Checkout page 1 required field

[mike_howles]

I cannot rememer whether it was a default field but I need to make the 'Special delivery instructions' a required field. (i've attached a screenshot).
We need to do this as we use City Link at they are causing a bit of a problem where some customers are not giving leaving instructions (never had a problem with Target Express!!).

has anyone done this or can give me a quick bit of code or point me into the archives (I could not find anything in knowledge base or searches).

below is the code as it currently stands:


<td width="60%" style='border: black solid 1pt;'>
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22ShipPrompt001Required%22%20%2f%3e" />
<span class="actrequired">
</actinic:block>
<font color="red" size="3"><b><Actinic:Variable Name="ShipPrompt001"/>
</font>
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22ShipPrompt001Required%22%20%2f%3e" />

<span class="actrequired">
</actinic:block></b>
<br>To ensure an efficient delivery service, please advise us of a safe place to leave your food if you are out.

Failure to do so may result in a delay
</td>

Cheers

Mike

[leehack]

Tick 'required' in design|text on that prompt and see if that does what you want.

[mike_howles]

Lee

Thanks for that but there are no Show or Required tick boxes for that prompt.

BTW like the avatar, is that your little-un?

Mike

[leehack]

Hi Mike, there is, that page you have provided a screenshot of, scroll down a little more until you see it.

No it's not my little un lol, just a picture i found that made me chuckle.

[OriginalTouch]

There is a user definable field in the delivery tab, instead of the invoice and shipping tabs.

At the bottom of the delivery address tab - both allow show and required tick boxes.

After all, it is the delivery address you are trying to add information to...

[leehack]

I think one of us has missed the point Samantha, i'm sure Mike can solve his problem using one of our methods though anyway. As i understand he wants to make the already existing message 'mandatory' to be filled out, not add anything new, why duplicate it? Maybe i have read it wrong though, that's entirely possible.

[OriginalTouch]

If the table is hard coded as in the first post above, then he needs some sort of condition hardcoded into the same place:
what does the span class = actrequired refer to? Perhaps someone needs to take a quick look at this code.

However, in my experience, the default user definable delivery address field that is already built in works fine. You can also use this and then add your style to it afterwards.

Just trying to simplify things.

[leehack]

span class = actrequired refer to?

That part usually colours the specific part red if for example they don't fill it in as they should have. Like when you miss clicking to agree T&C's, it then highlights it in red to make it clear what's wrong. You can set the required color, it is red as standard.

[mike_howles]

DUH!!

Ok, thanks folks, the webshop has been running for over a year now and I have forgotten most of these little intricacies!!

Lee's solution worked, just me not scrolling down theough the whole Design | text page!!

Mike