[ic] Incomplete User Account Setup

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Dan Browning)]

At 06:04 PM 10/16/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>I have found that some folks have managed to create accounts with 
>incomplete information.  What they appear to be doing is completing the 
>username/password screen and then filling in portions of the account 
>information, committing the page and, at which point I presume, they are 
>either re-entering the site and then placing their order or backing up 
>through their browser history.  The bottom line is that they are 
>circumventing the error checks for the required account fields.  I have 
>managed to duplicate this myself and if worked, well failed depending on 
>your perspective.
>
>Has anyone else encountered this and if so, how have you worked around 
>it?  I have thought about modifying the login page to manually check for 
>required fields and if any are missing, bounce to the accounts page, but 
>this makes the site more 'high-maintenance' if additional fields are added 
>in the future that are 'required.'
>
>Any suggestions or ideas?

The foundation checkout order profile should stop users who don't have 
required fields.  Have you modified it?

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