[uf-discuss] Outlook doesn't import phonenumbers?

Tantek Ç elik tantek at cs.stanford.edu
Tue Jun 27 07:49:15 PDT 2006


Brian,

I think the <span class="type">Work</span> is what makes it work in Outlook.
That's the point.

Try your example without that.

Thanks,

Tantek


On 6/27/06 7:37 AM, "brian suda" <brian.suda at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am looking into this problem, but can't seem to replicate it. I am
> using Outlook 2002 and when i import it managed to capture the work
> phone properly as business, here is what i am using:
> 
>   <div class="vcard">
>   <h2>Besøk oss</h2>
>   <a class="url fn org" href="http://www.palografen.no">Palografen AS</a>
>    <div class="adr">
>     <div class="street-address">Strandgaten 9</div>
>     <span class="postal-code">5305</span><span
> class="locality">Bergen</span>
>   </div>
>   <h2>Kontakt oss</h2>
>   <h3>Telefon:</h3> <span class="tel"><span
> class="type">Work</span><span class="value">40003718</span></span><br />
>   <h3>E-post:</h3>  <a class="email"
> href="mailto:post at palografen.no">post at palografen.no</a>
>   <a id="technorati"
> href="http://feeds.technorati.com/contacts/http://www.palografen.no/index.php"
> >Last
> ned vcard</a>
>   </div>
> 
> and my output is:
> 
> BEGIN:VCARD
> PRODID:-//suda.co.uk//X2V 0.7.16.1 (BETA)//EN
> SOURCE:http://suda.co.uk/test.html
> NAME:
> VERSION:3.0
> N:;;;;;
> ORG;CHARSET=UTF-8:Palografen AS
> FN;CHARSET=UTF-8:Palografen AS
> EMAIL:post at palografen.no
> ADR;CHARSET=UTF-8:;;Strandgaten 9;Bergen;;5305;
> TEL;TYPE=work:40003718
> URL:http://www.palografen.no
> END:VCARD
> 
> The TYPE=work seems to be correctly being pulled. Tantek might be right,
> it could be an issue with your version of Outlook? or it could be the
> web service. Could you please send what version of outlook you are using?
> 
> thanks,
> -brian
> 
> Victor Nystad wrote:
>> I'm doing some experimenting with hcard on my companys website:
>> http://www.palografen.no,
>> and ran into difficulties getting Outlook to import the phonenumber
>> when parsed through technoratis hCard to vCard converter
>> <http://feeds.technorati.com/contacts/>
>> 
>> It seems the only way to get it to work is to specify the type value,
>> for instance "work", as a class itself.
>> <span class="tel"><span class="type">Work</span><span
>> class="value">40003718</span></span> doesn't work, but adding work as
>> a class-name does:
>> <span class="tel"><span class="type work">Work</span><span
>> class="value">40003718</span></span>
>> 
>> But then again, this isn't valid is it? Any other solutions apart from
>> telling 60% of my customers they should get a mac?
>> 
>> Victor Nystad,
>> Palografen
>> http://www.palografen.no
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