Verify/Validate Email Address on Form

[Anonymous]

It's a fairly common practice to have an "Email" field on your form as well as a "Confirm/Verify Your Email" to ensure that there won't be the chance to enter an email address erroneously.  Is there a way to do this in Marketo?  I can't imagine I'm the first person to ask about this...

Tony

[Anonymous]

A very small JavaScript/jQuery can compare the two input fields.

It can be added as custom forlm validation.

<script type="text/javascript"> 

function checkEmail(email1,email2) { 

   var e1 = document.getElementById('email1').value; 

   var e2 = document.getElementById('email2').value; 

   if (e1 != e2) { 

      return true; 

   } 

   else 

   { 

     alert('Plerase verify the email address!'); 

    return false; 

   } 

} 

</script> 

and set the additional attribute of the submit button to

Code:

onclick=" return checkEmail('email1','email2');"

Adding custom validation to a Marketo form before submitting it

http://community.marketo.com/MarketoResource?id=kA650000000Gtt6CAC

[Jason_Reber__TH]

The above link to the Marketo resource page doesn't work. Correct link is: Adding custom validation to a Marketo form before submitting it

But be warned, the information in that help article appears to be incorrect as well.

And I agree with the original post - having a Confirm Email Address functionality is pretty standard stuff, and should work out of the box in Marketo.

[AyanTalukder]

Is there a way to apply email validation to avoid consumer email types like hotmail, gmail, yahoo, etc.?

[SanfordWhiteman · Accepted solution]

Of course, read my response here: How to Restrict Free Email Domains on Form Fill Out in 2021 

[AyanTalukder]

You are too fast, right after i posted that I found your old post haha. 

[Anonymous]

Does this method require two email address fields? i.e. create another field in Marketo admin?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Alison

Yes this method requires a second field for the Verify / Confirm email address. As this is not a standard field you would need to create it under Administration.

[Anonymous]

How do you set the attibute of the submit button?

onclick=" return checkEmail('email1','email2');"

[Milena_Mitova]

Marketo already have a script in place that you can use and modity. I have used their script with a slight modification - happy to share the script that I added in my blog here, along with a step-by-step tut on how you need to implement it: https://www.campaigntrackly.com/marketo-add-email-address-confirmation-to-your-forms-in-5-easy-steps...

Hope this is useful!