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could someone step me thru this

i just need to validate one field, and make sure they input a title

do i put my html separate from my js, or all in teh same code box??


using this js

function validate_form ( )
{
    valid = true;

    if ( document.contact_form.recommendation.value == "" )
    {
        alert ( "Please fill in the 'Document Title' box." );
        valid = false;
    }

    return valid;
}

<form name="contact_form" method="post"
action="/cgi-bin/articles/development/
  javascript/form-validation-with-javascript/contact_simple.cgi"
onsubmit="return validate_form ( );">
              <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-bottom: -10px;">
                <tr>
                  <td><p>NAME:<span class="loud"></span> <br />
                      <INPUT NAME="name" value="<?=$name?>" TYPE="text">
                    </p></td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                  <td><!--  -->
                    <p>E-MAIL:<span class="loud"> </span><br />
                      <INPUT NAME="email" value="<?=$email?>" TYPE="text">
                    </p></td>
             	</tr>
				 <tr>
                  <td><!--  -->
                    <p>DOCUMENT TITLE:<span class="loud"> *required</span><br />
                      <INPUT NAME="recommendation" value="<?=$document?>" TYPE="text">
                    </p></td>
             	</tr>
                <tr>
                  <td><p>COMMENTS:<br />
                      <textarea name="comments" class="cmsg" wrap="on"><?=$comments?></textarea>
                      <!--<br /> -->
                    </p></td>
                </tr>


</div>
                <tr>
                  <td><p style="margin-top: -3px;">
                      <INPUT TYPE="submit" CLASS="submit" VALUE=" Submit ">
                      <!--    -->
                      <INPUT TYPE="reset"CLASS="submit" VALUE=" Clear  ">
                  </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                 
                    </p>
                  </td>
                </tr>

</tr>
	</td>
              </table>
            </FORM>
          </div>

Post edited by: kade119, at: 2008/01/31 22:01<br><br>Post edited by: kade119, at: 2008/01/31 22:03

Hi kade119,

If you are using ChronoForms then put your Javascript in the Javascript box on the Form Code tab and put the Form HTML in the HTML code box - without the <form> tags. You'll need to make sure the form name matches the ChronoForms name too - I think you'll find this written up in the FAQs.

The values you have here won't work; they need to be of the form $_POST['email'] to preserve posted values or $my->name if you are looking for Joomla user values.

Bob