Below is a list of the forms that can be edited and an explantion of what each error
message means.
>>> BAD REGISTRATION HEADER
Default Text: Your registration encountered the following problems:
(this is the default header that will appear if the registration process encountered
problems)
>>> BAD REGISTRATION FOOTER
Default Text: Please fix these errors and try again
(this is the default footer text, enhanced by HTML that will appear if the registration
process encountered problems.
>>> USER NAME FIELD EMPTY
Default Text: You cannot have an empty username. Please choose a username.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user leaves the
username blank in the registration process)
>>> USER NAME IN USE
Default Text: The username is taken. Please choose another username.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user chooses a username that is already
in use in the auction database)
>>> EDIT USER FIELD BLANK
Default Text: You cannot have an empty username. Please choose a username or keep your existing username.
(this text will appear if a user attempts to edit their username and then leaves the username field
blank)
>>> DUPLICATE USER NAME WHEN EDITED
Default Text: The username is taken. Please choose another username or keep your existing username.
(this is the default text that will appear if a user attempts to edit their name but the new username
that they enter is already in the database)
>>> PASSWORD FIELD EMPTY
Default Text: You cannot have an empty password. Please choose a password.
(this is the default text that will appear if a user leaves the password field empty
during the registration process)
>>> PASSWORD VERIFICATION INCORRECT
Default Text: Your password was not verified correctly. Please try again.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user has not verified their
password correctly, ie. they made a mistake when retyping their password into
the password verification field)
>>> EDITED PASSWORD VERIFIED INCORECT
Default Text: Your password was not verified correctly. Please try again or keep your existing password.
>>> INVALID E-MAIL ADDRESS
Default Text: You did not enter a valid email address. Your email address must contain @ and a period (.). Please try again.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user has entered an invalid
e-mail address that cannot be recognized as a possible e-mail address)
>>> INVALID EDITED E-MAIL ADDRESS
Default Text: You did not enter a valid email address. Your email address must contain @ and a period (.). Please try again or keep your existing email address.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user has attempted to edit their
e-mail address and has entered an invalid e-mail address as the new one that cannot be
recognized as a possible e-mail address)
>>> INCORRECT E-MAIL VERIFICATION
Default Text: Your email address was not verified correctly. Please try again.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user has not verified their
e-mail address properly. ie. the user has made a mistake while re-typing their
e-mail address into the e-mail address verification field. Note that the e-mail address
verification field is another option that you as the admin may or may not have
chosen to use.)
>>> INCORRECT EDITED E-MAIL VERIFICATION
Default Text: Your email address was not verified correctly. Please try again or keep your existing email address.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user has attempted to edit their e-mail address
and made a mistake in re-typing the new e-mail address in the e-mail address
verification field.)
>>> STATE FIELD EMPTY
Default Text: You must select a state/province from the list.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user has left the
state/province field empty during the registration process)
>>> EDITED STATE FIELD EMPTY
Default Text: You must select a billing state/province from the list or enter one in the text field.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user has attempted
to edit their State/Province field and have now left the field empty)
>>> SELECTED STATE LIST AND TEXT FIELDS EMPTY
Default Text: You must select a billing state/province from the list or enter one in the text field.
(if you as the admin have decided to let users select the state/province from
a list with a "other" text field, this is the default text that will appear
if a user has not selected from a list and also has not entered any data in the
"other" field)
>>> COUNTRY NOT SELECTED
Default Text: You must select a country from the list.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user has failed to
choose a country from the list of countries form)
>>> NO COUNTRY CHOSEN
Default Text: You must select a country from the list or enter one in the text field.
(if you as the admin have chosen to give the user the ability to select their country
from a list or enter one into a "other" text field, and the user does not choose a country
from the list and leaves the "other" text field blank, this is the default text
above will appear)
>>> BILLING COUNTRY BLANK
Default Text: You must select a billing country from the list or enter one in the text field.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user has left the Billing Country
field blank)
>>> NO BILLING COUNTRY SELECTED
Default Text: You must select a billing country from the list or enter one in the text field.
