Modify suggestion to change output to 'server' on HTML Form Recipe

[JakeHadley]

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Recipes

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https://docs.astro.build/en/recipes/build-forms/

📋 Description of content that is out-of-date or incorrect

The page suggests that output should be changed to server to render a form on the page.

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[sarah11918]

Thank you! This is indeed "older wording" that needs to be updated:

1. We don't use the phrase "SSR mode" anymore. We refer to a page (individually) as being "rendered on demand" or not (prerendered/static). It is no longer necessary to server render ALL your pages in order to have one page with a form rendered on demand.
2. We almost never want to suggest that someone change their output to 'server' anymore. The exception is when someone is creating a highly-dynamic app and they probably DO want EVERY page rendered on demand, with maybe some static pages as the exception. Astro's default 'static' mode will do just fine for most people, who instead probably want one of the following options depending on their specific use case:
   • an individual page server rendered.
   • a server island to defer the rendering of a component.
   • a client (framework) island on an Astro page

To fix this:

• The opening paragraph needs to change to something like: "Astro pages that are rendered on demand can both display and handle forms"
• The prerequisites needs to change to something like: "An Astro project with a server adapter installed."

This would be a great first issue for anyone who would like to make a PR! 🙌