How do you integrate LyrisHQ Opt-in form code in BC so that it works?

Question

I created an opt-in form using the LyrisHQ platform and tested it in FF, IE and Chrome and it works. However, when I put the code on a page in BC it does not work and I do not get any error messages when I click on the submit button.
Here is the code generated by LyrisHQ:
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<form action="http://www.elabs10.com/functions/mailing_list.html" method="post" name="UPTml14294" onsubmit="return (!(UPTvalidateform(document.UPTml14294)));">
<input type="hidden" name="submitaction" value="3" />
<input type="hidden" name="mlid" value="14294" />
<input type="hidden" name="siteid" value="2010001421" />
<input type="hidden" name="tagtype" value="q2" />
<input type="hidden" name="demographics" value="1,2,-1,8" />
<input type="hidden" name="redirection" value="http://www.fundadvisers.eu/thank-you" />
<input type="hidden" name="uredirection" value="http://" />
<input type="hidden" name="welcome" value="on" />
<input type="hidden" name="double_optin" value="on" />
<input type="hidden" name="append" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="update" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="activity" value="submit" />
<tr><td colspan="2"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /> Please fill in the fields below:<br /><font size="1">(required fields in bold)<br /></font><b /></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /><b>First Name</b></td><td><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /><input type="text" name="val_1" size="10" value="" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /><b>Last Name</b></td><td><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /><input type="text" name="val_2" size="10" value="" /></td></tr>
<tr><td> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /> <b>Email</b></td><td> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /> <input type='text' name='email' value='' size='10' /></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /><b>Country</b></td><td><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /><select name="val_8" size="1"><option value="">Please Select</option><option value="Afghanistan" >Afghanistan</option><option value="Albania" >Albania</option><option value="Algeria" >Algeria</option><option value="American Samoa" >American Samoa</option><option value="Andorra" >Andorra</option><option value="Angola" >Angola</option><option value="Anguilla" >Anguilla</option><option value="Antarctica" >Antarctica</option><option value="Antigua and Barbuda" >Antigua and Barbuda</option><option value="Argentina" >Argentina</option><option value="Armenia" >Armenia</option><option value="Aruba" >Aruba</option><option value="Australia" >Australia</option><option value="Austria" >Austria</option><option value="Azerbaijan" >Azerbaijan</option><option value="Bahamas" >Bahamas</option><option value="Bahrain" >Bahrain</option><option value="Bangladesh" >Bangladesh</option><option value="Barbados" >Barbados</option><option value="Belarus" >Belarus</option><option value="Belgium" >Belgium</option><option value="Belize" >Belize</option><option value="Benin" >Benin</option><option value="Bermuda" >Bermuda</option><option value="Bhutan" >Bhutan</option><option value="Bolivia" >Bolivia</option><option value="Bosnia and Herzegovina" >Bosnia and Herzegovina</option><option value="Botswana" >Botswana</option><option value="Bouvet Island" >Bouvet Island</option><option value="Brazil" >Brazil</option><option value="British Indian Ocean Territory" >British Indian Ocean Territory</option><option value="Brunei Darussalam" >Brunei Darussalam</option><option value="Bulgaria" >Bulgaria</option><option value="Burkina Faso" >Burkina Faso</option><option value="Burundi" >Burundi</option><option value="Cambodia" >Cambodia</option><option value="Cameroon" >Cameroon</option><option value="Canada" >Canada</option><option value="Cape Verde" >Cape Verde</option><option value="Cayman Islands" >Cayman Islands</option><option value="Central African Republic" >Central African Republic</option><option value="Chad" >Chad</option><option value="Chile" >Chile</option><option value="China" >China</option><option value="Christmas Island" >Christmas Island</option><option value="Cocos (Keeling) Islands" >Cocos (Keeling) Islands</option><option value="Colombia" >Colombia</option><option value="Comoros" >Comoros</option><option value="Congo" >Congo</option><option value="Cook Islands" >Cook Islands</option><option value="Costa Rica" >Costa Rica</option><option value="Croatia (Hrvatska)" >Croatia (Hrvatska)</option><option value="Cuba" >Cuba</option><option value="Cyprus" >Cyprus</option><option value="Czech Republic" >Czech Republic</option><option value="Czechoslovakia (former)" >Czechoslovakia (former)</option><option value="Denmark" >Denmark</option><option value="Djibouti" >Djibouti</option><option value="Dominica" >Dominica</option><option value="Dominican Republic" >Dominican Republic</option><option value="East Timor" >East Timor</option><option value="Ecuador" >Ecuador</option><option value="Egypt" >Egypt</option><option value="El Salvador" >El Salvador</option><option value="Equatorial Guinea" >Equatorial Guinea</option><option value="Eritrea" >Eritrea</option><option value="Estonia" >Estonia</option><option value="Ethiopia" >Ethiopia</option><option value="Falkland Islands (Malvinas)" >Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</option><option value="Faroe Islands" >Faroe Islands</option><option value="Fiji" >Fiji</option><option value="Finland" >Finland</option><option value="France" >France</option><option value="French Guiana" >French Guiana</option><option value="French Polynesia" >French Polynesia</option><option value="French Southern Territories" >French Southern Territories</option><option value="Gabon" >Gabon</option><option value="Gambia" >Gambia</option><option value="Georgia" >Georgia</option><option value="Germany" >Germany</option><option value="Ghana" >Ghana</option><option value="Gibraltar" >Gibraltar</option><option value="Greece" >Greece</option><option value="Greenland" >Greenland</option><option value="Grenada" >Grenada</option><option value="Guadeloupe" >Guadeloupe</option><option value="Guam" >Guam</option><option value="Guatemala" >Guatemala</option><option value="Guinea" >Guinea</option><option value="Guinea-Bissau" >Guinea-Bissau</option><option value="Guyana" >Guyana</option><option value="Haiti" >Haiti</option><option value="Heard and McDonald Islands" >Heard and McDonald Islands</option><option value="Honduras" >Honduras</option><option value="Hong Kong" >Hong Kong</option><option value="Hungary" >Hungary</option><option value="Iceland" >Iceland</option><option value="India" >India</option><option value="Indonesia" >Indonesia</option><option value="Iran" >Iran</option><option value="Iraq" >Iraq</option><option value="Ireland" >Ireland</option><option value="Israel" >Israel</option><option value="Italy" >Italy</option><option value="Jamaica" >Jamaica</option><option value="Japan" >Japan</option><option value="Jordan" >Jordan</option><option value="Kazakhstan" >Kazakhstan</option><option value="Kenya" >Kenya</option><option value="Kiribati" >Kiribati</option><option value="Korea (North)" >Korea (North)</option><option value="Korea (South)" >Korea (South)</option><option value="Kuwait" >Kuwait</option><option value="Kyrgyzstan" >Kyrgyzstan</option><option value="Laos" >Laos</option><option value="Latvia" >Latvia</option><option value="Lebanon" >Lebanon</option><option value="Lesotho" >Lesotho</option><option value="Liberia" >Liberia</option><option value="Libya" >Libya</option><option value="Liechtenstein" >Liechtenstein</option><option value="Lithuania" >Lithuania</option><option value="Luxembourg" >Luxembourg</option><option value="Macau" >Macau</option><option value="Macedonia" >Macedonia</option><option value="Madagascar" >Madagascar</option><option value="Malawi" >Malawi</option><option value="Malaysia" >Malaysia</option><option value="Maldives" >Maldives</option><option value="Mali" >Mali</option><option value="Malta" >Malta</option><option value="Marshall Islands" >Marshall Islands</option><option value="Martinique" >Martinique</option><option value="Mauritania" >Mauritania</option><option value="Mauritius" >Mauritius</option><option value="Mayotte" >Mayotte</option><option value="Mexico" >Mexico</option><option value="Micronesia" >Micronesia</option><option value="Moldova" >Moldova</option><option value="Monaco" >Monaco</option><option value="Mongolia" >Mongolia</option><option value="Montserrat" >Montserrat</option><option value="Morocco" >Morocco</option><option value="Mozambique" >Mozambique</option><option value="Myanmar" >Myanmar</option><option value="Namibia" >Namibia</option><option value="Nauru" >Nauru</option><option value="Nepal" >Nepal</option><option value="Netherlands" >Netherlands</option><option value="Netherlands Antilles" >Netherlands Antilles</option><option value="Neutral Zone" >Neutral Zone</option><option value="New Caledonia" >New Caledonia</option><option value="New Zealand" >New Zealand</option><option value="Nicaragua" >Nicaragua</option><option