Re: Mac & Internet Explorer, and # of orders/traffic
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 36168
interpreted = N
texte = Try this.... Use your formula or whatever to check the email address in the thank you page. If it is invalid redirect them back to the form page (was it invoice.tpl?) with an error....[showif [email]=][redirect invoice.tpl?error=noemail][/showif]Have an error showif in the invoice page that asks for the email again.(next to email input field) [showif [error]=noemail]
Please enter your email[/showif]Or you could even nest this showif in the body tag to display an alert window onload notifying them of the error.Using something like this will totally prevent the user from using the back button. They won't even get the chance. Using the redirect you can also send back the formvariables to the invoice page and showif the values in the forms so they don't have to retype everything.I use a modified version of this in several sites where the form posts an interim page that checks for missing values, runs formulas and sets headers and lineitems. Then if everything checks out, it redirects them to the right page, or if their are errors it takes them back and displays the error. The user never sees this page, because it all happens so quick and they don't have the chance to use the browser buttons to screw it all up.-- Robert Wade ====================== CABIN6 Design================================================ |[ //\ ||} || ||\| V| ================================================www.cabin6.com =============== robert@cabin6.comChristopher Mackay wrote:> >If you feel really stuck, then lets try to help you get around the > >reason why users > >would want to go back... Why would your users want to go back? > > One of the reasons I had for this happening was if users mis-entered > their email address, or forgot it altogether. My solution was to use > JavaScript form verification. This works well technically, but the > results we've had haven't been good. We've only had one order after > getting over 800 people onto the site (but not necessarily 800 > through the shopping cart). Maybe those numbers are normal, maybe I > should be panicking. This is our first real eCommerce site, so it's > hard for me to tell. > -- > > Regards, > > Christopher Mackay, Director of Technical Services > Tantramar Interactive, http://www.tantramar.com/ > Tantramar Publishing, http://www.tantramarpublishing.com/ > phone: 506/364-1097 cell: 364-7659 fax: 536-2409 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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Try this.... Use your formula or whatever to check the email address in the thank you page. If it is invalid redirect them back to the form page (was it invoice.tpl?) with an error....[showif [email]=][redirect invoice.tpl?error=noemail][/showif]Have an error showif in the invoice page that asks for the email again.(next to email input field) [showif [error]=noemail]Please enter your email[/showif]Or you could even nest this showif in the body tag to display an alert window onload notifying them of the error.Using something like this will totally prevent the user from using the back button. They won't even get the chance. Using the redirect you can also send back the formvariables to the invoice page and showif the values in the forms so they don't have to retype everything.I use a modified version of this in several sites where the form posts an interim page that checks for missing values, runs formulas and sets headers and lineitems. Then if everything checks out, it redirects them to the right page, or if their are errors it takes them back and displays the error. The user never sees this page, because it all happens so quick and they don't have the chance to use the browser buttons to screw it all up.-- Robert Wade ====================== CABIN6 Design================================================ |[ //\ ||} || ||\| V| ================================================www.cabin6.com =============== robert@cabin6.comChristopher Mackay wrote:> >If you feel really stuck, then lets try to help you get around the > >reason why users > >would want to go back... Why would your users want to go back? > > One of the reasons I had for this happening was if users mis-entered > their email address, or forgot it altogether. My solution was to use > JavaScript form verification. This works well technically, but the > results we've had haven't been good. We've only had one order after > getting over 800 people onto the site (but not necessarily 800 > through the shopping cart). Maybe those numbers are normal, maybe I > should be panicking. This is our first real eCommerce site, so it's > hard for me to tell. > -- > > Regards, > > Christopher Mackay, Director of Technical Services > Tantramar Interactive, http://www.tantramar.com/ > Tantramar Publishing, http://www.tantramarpublishing.com/ > phone: 506/364-1097 cell: 364-7659 fax: 536-2409 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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