(if you as the admin have given your users the ability to either select a billing country from a list
or enter it into a "other" text field, this text will appear if neither one of those is selected and/or
filled out)
>>> INCORRECT CREDIT CARD EXPIRATION FORMAT
Default Text: Your credit card expiration date must be in the format MM/YY.
(this is the text that will appear if the user has entered a credit card expiration
date into the credit card expiration text field in an incorrect format)
>>> CREDIT CARD EXPIRED
Default Text: The credit card expiration date you entered indicates your card has expired.
(this is the default text that will appear if the credit card expiration date that a user enters
indicates that the credit card has now expired)
>>> CREDIT CARD MO/YR NOT CHOSEN
Default Text: You must select a month and year for your credit card expiration date.
(this is the default text that will appear if you allow the user to select the credit card
expiration date from "month" and "year" pull down lists, and the user does not choose an
expiration date from the lists.)
>>> INVALID CREDIT CARD # LENGTH
Default Text: The length of your credit card number was not valid.
(this is the default text that will appear if the length of the
credit card number was invalid)
>>> ALPHA CHARACHTERS IN CREDIT CARD FIELD
Default Text: Your credit card number was be all numbers. It cannot contain any characters.
(this is the default text that will appear if a user has entered an ALPHA character (a letter)
in the Credit Card Number Field)
>>> INVALID CREDIT CARD #
Default Text: You did not enter a valid credit card number
(this is the default text that will appear if a user has entered
an invalid credit card number)
>>> UNACCEPTED CREDIT CARD
Default Text: We do not accept the type of credit card you entered.
(this text will appear if the user attempts to enter an
unnacepted credit card type)
>>> INVALID CREDIT CARD TYPE / NUMBERS
Default Text: The credit card type you chose does not match the credit card number.
(this text will appear if the user attempts to enter a credit card number that
does not match the credit card type that the user selected)
>>> FIRST AND LAST NAME TAKEN
Default Text: Your name (first name, last name) was not unique.
(this text will appear if the user attempts to enter a first and last name
combination that is not unique and is already in use in the system) (note that
there are many options in regards to which fields are mandatory and which
fields are mandatorily unique, which means that it is possible to have
more than one "John Smith" in the database with no conflict)
>>> E-MAIL ADDRESS ALREADY REGISTERED
Default Text: Your email address was not unique.
(this is the default text that will appear if the user enters an e-mail address
that is not unique to the database during the registration process)
>>> ORGANIZATION NAME ALREADY IN USE
Default Text: Your organization was not unique.
(if made as being a mandatory unique field, this is the default text
that will appear if a user enters an Organization name that is not
unique to the database)
>>> PHONE NUMBER ALREADY IN USE
Default Text: Your phone number was not unique.
(if made as being a mandatory unique field, this is the default text
that will appear if a user enters a Phone # that is not unique to
the database)
>>> PHONE NUMBER # 2 ALREADY IN USE
Default Text: Your 2nd phone number was not unique.
(if made as being a mandatory unique field, this is the default text
that will appear if a user enters a Phone # 2 that is not unique to
the database)
>>> CREDIT CARD NUMBER ALREADY IN USE
Default Text: Your credit card number was not unique.
(this is the default text that will appear if a user does not enter a
unique credit card number)
>>> CREDIT CARD NAME ALREADY IN USE
Default Text: The name on your credit card was not unique.
(if made a mandatory unique field, this is the default text that will
appear if the user enters a Credit Card Name (first and last name)
that is not unique to the system)
>>> ADDRESS ALREADY IN USE
Default Text: Your address was not unique.
(this is the default text that will appear if the Address field
is a mandatory unique field and if the user enters an address that is
not unique to the databse and is already in use by another user in
the system)
>>> BIDDING ADDRESS ALREADY IN USE:
Default Text: Your bidding address was not unique.
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page and deploy them across your auction software, you must
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