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@@ -43,6 +43,31 @@ These controls use different HTML **tags**, but most of them use the `` t
+### Control name and value
+
+We have omitted `name` and `value` attributes from most of the examples on this page so we can focus the the control itself. In a production website every **form control** that allows the user to provide input should have a `name` attribute, and depending on the control type, a `value` attribute as well.
+
+Here are two text inputs demonstrating this concept. The first has a name attribute and a default value assigned to the input, the second has only a name attribute:
+
+{% highlight html %}
+
+
+
+
+
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+If a user were to submit a form that contained these two inputs, without adding any additional data, a message similar to the followg would be sent to the server for processing:
+
+{% highlight json %}
+{
+ "subject": "Hello!",
+ "message": ""
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Please take a look at the [Dropdown menus](#dropdown-menus) and [Example: a complete signup form](#example-a-complete-signup-form) for an example of using `name` and `value` attributes with form controls.
+
### The Form element
The `