value="Niger" >Niger</option><option value="Nigeria" >Nigeria</option><option value="Niue" >Niue</option><option value="Norfolk Island" >Norfolk Island</option><option value="Northern Mariana Islands" >Northern Mariana Islands</option><option value="Norway" >Norway</option><option value="Oman" >Oman</option><option value="Other" >Other</option><option value="Pakistan" >Pakistan</option><option value="Palau" >Palau</option><option value="Panama" >Panama</option><option value="Papua New Guinea" >Papua New Guinea</option><option value="Paraguay" >Paraguay</option><option value="Peru" >Peru</option><option value="Philippines" >Philippines</option><option value="Pitcairn" >Pitcairn</option><option value="Poland" >Poland</option><option value="Portugal" >Portugal</option><option value="Puerto Rico" >Puerto Rico</option><option value="Qatar" >Qatar</option><option value="Reunion" >Reunion</option><option value="Romania" >Romania</option><option value="Russian Federation" >Russian Federation</option><option value="Rwanda" >Rwanda</option><option value="Saint Kitts and Nevis" >Saint Kitts and Nevis</option><option value="Saint Lucia" >Saint Lucia</option><option value="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" >Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</option><option value="Samoa" >Samoa</option><option value="San Marino" >San Marino</option><option value="Sao Tome and Principe" >Sao Tome and Principe</option><option value="Saudi Arabia" >Saudi Arabia</option><option value="Senegal" >Senegal</option><option value="Seychelles" >Seychelles</option><option value="Sierra Leone" >Sierra Leone</option><option value="Singapore" >Singapore</option><option value="Slovak Republic" >Slovak Republic</option><option value="Slovenia" >Slovenia</option><option value="Solomon Islands" >Solomon Islands</option><option value="Somalia" >Somalia</option><option value="South Africa" >South Africa</option><option value="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" >South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</option><option value="Spain" >Spain</option><option value="Sri Lanka" >Sri Lanka</option><option value="St. Helena" >St. Helena</option><option value="St. Pierre and Miquelon" >St. Pierre and Miquelon</option><option value="Sudan" >Sudan</option><option value="Suriname" >Suriname</option><option value="Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands" >Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands</option><option value="Swaziland" >Swaziland</option><option value="Sweden" >Sweden</option><option value="Switzerland" >Switzerland</option><option value="Syria" >Syria</option><option value="Taiwan" >Taiwan</option><option value="Tajikistan" >Tajikistan</option><option value="Tanzania" >Tanzania</option><option value="Thailand" >Thailand</option><option value="Togo" >Togo</option><option value="Tokelau" >Tokelau</option><option value="Tonga" >Tonga</option><option value="Trinidad and Tobago" >Trinidad and Tobago</option><option value="Tunisia" >Tunisia</option><option value="Turkey" >Turkey</option><option value="Turkmenistan" >Turkmenistan</option><option value="Turks and Caicos Islands" >Turks and Caicos Islands</option><option value="Tuvalu" >Tuvalu</option><option value="Uganda" >Uganda</option><option value="Ukraine" >Ukraine</option><option value="United Arab Emirate" >United Arab Emirate</option><option value="United Kingdom" >United Kingdom</option><option value="United States" >United States</option><option value="Uruguay" >Uruguay</option><option value="US Minor Outlying Islands" >US Minor Outlying Islands</option><option value="USSR (former)" >USSR (former)</option><option value="Uzbekistan" >Uzbekistan</option><option value="Vanuatu" >Vanuatu</option><option value="Vatican City State (Holy See)" >Vatican City State (Holy See)</option><option value="Venezuela" >Venezuela</option><option value="Viet Nam" >Viet Nam</option><option value="Virgin Islands (British)" >Virgin Islands (British)</option><option value="Virgin Islands (U.S.)" >Virgin Islands (U.S.)