thanks Jason... am getting there
have got the validations pretty much done but the telephone number keeps being errored... do I need to change something somewhere to accommodate UK phone number formatting?
also on validations, how do I add the additional validations as the visitor goes through the form to ensure they complete the fields as they go through it?
I did temporarily make the phone field only a required field (rather than a phone field) and the validation passed but the form didnt go through to the confirm.php page... just stayed on the checkout.php page.....
edit... have also just noticed that after I try to checkout, when the page reloads and is showing the telephone field as requiring change, if I remove any of the pre-validated info (eg the post code) and try to checkout again, the blank post code field doesnt show the validation....