Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Richard Heyes
tedd wrote: At 8:23 PM +0100 1/8/08, Per Jessen wrote: Richard Heyes wrote: Nathan Nobbe wrote: On Jan 8, 2008 2:04 PM, Richard Heyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: this is not only convenient from a user perspective in the user interface, but also on the server side. It's not so conveni

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Nathan Nobbe
On Jan 8, 2008 2:23 PM, Per Jessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard Heyes wrote: > > > Nathan Nobbe wrote: > >> On Jan 8, 2008 2:04 PM, Richard Heyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > this is not only convenient from a user perspective in the user > > interface, but also > > on t

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread tedd
At 8:23 PM +0100 1/8/08, Per Jessen wrote: Richard Heyes wrote: Nathan Nobbe wrote: On Jan 8, 2008 2:04 PM, Richard Heyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: this is not only convenient from a user perspective in the user interface, but also on the server side. It's not so convenient when you

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Per Jessen
Richard Heyes wrote: > Nathan Nobbe wrote: >> On Jan 8, 2008 2:04 PM, Richard Heyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > this is not only convenient from a user perspective in the user > interface, but also > on the server side. >>> It's not so convenient when you consider Google (and pres

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Richard Heyes
Nathan Nobbe wrote: On Jan 8, 2008 2:04 PM, Richard Heyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: this is not only convenient from a user perspective in the user interface, but also on the server side. It's not so convenient when you consider Google (and presumably others) toolbars auto fill. fortunatel

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Nathan Nobbe
On Jan 8, 2008 2:04 PM, Richard Heyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> this is not only convenient from a user perspective in the user > >> interface, but also > >> on the server side. > > It's not so convenient when you consider Google (and presumably others) > toolbars auto fill. fortunately i

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Richard Heyes
this is not only convenient from a user perspective in the user interface, but also on the server side. It's not so convenient when you consider Google (and presumably others) toolbars auto fill. -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread tedd
At 12:56 PM -0500 1/8/08, Nathan Nobbe wrote: i agree, but rather than using spaces, or allowing them in the input string, i prefer to have several focused form fields that comprise a larger element. for example, a credit card number is 4 units of 4 digits. my preference for credit card number e

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Nathan Nobbe
On Jan 8, 2008 10:42 AM, tedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10:18 AM -0500 1/8/08, Eric Butera wrote: > >On Jan 8, 2008 10:08 AM, tedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I just finished a credit card portion for a site where the programmer > >> before me required the customers to enter their cred

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread tedd
At 10:18 AM -0500 1/8/08, Eric Butera wrote: On Jan 8, 2008 10:08 AM, tedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just finished a credit card portion for a site where the programmer before me required the customers to enter their credit card number without spaces -- why? It's a simple matter to remove

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Lester Caine
Satyam wrote: Telephone stuff is comprehensive Also, it should be Province/County/State, and it should be optional since some cities are autonomous (usuall federal capital cities), just don't make it mandatory. And don't force anything on postal codes. Some countries have letters in them and

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Eric Butera
On Jan 8, 2008 10:08 AM, tedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just finished a credit card portion for a site where the programmer > before me required the customers to enter their credit card number > without spaces -- why? It's a simple matter to remove spaces for > processing -- why throw that re

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Richard Heyes
The best design for a form comes from using it. To a certain extent, but I think the best design for a form stems from watching someone else use it. -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that can cut the cost of online support ** NOW OFFE

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread tedd
At 3:10 PM +0100 1/8/08, Satyam wrote: Also, it should be Province/County/State, and it should be optional since some cities are autonomous (usuall federal capital cities), just don't make it mandatory. And don't force anything on postal codes. Some countries have letters in them and the numbe

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-08 Thread Satyam
IL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:56 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] global address collection In other words, in the USA we ask for name, address, city, state, zip, and phone number. What would be a global equivalent that could cover all (or most) address and phone numbers? Full na

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-07 Thread Richard Heyes
In other words, in the USA we ask for name, address, city, state, zip, and phone number. What would be a global equivalent that could cover all (or most) address and phone numbers? Full name (optionally forename/surname) Address 1 Address 2 (optional) Address 3 (optional) Town/City County/State

Re: [PHP] global address collection

2008-01-07 Thread Nathan Nobbe
On Jan 7, 2008 1:13 PM, tedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > > What would be a good form (i.e., fields) for collecting global > addresses and phone numbers? > > In other words, in the USA we ask for name, address, city, state, > zip, and phone number. What would be a global equivalent that coul

[PHP] global address collection

2008-01-07 Thread tedd
Hi: What would be a good form (i.e., fields) for collecting global addresses and phone numbers? In other words, in the USA we ask for name, address, city, state, zip, and phone number. What would be a global equivalent that could cover all (or most) address and phone numbers? Cheers, tedd