OK, now you are sold on the principle, what do you need
to do ?
Unless you are operating on free
webspace with restricted services, every web server
usually has access to a service called PHP or ASP. If
you have a web form already asking your customers questions,
the form is likely to be sending the information entered
to a program. If this has a ".asp" or a ".php"
ending to the filename, you know you can successfully
run this service. If not, a simple question to your
provider asking if they supply ASP or PHP service as
part of what you pay already will answer the question.
You then use our QuickStart Wizard to generate a working
example for you. Then the example can be simply copied
into your web page.
The only bit you need to know is what the entry boxes
on your website are called - i.e. do you have a single
address box where the entire address appears or do you
have a line1, line2, line3, line4, town and postcode
boxes individually. We give you a working example and
hey-presto, you have just given your customers an easy
way to ensure accurate entry of their address and beefed
up your website perception to your potential customer
base.
If
you are technically minded, and
want to develop your own interface to our data, you
can also link any web accessable application into our
system via a simple XML service. Making a call to our
data initially provides you with a list of matches and
a unique id for each one, then, when your user has selected
the match they require, you pass the unique id back
to get a second XML data set with all of the address
information supplied.
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