Lee W

Thanks very much but i would like to do it client side via Javascript & use PHP to handle the form once it's submitted.

Good afternoon, Just a quick question. What is the best approach to use to display the answers of an online form for the user to confirm before submitting the form? Thanks. Lee.

Thanks very much for the reply but I was hoping for an example using native Javascript rather than jquery. The validation part isn't an issue it's just that I am trying to find the most efficient solution to display an image / symbol at the end of a field if that particular field entry is invalid. The reason why I say not jQuery as I know this makes life easier is that this is an exercise I need to finish coding in javascript and CSS. Thanks again. Lee.

Good evening. What is the most common technique to display an alert symbol next to an input field if the function recognises an incorrect entry on blur in javascript? Do you insert an image or use CSS to display a div with a background image for e.g? Thanks. Lee.

Thanks very much for the reply. I'll have a look at that article.

Good evening, I am in the process of designing an online form & want to make it as presentable as possible & want to use some CSS 3 properties such as border radius but i need to target internet explorer users of who alot will still be using internet explorer 8 & below. The form needs to look & behave the same across all browsers. How do i approach this? Thanks in advance. Lee.

I have actually come up with a basic solution which will only require the script to post just the once to the server once it's submitted and it simply involves using basic Javascript and CSS. Basically, it involves the visibility CSS property so when the user clicks the next button it applies a new class to the formfield tag which hides the section of the form the user has just completed and sets another class which displays the next formfield section. It now also shows the stage at which the user is at by highlighting the relevant section number along the top using images again just by using basic Javascript and CSS. I'm just now in the process of writing the validation function to validate each field and then once all fields pass validation it gives the user the option to submit the form at the end. Ideally, to put a nice finishing touch to the presentation I would like the formfields to fade in and out so any advice on how I would go about this without using jquery would be appreciated. Thanks Lee.

To give a definitive answer I would need to see a sample of the report card but most layouts can be accomplished via CSS. I would try and stay clear of using tables.

Good evening, I need to design an online form which is quite lengthy so i need to deliver the questions in bite sized chunks to the user so i am thinking of implementing a multi page form so to not over whelm the user by forcing them to scroll. I want to collate all the users information then only have to write the information to the server once at the end of the form. I have looking for the best way to achieve this either using HTML, CSS or Javascript. Any help is appreciated. Regards, Lee.

Hi, Does anybody use or are a member of 99 Designs for work? Regards, Lee.

Hi, For someone who wants to study a server side language which one do you recommend? PHP or ASP.net or both? Regards, Lee.

That's great. Thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction. I think i have been over thinking the solution & by your example it's made me look at it a different way. What i have done is passed the input & error class arrays into a function & looped through each element in the input field & error class array's on blur of each input field to make sure the input field's length is greater than 0 & there is nothing in the error class of all the required input fields before enabling the submit button. This way I could use the function on any form that is presented that need this functionality. I hope I'm making sense but if anyone's curious i can post the code. Regards, Lee.

I am currently studying Javascript so i haven't done much Javascript programming yet. The 5 fields are input text fields & i want to make sure they are completed without any errors before enabling the submit button. The validation to decide whether the input is valid or not i can handle no problem as i have span classes at the side of each input fields which shows an error should incorrect data be entered. It's just checking that all fields are completed without any errors onblur on each of the fields which it will then check this & will enable the submit button. I hope i'm making sense. Regards, Lee.

Sorry. I did mean to add that i wanted to do this in Javascript.

Good afternoon. I am looking for the best way to enable a submit button on a form once 5 fields are filled in correctly. How should I go about this? Thanks Lee

Thanks Andy, I'll give these a try. Regards, Lee.

Good evening, So far whenever i have designed a website & done some coding it's always been through either notepad on the pc or text wrangler on the mac & i've used a graphic editor like Photoshop. However, especially that now designing for all the different mobile devices & that responsive design now plays an important role i am thinking of investing in Dreamweaver CS6 but will this really help me design better & more responsive sites with the tools it has to offer? Regards, Lee.

It appears no one has any input they can give so do i need to be more descriptive & go into more detail? Any advice would be appreciated. Regards, Lee.

Good morning, I'm really after some advice on how I should approach a particular scenario regarding form validation & i'll try & explain what i'm trying to do the best I can below. I have a form with 5 input text fields & a submit button that is disabled until all fields are completed without any errors before the submit button becomes enabled allowing the user to submit the form. If a field is filled in incorrectly or not at all the error span class for that particular field is populated with an error message via the innerHTML command. My original idea was to set an onblur event on each form field so that it loops through each field including each error span class to make sure each field has a value & that each error span class doesn't contain any error messages before enabling the submit button. What's the best way to go about this? I know there are probably jquery & other solutions but i really want to know how to do this in Javascript as it's something i'm currently studying. Regards, Lee.

That's great Mike thanks very much but i would be interested to know the Javascript way because the reason i am developing this form is to sharpen up my javascript & to gain a better understanding of it.

Good morning, I have a small problem that's driving me nuts because i'm pretty new to Javascript. I want to loop through a selected number of inputfields in a form which all have a class of 'quantity'. When an 'onblur' event happens on each particular input field i want it to display whether the input was a valid number or not next to the field in a span class. Any idea's or solutions would be appreciated. Regards, Lee.

Good afternoon, I am currently studying the Javascript programming language & am reading 'Javascript: The Definitive Guide 5th edition' which is a great book which explains all about core javascript such as objects, arrays, variable, etc & there is also a section on javascript in the client side environment. This is a good book if you want to learn about Javascript but i want to know if there is a book out there anyone can recommend which explains on how you would put javascript into practice & explain about javascript techniques if that makes sense. For example, i want to study the best way to write javascript programs. Where do I start? THanks. Lee.

So which CMS do you use?

Thanks very much for the reply. Do you recommend any good free joomla shopping carts that can accept all major credit cards?