abigail

Hey Matt, Thanks for replying. I kind of decided to not have login. Largely because to save my programming. And also, like you mention, the users don't like it. However, I'm doing it a little different than you describe. I am not going to have a User. I am going to have an Order. I suppose my tables won't be normalized, because the name, address, and email will be repeated. But I'm thinking that is small price to pay for the convenience. The one thing that is different for my site, than for others (I think), is that I am only going let someone purchase one item at a time. So everything really is focused around getting that Stripe charge card handled properly. Sure, it takes them a little time to re-enter when they return but many people will only ever buy one item probably. My browser remembers those fields and fills them with mouse clicks. Anyway, that is how I am going to start out and hopefully it will work well. Abigail

Yes, this is pretty close to what I was thinking but I thought maybe you knew something that I don't already know. Here's another thing (unless you think I should post this separately) Do you think it is necessary that I make my customer register and login? I will have to keep the address information in the database but do I really need to identify them as a customer? Many people will probably only every buy just one time. I would really like to simply it. I'll be using Stripe.

I'm working on an online store application. I'm working on the part that will get Customer's shipping address. I also want to get name, email, and phone number. My question is, what is the best way to validate all of these, especially the address. I know this is a general way of stating the question, so to clarify, this is what I am thinking. I have two goals: 1) all the data is valid in the sense I can store it in the database. 2) I want to try to make sure it is a real customer, not a scammer, so I would like to make sure everything is in a valid form. Such as a zip code is only 5 digits plus 4. A phone number is only 10 digits, etc. Is it reasonable to check if the zip code is valid for that state? I don't think it needs to be perfect. It is just for doing some basic checking before passing it through to the credit card section.

What doesn't work about it? What does it do or not do?

I don't understand "you tried". To update 2 tables you need to do two queries.

I don't have time to answer thoroughly but I can point you in the right direction maybe. You have to do each table separately but use a Transaction so they will both succeed or fail together.

Just a tip that might help you. Try without encrypting the password. Maybe even without Escape string. This might help you isolate the error.Add those checks back in after other code is working.

Thank you Larry. One well known person on the forum contacted me by email and trying to understand it all to help with estimate and maybe come on board. Again, your forum is very valuable.

I am working on a nice programming project and we want to hire another software person to implement a part of it that can be broken out of the main project. It involves getting data from various websites into Excel spreadsheet and robust error handling. I can explain all the details. We are estimating one week for each of 36 states. We don't know how much to pay you--you tell us. We are working on the budget right now but we hope to get the funding soon and work could begin maybe within a month. Also, you would need to be able to support the software so when there is any problem in the future they call you (not me). If you would like to comment on the rate for such a project, it might be interesting for the forum or you can email me. And those that might be interested and want more information, email me. a-7-bigail@wi.rr.com

It is good for SEO for each page to have a different title. Google doesn't know how you got that title there. So you are correct, once the page is served Google sees it as static.

Thanks Antonio, I will look into this. I already have the PowerPoint completed but even if I have to convert, no problem.

What I really want is that they can watch the PowerPoint online when they click on it. I did search on line and you are right I have to convert it. Open Office exports it to HTML format but now it doesn't start the PowerPoint correctly, it only shows a introductory page. Don't spend your time on this, I thought there might be a different way to make the link start the PowerPoint, but evidently there is not. I'm sure I will figure it out and then I can post back so others might learn.

Well then the question I am asking is how do I get that PowerPoint on my website?

FireFox did bring up the PowePoint. Like any file that I would download, it gives me an option to Open or Save. But I don't want that menu to come up, just the PowerPoint. You can check it out for yourself if you want but this site is brand new so really just a skeleton yet. InsideTheNumbersInc.com

I put a Power Point link on my website (actually a friend's site I am doing), and when user clicks the link, the browser menu comes up to pick Open or Save. Is there some way I can have that Power Point start automatically when the user clicks? And is this a file I should put in directory outside my web files?

I've noticed a lot of people use it and like it. I myself have not tried it.

I will let someone more knowledgeable answer your question about using this book. I would suggest you look into using Stripe instead of PayPal or in addition to PayPal. I think it is much easier to implement. You can check out the features and then decide

Yes, I agree with both of you (because you also agree with each other?). And I know how stressed people get hear a deadline. No one is perfect and mistakes are made.

Well, That is something I didn't think of. It could be deliberate.

My local newspaper had a short article: "5-year-old beats Xbox security" A 5-year-old San Diego boy has outwitted the sharpest minds at Microsoft--he's found a backdoor to the xBox. He logged into his father's xBox Live account. When the password login screen appeared, he simply hit the space button a few times and hit enter. His father noticed him playing games he supposedly couldn't access. They reported the issue to Microsoft, which fixed the bug and listed the boy on its website as a "security researcher". Probably most of us are doing our security the way Larry taught us, and I hope we are smarter than Microsoft.

It's probably in the includes directory. But I don't know the actual name of it because I don't have that book.

I think it is your query that is wrong and not the sort.

I believe that is the reason, without looking at the code. Very likely, the css is the difference.

Yes, Antonio, that is what gave me the idea to suggest those changes to make the error show itself.

Wow. That's great that you found it. These seems to be the hardest to solve. I was hoping it would show more information, as it did.