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Blog Comments form not submitting
If the reader fills out the comment form and adds a website URL in the 'commentURL' but doesn't include 'https://' the form does not submit, leaving them unsure if it's been submitted or not.
adding https:// before the url allows the form to submit.
Template (std Perch comment_form.html)
<perch:if id="postAllowComments" value="1">
<perch:form id="comment" method="post" app="perch_blog" class="comment-form" action="<perch:blog id="postURL" />">
<fieldset>
<legend>Leave a comment</legend>
<div>
<perch:label for="commentName">Name</perch:label>
<perch:input type="text" id="commentName" required="true" label="Name" antispam="name" />
<perch:error for="commentName" type="required">Required</perch:error>
</div>
<div>
<perch:label for="commentEmail">Email</perch:label>
<perch:input type="email" id="commentEmail" required="true" label="Email" antispam="email" />
<perch:error for="commentEmail" type="required">Required</perch:error>
<perch:error for="commentEmail" type="format">Check format of address</perch:error>
</div>
<div>
<perch:label for="commentURL">Website</perch:label>
<perch:input type="url" id="commentURL" placeholder="https://" label="URL" antispam="url" />
</div>
<div>
<perch:label for="commentHTML">Comment</perch:label>
<perch:input type="textarea" id="commentHTML" required="true" label="Message" antispam="body" />
<perch:error for="commentHTML" type="required">Required</perch:error>
</div>
<div>
<perch:input type="hidden" id="postID" value="<perch:blog id="postID" />" />
<perch:input type="submit" id="submitComment" value="Submit" />
</div>
</fieldset>
<perch:success>
<p>Thank you. Your comment has been submitted and will appear on the site once approved.</p>
</perch:success>
</perch:form>
</perch:if>
I imagine that is the HTML5 browser validation coming into play. If it hit Perch we would use our error checking on the serverside.
I see, I was testing in Webkit browsers, which give no visible message or feedback. In Firefox a proper query is shown 'Please enter a URL' .
Is there a way to stop browser validation?
You can use a plain text field rather than a URL field.
Thanks Drew and Rachel, I chose to add