Thread: Dotted lines moving

Hi,
I've made dotted lines in my forms for the visitor to write on, however when I try to write on these lines in the preview mode (browser) the dotted lines shift---please help!!

Regards,
Derek
Nobleclub.org

You have not published any pages.
Save your home page as " index " no extensions, no caps, no quotes, so we can take a look.

Thanks for the support.
Problem is, I can't find a thing. I need server IP number, username and password. Can you check it up ad let me know. Sorry for my stupidity!!

Regards,
Derek

Originally Posted by DDG

Thanks for the support.
Problem is, I can't find a thing. I need server IP number, username and password. Can you check it up ad let me know. Sorry for my stupidity!!

Regards,
Derek

Hi, If you lost your email & login details from when you joined Vodahost. You will have to put in a support ticket. http://support.vodahost.com/ with as much detail as possible from when you joined.

Hi,
I've done as you suggested and published one of the two pages that have forms on.
Could you please check on my problem and revert back to me?

Thankyou so much for your help!!

Regards,
Derek
www.nobleclub.org
Page name:www.nobleclub.org/pledge

Hi, you maybe better off using Navals or David’s forms for this at the links below. But for your form, you try like below instead of -----------------.
Name >>-
Email >>-

http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/for...processor.html

http://www.bluevodaforms.com/contactdemo/contacts.php

Thanks for the advice and the links.
However, I cannot but wonder if there isn't something else on my site that could cause problems at a later stage. I mean to say, your forms are tried and tested, why should they work for everyone else but not for me?? There must be a reason, don't you think so? Could you please be so kind as to check the page that I published and let me know if you could find any other discrepancies?

Your help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Derek.

Dotted lines, as text, reforms to the text box they were created in first left-to-right, and then to the bottom margin of the text field/box. This explains why a line of text will appear as 1.5 line spacing (last line only) if an extra "space" is not added after the last typed character....

You might find better results if you indent one space the beginning of your "dotted line" and preserve at least one "space" at the right end of same line.
>> Be sure to use the ENTER button to create/begin your next line, and to add that space-indent......if you don't "advance the carraige" by using the ENTER buton, your line WITH spaces will reform according to the natural rules.
*The same rules force themselves in all "buttons" and "boxes" (i.e.scroll boxes, etc.)

Try that...and let me know...

Hi, The form at http://www.nobleclub.org/pledge.html should have separate fields for each item & the text your are using is for a brief description of what the field is for & is delet'able by the end user. A form should look something like this http://www.collectors-info.com/contact_us.php with separate entry fields (edit box) from the form menu in BV. You can use 1 singe box like you have, but place some text outside the box saying please enter your name & address in the box below.
But you would be much better off using separate fields (edit box) for each item & placing a BV text box next to each field to show what it is for.

Ah! Vasili is faster with the fingers. lol

Thanks for your replies, you guys are uterly awesome!!!

Is it lol??
Your reply seems very logical and the correct way it should be done, however, your reply, Vasili, seems to be exactly what I will need because I will need about 6 fields from up tp 4 viewers. This will absorb the whole page with a lot of edit boxes.

Do I understand you correctly??
1) Press enter 2) Leave a space 3) insert the dotted line 4) leave a few spaces 5) Press enter again and move on to the next line,repeating the process???
If so, I've tried it and the problem just repeats itself!!

Sorry to put you guys through so much trouble!!
Know that I greatly appreciate your imput!!!

Regards,
Derek

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Because of the above reason:
What it all boils down to, is that I need a type of message box that both the viewer and I can write in without causing interferance with each others text.
Certainly something like that should exist????

You can put your message in a text box that is just above the form field and then your visitor can fill out the form field. neither will interfere with the other. As with:
http://redhawk-archery.com/contactform.php

You can put anything you want in a test box and the viewer cannot change it.

Thanx for your reply.
Problem is I have 4 viewers and each have about 6 fields to fill in, can't immagine how many fields I'll have to create and how the page will look!
A examle can be seen at: http://www.nobleclub.org/pledge.html
The only difference is this page has only got about 4 fields, where as the next page has a similar setup but 4 to 6 fields for 3 more viewers!!

Regards,
Derek

Please forgive me but this is a wrong approach. Each information piece should have it's own field. One field f.e. for Name, one for Surname, and so on. This way every piece of info is separate, and can be stired.e. stored in a database, edited etc.

Creating a text area and filling in the info in place of the dots, will send you the info as a text paragraph. Not very useful.

Thanx for your reply, what I've pasted here is the info that I need, but this is only for 1 viewer.
In other words, I'll need the same info for 3 more viewers.
Hope you can help me with my problem!!

Regards,
Derek


Full names:............................................ .......................
.................................................. ...................................

Address:.......................................... ............................
.................................................. ...................................
.................................................. ...................................

Identity/Passport Nr................................................ .....

Phone number: Country code:....................................
Area code:.........................................
Phone number:...................................

E-mail:............................................. .............................

I was introduced to the club by:
(state Lucky Number)........................................... .........................

Other means:............................................ ....................................

Member/s introduced by me:
(state Lucky Draw number/s)................................................ .......

Co-member/s introduced by me (as per co-membership entry form)
(state co-member nr.2, 3, 4)................................................ ..........

If paying in installments, how many?.........................................
Sequence of installments?..................................... ....................
Payment now............................................... .............................
Next payment........................................... .................................

General remarks:.......................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................
.................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ....................................
.................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ....................................

Hi page loaded fine for me. Could maybe bring the page down to 800 wide so it can be viewed on all computers comfortably. But you would have to bring the top image down from 1024wide 1st. No other links working yet?.
Try this link to see if it gives you any ideas.
http://www.collectors-info.com/testing/nob.html (OK a bit PINK)
If you set up the form this way, you will be able to capture the data more efficiently, & even into a database or address book.

Whoops! I see you got a post in before me. If it this amount of data to be sent to you. You should defiantly use a form & not a single box.

I see that Chris has dedicated some effort into this. However, i suggest that you make your forms as Chris suggested, and then you use a better (not the simple action.php script of the tutorial) to validate your form fields and provide some security measures. Have a look at Advanced BlueVoda Form Processor . Should you you need help, contact me.