
</tr>
</table><br>
<button type='button' onclick='showPrevious(\"$prevDiv\",\"$curDiv\")'>Previous</button>
<button type='button' disabled>Next</button>
</div>";}
else{
echo "<div id='$divId' class='center' style='display:none'>
<table align='center' style='font-size: 14px' bgcolor='CCCCCC'>
<tr><td>$array[$i]<td></tr></table>
<table align='center' style='font-size: 14px' bgcolor='CCCCCC'>
<tr><td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='1'>Strongly Disagree (1)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='2'>Disagree (2)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='3'>Neutral (3)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='4'>Agree (4)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='5'>Strongly Agree (5)</td>
<td><input type='radio' name='$sId' value='6'>No answer </td>
</tr>
</table><br>
<button type='button' onclick='showPrevious(\"$prevDiv\",\"$curDiv\")'>Previous</button>
<button type='button' onclick='showNext(\"$nextDiv\",\"$curDiv\")'>Next</button>
</div>"; }
}
?>
</body>
</html>
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