Title: Shortcode and Validation
Last modified: November 15, 2018

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# Shortcode and Validation

 *  Resolved [Bbozzo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbozzo/)
 * (@bbozzo)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-and-validation/)
 * I recently installed this plugin and am considering upgrading to Pro, but want
   to try to do as much as i can before then both to see if it meets my needs, and
   if it does, to get some of the basics done before upgrading.
 * Anyway, i have two questions:
 * 1) I’ve tried quite a few directory solutions, from forms and plugins to themes.
   There was always an issue, in that they were too complex for what i needed, didn’t
   do what i wanted etc. Anyway, in the process, i deleted a lot of material from
   my site, and may have deleted the page and shortcode you say not to delete. Maybe
   i haven’t got this far in the training yet, but can i get round this?
 * 2) In preparing my form, i noticed there’s no validation for country or continent,
   which are two key fields for my directory. Could this be a problem, with lots
   of ‘stray’ countries and continents?
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [Bbozzo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbozzo/).

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 *  Thread Starter [Bbozzo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbozzo/)
 * (@bbozzo)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-and-validation/#post-10882435)
 * Don’t worry about an answer to the first question – the plugin prompted me to
   create the page and the shortcode.
 * Looks nice!
 * I’d still like to get your answer to the second question.
 *  Thread Starter [Bbozzo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbozzo/)
 * (@bbozzo)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-and-validation/#post-10882487)
 * Ok, now i think i’ve answered my second question too!
 * If i upgrade and get the regions module, that will take care of validation. Is
   that right?
 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-and-validation/#post-10885161)
 * Hi [@bbozzo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbozzo/),
 * Sorry that you ran into issues with this! But glad you worked through things 
   thus far…
 * As for your last question, Regions creates dropdown lists for those countries
   and continents (and cities/states/whatever you add). So that helps avoid entry
   issues that the open text field can’t fix.
 * I hope that helps.
 * Please let me know if you have any other questions or issues!

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