Re: Unable to enter data in PHP Order Form
Thank you for your help, much appreciated. I will look into what have said
and speak to the developer about what you have pointed out. Thanks again.
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cmjames
"Twayne" wrote:
> > I am starting a small home business and I have asked a developer to
> > create an Order Form in PHP. My developer has been using both IE 6
> > and IE 7 to test the form and he does not have any issues.
> >
> > When I tried testing the form on my end in IE 7, I was unable to
> > enter some of the fields and see the updates. I have tried
> > re-installing IE 7 on my PC and I have cross-checked my Internet
> > settings with my developers and I have not been able to resolve the
> > issue.
> >
> > I also tried downloading Firefox and tested the Order form in that
> > browser and it appears to be working fine. I am not sure why I am
> > unable to do the same in IE 7.
> >
> > Can someone help me please? Thank you.
>
> Unable to see "some" fields and their updates is a classical symptom of
> browser incompatabilities that the developer failed to take into
> account. Are you sure this was a "real" developer or just some friend
> who thinks he can do web pages?
>
> Did he use javascript or JAVA? If so do you have javascript enabled
> and/or the latest JAVA installed? And old JAVA revs removed? This is
> something your developer should have covered off with you when he
> delivered the product.
>
> Based on your comments, the problem isn't you; it's the "developer"; the
> code isn't completed from the sound of it. First off, if he only used
> IE6 and 7 to develop with, he's not a very good developer period. I
> suspect it works in FireFox because that's what he actually developted
> it with and never actually paid much attention to IE. To make an
> application work in several browsers takes a little thought and
> planning, else you end up with it working fine in one browser and
> terribly or not at all in other browsers: But not a lot of thought and
> planning is required since the required information is all over the
> 'net and how to handle same is easy to come across, especially for PHP.
> The other possibility is that he wrote code for a more advanced
> version of PHP than your server has installed. Did he check that for
> you? If he wrote it in 5.2.6 and the server has 4.x.x, or even 5.2.3,
> there would well be problems.
>
> Have you ASKED the developer about this? A good developer will jump
> all over himself to make certain and prove to you that his code is
> perfect. If he's not doing that the code is suspect IMO, and he needs
> to finish it OR help you figure out what's not set correspondingly in
> your own system, although I don't think it's your system.
>
> My 2 ¢ anyway; HTH,
>
> Twayne
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