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| ====== Address Templates ====== | ====== Address Templates ====== |
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| International mailing addresses vary a great deal. Most of the address can be stored as plain text. However, certain parts need to be separated so that users can perform analytics on the data. For example: finding everyone in a town or everyone within 20 miles of a postcode. | International mailing [[:addresses|addresses]] vary a great deal. Most of the address can be stored as plain text. However, certain parts need to be separated so that users can perform analytics on the data. For example: finding everyone in a town or everyone within 20 miles of a postcode. |
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| The address will be stored as one or more plain text lines plus any combination of these fields: | The address will be stored as one or more plain text lines plus any combination of these fields: |
| In these examples, ''[TEXT]'' provides one or more lines of plain text. The remaining fields are stored in the named field and labelled as the second field. So ''[Postcode|Postal Code]'' stores the data in the Postcode field but labels it as Postal Code for both the input field and the formatted output. | In these examples, ''[TEXT]'' provides one or more lines of plain text. The remaining fields are stored in the named field and labelled as the second field. So ''[Postcode|Postal Code]'' stores the data in the Postcode field but labels it as Postal Code for both the input field and the formatted output. |
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| [[wiki:users|Users]] who are a //SYSADMIN// or a //GOD// will be able to add new countries with templates as well as adding new ones. | The [[:name|name]] information will appear above the address as this is universal (except in some Asian countries such as China where the name comes last but only when written in Chinese - when written using a Western characters, the name is written first). |
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| | After the address, will be the country if different to the country where the [[:account|account]] is registered. So, a Scottish charity will have England included for an English address but not Scotland for a Scottish address. |
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| | [[:users|Users]] who are a //SYSADMIN// or a //GOD// will be able to add new countries with templates as well as adding new ones. |
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