Re: 'RequiredField' Question
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16740
interpreted = N
texte = Dan, perhaps an even better solution might be a form checker that uses JavaScript to alert the user even before the form is submitted that a field must be completed, or that the e-mail field does not contain an @ symbol, etc. That will cover 90-95% of the browsers out there; only the other 5-10% would see the sparse grey page. If you want a sample, let me know privately and I'll send it to you. Dan Keldsen wrote: > > I've been modifying the 'errormessages.db' to e-mail me when 'TemplateNotFound' and 'BadPassword' happen (with some safety checks), and I was wondering if it was possible to make the 'RequiredField' error a bit more user-friendly? > > By that I mean to make it look like a regular page on my site (left side navigation, banner on top, copyright at bottom, etc.), instead of a sparse gray slate. > > I haven't tried it yet, but I'm assuming that if I make an [include] template that has the framework for this, I'll end up with a page that has a bunch of repeating elements in it, since it looks like the 'RequiredField' response is usually a looping: > > You must fill in the '[param1]' field on the form
> > that suggests that it will do a loop for the number of required fields that ARE NOT filled in, so... > > If I have even a bare web page: > >
Field Error > > [include standardnav.inc] > [include banner.inc] > You must fill in the '[param1]' field on the form
> [include copyright.inc] > > > > it will repeat the above for the number of fields that the person didn't enter, and will look quite bizarre (although perhaps better than plain gray). > > Is there a way around this? Is this a feature request? Am I the only one looking for this? Has this been covered and I couldn't find it? -- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster************************************************************** * AltiM@c * Phone: (732) 469-2567 * * 429 St. Giles Court * FAX: (732) 469-5823 * * Somerset, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * * 08873-4839 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * **************************************************************
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Dan, perhaps an even better solution might be a form checker that uses JavaScript to alert the user even before the form is submitted that a field must be completed, or that the e-mail field does not contain an @ symbol, etc. That will cover 90-95% of the browsers out there; only the other 5-10% would see the sparse grey page. If you want a sample, let me know privately and I'll send it to you. Dan Keldsen wrote: > > I've been modifying the 'errormessages.db' to e-mail me when 'TemplateNotFound' and 'BadPassword' happen (with some safety checks), and I was wondering if it was possible to make the 'RequiredField' error a bit more user-friendly? > > By that I mean to make it look like a regular page on my site (left side navigation, banner on top, copyright at bottom, etc.), instead of a sparse gray slate. > > I haven't tried it yet, but I'm assuming that if I make an
[include] template that has the framework for this, I'll end up with a page that has a bunch of repeating elements in it, since it looks like the 'RequiredField' response is usually a looping: > > You must fill in the '[param1]' field on the form
> > that suggests that it will do a loop for the number of required fields that ARE NOT filled in, so... > > If I have even a bare web page: > >
Field Error > > [include standardnav.inc] > [include banner.inc] > You must fill in the '[param1]' field on the form
> [include copyright.inc] > > > > it will repeat the above for the number of fields that the person didn't enter, and will look quite bizarre (although perhaps better than plain gray). > > Is there a way around this? Is this a feature request? Am I the only one looking for this? Has this been covered and I couldn't find it? -- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster************************************************************** * AltiM@c * Phone: (732) 469-2567 * * 429 St. Giles Court * FAX: (732) 469-5823 * * Somerset, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * * 08873-4839 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * **************************************************************
Gil Poulsen
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