Posted by Norman on 06/11/07 11:11

On Jun 11, 1:12 am, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> In article
> <1181486713.568996.38...@n4g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
> Norman <norman.kh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10 juin, 10:37, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <1181463247.757589.140...@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
>
> > > Norman <norman.kh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > dorayme wrote:
> > > >http://uktravellist.info/information/data/address.html
>
> > > > If you select United Kingdom for example, on FF only lists the regions
> > > > for the UK, but on Safari it lists all the regions for all the
> > > > Countries that have regions. currently only France, UK and USA.
>
> > > Right. Well, the first thing to realise is that Safari has,
> > > usefully in a way, poor error correction. iCab is stupidly happy
> > > in its "face" (never mind this if you are not a Mac person) but
> > > equally not doing what you would want.
>
> > > And, looking closer at FF, it also plays up on repeated attempts.
>
> > > I suggest you fix up the 556 failed validation errors that are on
> > > that page. Fix up as many as you can and come back.
>
> > > The css sheet cannot be found and that is a bit of a puzzle in
> > > itself. You have a base url in your html, is it right?
>
> > > --
> > > dorayme
>
> > Hi dorayme,
> > The problem is that the actual code for this is on my local machine, I
> > just am using this web space to show the form and how it handles with
> > with different browsers.
>
> > Anyhow, I have uploaded the css as well.
>
> But the errors are still there, there are 553 today. Anyway, I
> will mention that in my FF (latest) when picking UK, it lists
> regions of France. But then so does Turkmenistan and others.
> Basically, it does not work, nothing particularly to do with
> Safari. Follow the suggestion to fix up all errors.
>
> Actually it is not clear what the whole context is? If it is
> going to give you a big headache maybe do it simpler. Have at
> least the regions and counties text boxes filled in by the user,
> and perhaps use more general names for the categories. We don't
> have counties here in Australia, there are states, cities, towns,
> suburbs. Why not leave all at one simple box, "Full postal
> address" and be done?
>
> --
> dorayme

OK thanks for the suggestions, I will try to fix the errors.
Cheers
Norman

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