It is easiest to create an FDML document by starting with an existing HTML document. The HTML document you begin with should be an example of an article that might be entered by an author once the system is in place. For example, if you are building a Recipes system, you might start with a nicely formatted HTML document for making a cake. The text of this document is unimportant, the formatting is what you will be interested in.
Before starting to add FDML commands to your example HTML document, use a Web viewer to make sure the formatting is perfect. Once you are happy with the article format, you can place FDML commands within the HTML text to specify to NetForms how the document should be processed when an entry form is submitted by an author.
Currently, there are 7 "directives" and 9 "insertion commands" available in an FDML document. Directives are commands put at the very beginning of the FDML document that allow you to specify operations to be performed by NetForms. Insertion commands are used to place the contents of fields (entered by the author, or generated by the system) into the text of the finished HTML article. You may use each directive only once in each FDML document, but insertion commands may be used repeatedly.