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**jont** · 07-Jun-2006, 03:45 PM

Hi John,

which site is this for? Is it to over come a specific issue as there may be another solution? Just that a lot of users will hit the back button rather than read a list of terms and conditions just to see if you have what they are looking for... you can then easily enough ask them to agree to the T&C during checkout.

**john goodstar** · 09-Jun-2006, 11:19 AM

Hi,

I am planning to offer some free guides and want to be in a position where i can claim i that am not legally responsible or liable for any damages incurred or any accidents users may have while following any guide.

They will not have to go through a the checkout to get these guides, so it is necessary to obtain the users agreement by other means.

A simple 'i agree' i do not agree' choice on the first page all users come to as well as a comment as they choose to download is what i think would show that they have received a suitable notice.

Can you suggest a way of doing this and/or any solutions?

cheers

John

**jont** · 09-Jun-2006, 11:28 AM

Hi John,

did reply to this yesterday but the overnight forum outage has blitzed yesterdays replies!

If you are offering free downloads all you need is a strapline next to the link along the lines of "by downloading the software you agree to our terms and conditions .. full details" .... have "full detail" as a link to possibly a pop-up page outlining the usage of the download and if it kills their computer you are not liable etc.

That would be a better solution in terms of accessability and is what a lot of the big companies do when down loading say new drivers or test software etc.

You could introduce a tick box step whereby a new screen appears with a form which they have to agree to - only when they agree are they forwarded to the actual download ... this could be done in Javascript, PHP etc ... try somewhere like http://www.hotscripts.com/ for loads of free scripts that could be of use for you

**NormanRouxel** · 09-Jun-2006, 11:43 AM

One way to do this would be to first send them to a separate page containing just the terms and conditions for the downloads. You could put a checkbox on this page that wouldn't let them through to the downloads page unless it was ticked.

E.g.

Code:

Blah blah...
<br>
Check here if you agree to these conditions 
<input type=checkbox name="agreed" id="agreed" 
	    onclick="document.getElementById('thelink').innerHTML = this.checked ? '<a href=\'mydownloadpage.html\'>Proceed to download</a>' : '&nbsp;'">
<div id="thelink">&nbsp;</div>

The above only displays the link if the checkbox is ticked.

You can test this by saving the following as test.html and clicking it.

Code:

<html>
<head><title>Terms test</title></head>
<body>
Terms and conditions
.
.
.
<br>
Check here if you agree to these conditions 
<input type=checkbox name="agreed" id="agreed" 
	    onclick="document.getElementById('thelink').innerHTML = this.checked ? '<a href=\'mydownloadpage.html\'>Proceed to download</a>' : '&nbsp;'">
<div id="thelink">&nbsp;</div>

</body>
</html>

**john goodstar** · 11-Jun-2006, 01:05 PM

Thanks all, for the useful replies.
cheers
John

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