How do I allow a larger area for customers to fill in the 'Other Info' prompt online?

[NormanRouxel]

SellerDeck 2013 version.

By default, customers only have a single line to provide an answer for the 'Other Information' question online. It is possible to edit the product layout and the 'Design | Text' area to provide a 'text area' box instead of a single line

First of all, you just need to edit the 'Other Info' prompt that appears as part of your product layout on the store pages (if you are using a shopping mode of 'Quantity on Product Page') or on the Add to Cart Confirmation page (if your are using a shopping mode of 'Quantity on Confirmation Page').

To do this:

1. Select your product layout in the 'Design' tab and locate the following line:

<input class="input-border" type="text" name="O_<actinic:variable name="ProductID" />" maxlength="1000" value="" />

2. Replace this line with the following code:

<textarea class="input-border" name="O_<Actinic:Variable Name="ProductID"/>" rows="5" cols="40" maxlength="1000" value="" /></textarea>

You now need to edit the code for the other info prompt that appears in the shopping cart. To do this:

3. Go to 'Design | Text'

4. Click 'Go To' and in the ID field enter '2161'.

5. It should display a entry with "Current Value:" set to:

%s<input type="text" name="%s" size="%d" maxlength="%d" value="%s" %s />

6. Change the "Current Value:" to read:

%s<textarea name="%s" rows="5" cols="40" %d maxlength="%d">%s</textarea>

7. Click 'OK' to save your changes.

8. Now go into your 'Site1' folder and locate a file called 'ActinicOrder.pm'. Open it in Notepad.

9. Search for '2161', you should see...

		$sHTML = ACTINIC::GetPhrase(-1, 2161, "", $sIndex, 35, 1000, $sValue, $sStyle);

10. Comment out this line by starting it with a #.

11. Insert the following immediately after the above line...

		$sHTML = ACTINIC::GetPhrase(-1, 2161);
		$sHTML =~ s/%d/%s/;
		$sValue =~ s/%0a//ig;	# we seem to need to remove some Line Feeds here
		$sHTML = sprintf( $sHTML, "", $sIndex, $sStyle, 1000, $sValue);

A few lines above there is a line:

		$sHTML = $sValue;

Immediately above this insert a line:

		$sValue =~ s/%0a/<br>/ig;	# we seem to need to translate some Line Feeds here

12. Save the file.

13. Now go into your 'Site1' folder and locate a file called 'OrderScript.pl'. Open it in Notepad.

14. Look for:-

		if (length $$pProduct{'OTHER_INFO_PROMPT'} > 0)
			{
			MailOrderLine( "",
			$$pProduct{'OTHER_INFO_PROMPT'} . "\r\n" . $CurrentItem{'INFO'},

15. Change to:-

		if (length $$pProduct{'OTHER_INFO_PROMPT'} > 0)
			{
			my $PatchIt = $CurrentItem{'INFO'};
			$PatchIt =~ s/%0a/ /ig;
			MailOrderLine( "",
			$$pProduct{'OTHER_INFO_PROMPT'} . "\r\n" . $PatchIt,

16. Save the file and then upload your SellerDeck store.

SellerDeck is not able to provide any detailed support for script changes made. If you find that there is a problem, an original copy of the script can be found within the 'Original' folder in your installation. Copy this into your site folder.

[KB]

By default, customers only have a single line to provide an answer for the 'Other Information' question online. It is possible to edit the product layout and the 'Design | Text' area to provide a 'text area' box instead of a single line

First of all, you just need to edit the 'Other Info' prompt that appears as part of your product layout on the store pages (if you are using a shopping mode of 'Quantity on Product Page') or on the Add to Cart Confirmation page (if your are using a shopping mode of 'Quantity on Confirmation Page').

To do this:

1. Select your product layout in the 'Design' tab and locate the following line:

<input type="text" name="O_ProductID" size="40" maxlength="1000" value="" />

2. Replace this line with the following code:

<textarea name="O_<Actinic:Variable Name="ProductID"/>" rows="5" cols="40" maxlength="1000" value="" /></textarea>

You now need to edit the code for the other info prompt that appears in the shopping cart. To do this:

3. Go to 'Design | Text'

4. Click 'Go To' and in the ID field enter '2161'.

5. It should highlight a line that says find a line that says:

%s<input type="text" name="%s" size="%d" maxlength="%d" value="%s" %s />

6. Change the prompt to read:

%s<textarea name="%s" rows="5" cols="40" %d maxlength="%d">%s</textarea>

7. Click 'OK' to save your changes.

8. Now go into your 'Site1' folder and locate a file called 'ActinicOrder.pm'. Open it in Notepad.

9. Search for '2161', you should see...

$sHTML = ACTINIC::GetPhrase(-1, 2161, "", $sIndex, 35, 1000, $sValue, $sStyle);

10. Comment out this line by preceding it with a #.

11. Insert the following immediately after the above line...

$sHTML = ACTINIC::GetPhrase(-1, 2161);
$sHTML =~ s/%d/%s/;
$sValue =~ s/%0a//ig;# we seem to need to remove some Line Feeds here
$sHTML = sprintf( $sHTML, "", $sIndex, $sStyle, 1000, $sValue);

12. Save the file.

13. Now go into your 'Site1' folder and locate a file called 'OrderScript.pl'. Open it in Notepad.

14. Look for:-

if (length $$pProduct{'OTHER_INFO_PROMPT'} > 0)
{
MailOrderLine( "",
$$pProduct{'OTHER_INFO_PROMPT'} . "\r\n" . $CurrentItem{'INFO'},

15. Change to:-

if (length $$pProduct{'OTHER_INFO_PROMPT'} > 0)
{
my $PatchIt = $CurrentItem{'INFO'};
$PatchIt =~ s/%0a/\r\n /ig;
MailOrderLine( "",
$$pProduct{'OTHER_INFO_PROMPT'} . "\r\n" . $PatchIt,

16. Save the file and then upload your SellerDeck store.

SellerDeck is not able to provide any detailed support for script changes made. If you find that there is a problem, an original copy of the script can be found within the 'Original' folder in your installation. Copy this into your site folder.