</option><option value="Wallis and Futuna Islands" >Wallis and Futuna Islands</option><option value="Western Sahara" >Western Sahara</option><option value="Yemen" >Yemen</option><option value="Yugoslavia" >Yugoslavia</option><option value="Democratic Republic of the Congo" >Democratic Republic of the Congo</option><option value="Zambia" >Zambia</option><option value="Zimbabwe" >Zimbabwe</option><option value="Aland Islands" >Aland Islands</option><option value="Azores" >Azores</option><option value="Canary Islands" >Canary Islands</option><option value="Channel Islands" >Channel Islands</option><option value="Isle of Man" >Isle of Man</option><option value="Ivory Coast" >Ivory Coast</option><option value="Jersey &amp;amp;amp;amp; Guernsey" >Jersey &amp;amp;amp;amp; Guernsey</option><option value="Madeira" >Madeira</option><option value="Montenegro" >Montenegro</option><option value="Serbia" >Serbia</option><option value="Palestinian territories" >Palestinian territories</option><option value="Jersey &amp;amp;amp; Guernsey" >Jersey &amp;amp;amp; Guernsey</option><option value="Jersey &amp;amp; Guernsey" >Jersey &amp;amp; Guernsey</option><option value="Jersey &amp; Guernsey" >Jersey &amp; Guernsey</option></select></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /><input type="checkbox" id="unsubscribe" name="unsubscribe" /> Unsubscribe from mailing list</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000000" /><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></td></tr><script language="Javascript">//<![CDATA[
function emailCheck (emailStr) {
var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;
var atom=validChars + '+';
var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";
var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");
var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");
var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);
if (matchArray==null) {
    alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)");
    return false;
var user=matchArray[1];
var domain=matchArray[2];
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
    alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.");
    return false;
var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
if (IPArray!=null) {
      for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
        if (IPArray[i]>255) {
            alert("Destination IP address is invalid!");
        return false;
    return true;
var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat);
if (domainArray==null) {
    alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.");
    return false;
var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g");
var domArr=domain.match(atomPat);
var len=domArr.length;
if ((domArr[domArr.length-1] != "info") &&
    (domArr[domArr.length-1] != "name") &&
    (domArr[domArr.length-1] != "arpa") &&
    (domArr[domArr.length-1] != "coop") &&
    (domArr[domArr.length-1] != "aero")) {
        if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2 ||
            domArr[domArr.length-1].length>3) {
                alert("The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.");
                return false;
if (len<2) {
   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!";
   alert(errStr);
   return false;
return true;
function UPTvalidateform(thisform)
    if (thisform.val_1.value==""){  
alert("Please enter a value for First Name");
return(true);}if (thisform.val_2.value==""){  
alert("Please enter a value for Last Name");
return(true);}if (thisform.val_8.selectedIndex==0) {
alert("Please select a value for Country");
return(true);}
    if (emailCheck(thisform.email.value))
        if (document.getElementById('unsubscribe')
            && !document.getElementById('unsubscribe').checked) {
        } else {
            alert('Thank you!');
        return false;
    else
        return true;
//]]>
</script></form></table>
I appreciate any help in identifying where the issue is and steps to resolve it.
Thanks
Philip

Answer 1

Hi Paul,
It is not etiquette, You want help, would love to help but you need to allow people to
Like I mentioned, that code on it's own just in its own file probably works, that is very likely not the issue. Considering how BC works with pages, templates, how you have those implemented in your site, how you have inserted that code into a page or template and implemented it is what matters. Conflicting scripts, missing code, Posted in editor with invalid HTML having it changed by the editor... There are lots of reasons for issues to occur.
It is a bit like taking taking something out of context, not really meaningful or can be taken the wrong way if used out of context.
In terms of your issue. HTML errors.
Your form if you use say firebug you can see has closed itself off right away and does not have the form elements inside thus nothing to submit of function correctly due to the html issues.
Go through the errors
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fundadvisers.eu%2Finvestment- outlook
Ensure your forms is outputting correctly and you should be good to go/
Just missed off the "is any" thats all. But I get the intention of the comment. Noted.