Hello -

We made changes to our ToS a while back, and people are still having problems registering and re-registering, so we thought we'd put up a page telling how to overcome them. Overwrote the old file, went through the registration process, and got the same ole page as before. Funny thing is when I hit return in the address bar the correct new page comes up. Any ideas why? Is there anywhere special the 405 error page is housed?

What forum software are you using?

Eve, Steven.

Rachel, when you say "overwrote the old file", i'm assuimg you mean the TOS settings in the control panel?

Hi Steven, David -

The overwritten file was the actual registrationerror.html, not the tos, by uploading the new page to the Infopop Web Hosting Control Panel.

You've turned your eve TOS into a form, with no form action="someplace here" specified. Because there is no target for the form, it is trying to submit to itself, which it can't.

Ah, yes I see that. Thanks, David. It's saying that post isn't allowed, so if it's specifically defined as get will it interfere with the registration process? Because right now it's still working if the correct answers are provided.

You've missed my point. It's not a POST or GET problem, it's where you are posting to that is a problem. You can't, or shouldn't, make a form POST to itself.

Rachael:

If I understand correctly, you want people to have to fill out your questionaire before registering, thus prohibiting people who do not from registering?

If so, you can't do that. The Terms of Service field is only for your Terms. The "I Agree to the Terms of Service" checkbox is designed to cover users indicating that they have read, and agree to follow, your terms.

Is there a specific reason you feel you need the form inside the TOS?

Hi David -

Yep, realized I mixed method with the action. Teaches me to post at 3am.

The board is the hub for people who are in various stages of getting their marriages back together, oftentimes involving affairs. The questions in the TOS are to ensure that subscribers adhere to a code of conduct and to clearly understand that it is a marriage advocacy organization. If there hadn't been previous issues there would be no need for the questions. But unfortunately there were.

What I don't understand is:

1. why, when it is correctly referenced in the code, the page is on the server, and the questions are answered either incorrectly or incompletely it pulls up the 405 error page that reads
Method Not Allowed
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /registrationerror.html.
Apache/1.3.33 Server at saveyourmarriagecentral.infopop.cc Port 80

What is intended to come up when someone either incompletely or incorrectly answers can be seen at saveyourmarriagecentral.infopop.cc/registrationerror.html

2. why the correct error page comes up when the above url is typed in

3. and why the registration process continues as normal when all the correct answers are given. If it were a problem with the script wouldn't it not work at all?

Could it be because it's not in the error log folder? I wanted to upload the page to that but there wasn't an upload files option on the page. I also tried renaming and saving another file but it wouldn't take, nor was there a 405 page to begin with. Although the original and new versions appeared to be on the top level, is 405 housed somewhere else?

Many thanks for taking the time to help. *R

Rachael:

You cannot post form values to an HTML page. HTML pages are static and cannot do anything with the results, hence the 405.

You would need to post the results to a script (PHP or Perl) in order to make use of them. But again, I refer you to my previous post indicating this will not work with Eve. There is no way for you to only allow people to register after filling out your form.

Lets take a step backwards for a moment. I understand you have had some people break the rules in the past. What makes you believe that this extra step will eliminate that from happening again?

What would you expect to happen if your form did work correctly? How are you going to process whether they answered the four questions properly?