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[Guest]

Hi

 

How do I insert the red asterisk so as it appears next to the box "Company name", this information is required. Just like it the asterisks appear to the right of the box's "First name", "Last name", etc, on the Create an Account page.

 

 

Many thanks

 

Grandpa

[chadcloman]

To add the red asterisk, change the following line in /catalog/includes/languages/english.php:

 

define('ENTRY_COMPANY_TEXT', '');

to be this:

 

define('ENTRY_COMPANY_TEXT', '*');

Note, however that this will only display the asterisk -- it will not make the company name a required field. To do that, modify /catalog/create_account.php so that it checks that the company value exists and is at least ENTRY_COMPANY_MIN_LENGTH characters long. Also modify the error message in /catalog/includes/languages.english.php to be something like this:

 

define('ENTRY_COMPANY_ERROR', 'Your Company must contain a minimum of ' . ENTRY_COMPANY_MIN_LENGTH . ' characters.');

If you are using languages other than English, make the changes to the appropriate <language>.php files (in the same directory as english.php).

 

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[Guest]

To add the red asterisk, change the following line in /catalog/includes/languages/english.php:

 

define('ENTRY_COMPANY_TEXT', '');

to be this:

 

define('ENTRY_COMPANY_TEXT', '*');

Note, however that this will only display the asterisk -- it will not make the company name a required field. To do that, modify /catalog/create_account.php so that it checks that the company value exists and is at least ENTRY_COMPANY_MIN_LENGTH characters long. Also modify the error message in /catalog/includes/languages.english.php to be something like this:

 

define('ENTRY_COMPANY_ERROR', 'Your Company must contain a minimum of ' . ENTRY_COMPANY_MIN_LENGTH . ' characters.');

If you are using languages other than English, make the changes to the appropriate <language>.php files (in the same directory as english.php).

 

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Hi Chad

 

Thanks for that all done, except I don't understand what and where "

 

Note, however that this will only display the asterisk -- it will not make the company name a required field. To do that, modify /catalog/create_account.php so that it checks that the company value exists and is at least ENTRY_COMPANY_MIN_LENGTH characters long."

 

This would go.

 

Again many thanks

 

Kind regards

 

John

[chadcloman]

You will need to change the following files in version 2.2RC2A:

 

• address_book_process.php
  
• checkout_payment_address.php
  
• checkout_shipping_address.php
  
• create_account.php
  
• admin/customers.php
  

This is one of those things where you need to understand PHP coding. To see how it's done, I suggest finding the code that checks one of the other required fields. Use ENTRY_COMPANY_MIN_LENGTH when doing the check.

 

You may also want to change includes/form_check.js.php so that it checks the Company input. This file is a mix of JavaScript and PHP.

 

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[Guest]

You will need to change the following files in version 2.2RC2A:

 

• address_book_process.php
  
• checkout_payment_address.php
  
• checkout_shipping_address.php
  
• create_account.php
  
• admin/customers.php
  

This is one of those things where you need to understand PHP coding. To see how it's done, I suggest finding the code that checks one of the other required fields. Use ENTRY_COMPANY_MIN_LENGTH when doing the check.

 

You may also want to change includes/form_check.js.php so that it checks the Company input. This file is a mix of JavaScript and PHP.

 

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Hi Chad

 

Thanks for that, will give a go. It's th only way to learn.

 

Many thanks

 

Grandpa