Re: Form based Redirect

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2001

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texte = The way that I handle form verification is this:formEntry.html --> verifyInfo.html -->[If verify OK] --> thankYou.html [If verify not_OK] --> verifyInfo.htmlverifyInfo.html does all the checking AND has an include file that is anexact replica of the formEntry, with all the form input fields populatedwith the form fields from formEntry.html.I keep track of whether the form needs to be corrected OR just verified bythe user. I also keep track of the fields that are in error and show a textmessage next the incorrect field on the include file. And then when theysubmit this page, it either goes thru the verifyInfo.html again(if thereare errors) or goes to a page that adds the form info to a database(thankyou.html).This process still requires at least 2 submits, but in my case, I want theuser to review the form info (beyond any error checking I do) to make surethey filled in the right info.SallyAt 09:53 AM 11/12/01 -0600, you wrote:>In a similar vein:>>Our current checkout (using Payflow Link) looks like this:>>Invoice.tpl ----> Checkfields.tpl -----> Payflow.tpl--->Thankyou.tpl>>Checkfields.tpl redirects back to Invoice.tpl if information is misentered>or missing, because it needs to be in an exact format for Payflow Link. Of>course all of the interim steps require that the shopper click a form>submission button. If all of the information is correct as entered on>Invoice.tpl, I'd like Thankyou.tpl to be the next page the shopper sees.>Short of using Javascript, can anyone suggest a cleaner way of doing this?>>Thanks,>>Will Starck>NovaDerm>skin care science>support@novaderm.com>800-378-1740>>----- Original Message ----->From: Donovan Brooke >To: WebCatalog Talk >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 9:41 AM>Subject: Re: Form based Redirect>>>> Well, I'm trying to re-populate a form sheet when the customers>passwords>> do not verify. So instead of them having to enter in all the info again>it keeps the>> correct info populated. Just saw John's post and will look into it.>> D>>>> dale wrote:>>>> > Stuff it in a database then search on the results page?>> >>> > Or write out to a file then include that file on the resulting page?>> >>> > What exactly are you trying to do?>> >>> > Dale>> >>> > on 11/12/2001 4:10 PM, Donovan Brooke at dbrooke@ehg.net wrote:>> >>> > > Hello, anyone know how to get around the 256 ch. limit on a redirect?>> > > Can the variables be passed in a form instead?>> > > D>> > >>> > >>> > > -- Donovan D. Brooke>> > > Systems Administrator/>> > > Assc. Art Director>> > > Epsen Hillmer Graphics>> >>> >>>>> -- Donovan D. Brooke>> Systems Administrator/>> Assc. Art Director>> Epsen Hillmer Graphics>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->> 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/>-------------------------------------------------------------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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Form based Redirect (Donovan Brooke 2001)
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Re: Form based Redirect (Donovan Brooke 2001)
Re: Form based Redirect (John Peacock 2001)
Re: Form based Redirect (Brian Fries 2001)
Re: Form based Redirect (Donovan Brooke 2001)
Re: Form based Redirect (Sally Reidy 2001)
Re: Form based Redirect (John Peacock 2001)
Re: Form based Redirect (Will Starck 2001)
Re: Form based Redirect (Donovan Brooke 2001)
Re: Form based Redirect (John Peacock 2001)
Re: Form based Redirect (dale 2001)
Form based Redirect (Donovan Brooke 2001)

The way that I handle form verification is this:formEntry.html --> verifyInfo.html -->[If verify OK] --> thankYou.html [If verify not_OK] --> verifyInfo.htmlverifyInfo.html does all the checking AND has an include file that is anexact replica of the formEntry, with all the form input fields populatedwith the form fields from formEntry.html.I keep track of whether the form needs to be corrected OR just verified bythe user. I also keep track of the fields that are in error and show a textmessage next the incorrect field on the include file. And then when theysubmit this page, it either goes thru the verifyInfo.html again(if thereare errors) or goes to a page that adds the form info to a database(thankyou.html).This process still requires at least 2 submits, but in my case, I want theuser to review the form info (beyond any error checking I do) to make surethey filled in the right info.SallyAt 09:53 AM 11/12/01 -0600, you wrote:>In a similar vein:>>Our current checkout (using Payflow Link) looks like this:>>Invoice.tpl ----> Checkfields.tpl -----> Payflow.tpl--->Thankyou.tpl>>Checkfields.tpl redirects back to Invoice.tpl if information is misentered>or missing, because it needs to be in an exact format for Payflow Link. Of>course all of the interim steps require that the shopper click a form>submission button. If all of the information is correct as entered on>Invoice.tpl, I'd like Thankyou.tpl to be the next page the shopper sees.>Short of using Javascript, can anyone suggest a cleaner way of doing this?>>Thanks,>>Will Starck>NovaDerm>skin care science>support@novaderm.com>800-378-1740>>----- Original Message ----->From: Donovan Brooke >To: WebCatalog Talk >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 9:41 AM>Subject: Re: Form based Redirect>>>> Well, I'm trying to re-populate a form sheet when the customers>passwords>> do not verify. So instead of them having to enter in all the info again>it keeps the>> correct info populated. Just saw John's post and will look into it.>> D>>>> dale wrote:>>>> > Stuff it in a database then search on the results page?>> >>> > Or write out to a file then include that file on the resulting page?>> >>> > What exactly are you trying to do?>> >>> > Dale>> >>> > on 11/12/2001 4:10 PM, Donovan Brooke at dbrooke@ehg.net wrote:>> >>> > > Hello, anyone know how to get around the 256 ch. limit on a redirect?>> > > Can the variables be passed in a form instead?>> > > D>> > >>> > >>> > > -- Donovan D. Brooke>> > > Systems Administrator/>> > > Assc. Art Director>> > > Epsen Hillmer Graphics>> >>> >>>>> -- Donovan D. Brooke>> Systems Administrator/>> Assc. Art Director>> Epsen Hillmer Graphics>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->> 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/>-------------------------------------------------------------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/ Sally Reidy

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