UNA 12 Phone Verification
Running UNA 12.0.B1 => When users attempt to input their phone number on the join form it responds that it's an invalid number and wants a country code. We don't use country codes in the US to call each other, where do I get this module to comprehend that?
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Been working on this and here's what I've found. In the United States and Canada when we want to dial a number we ONLY use a country code if we are calling outside of North America. Maybe Mexico, never tried it. For example, I want to call Toronto, ON from Phoenix, AZ. Typically I would dial 909 555 1212, no country code needed even though I'm calling Canada.
Now, back in the old days lets say I wanted to call my dad in Ohio, he lived outside cleveland with the area code 216. I'd dial 1 216 555 1212 and the number would go through, we didn't call that a country. So I figured I'd try that w/the 12165551212 and the system denied it.
So I dug a little more. I noticed it said numbers or digits only. But it kept referencing this + in the error box. So I tried +12165551212 and lo and behold it works. So all my members have to type + 1 then area code and then number.
If the system wants a + then we need to code the + to be automatic and in the background, not something the member needs to add in as here in the US & Canada I can tell you none of us think of a phone number as + 1 area code number. The 1 we can live with, the + is boonex overkill.
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Try adding +1 as country code for... most international exchanges will parse this.
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Figured that out. Issue is that MOST people joining a site in the US/Canada don't even think of that. It's not something we encounter. System should be set to take care of that automatically, especially the "+"
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