Relocate the "Credit Card Decline..." Message for better visibility

**sportbiker** · 26 Sep 2009, 07:40 AM

Using Version 1.3.8a with my own custom template and overrides

I'm pretty Zen Savvy now and I searched every possible phrase in the forums, but I cannot find an answer. When a credit card is declined, the page returns to the Step 2 page, but because the statement "Your credit card was declined..." is so small and at the very top of the page, it's just not being seen.

So, I really want to do one of two things.

1) IDEALLY, I'd love for this DIV (if it is one) to appear somewhere in the middle of the page or perhaps right above the credit card fields. Can I do it? What file and line of code would I move or alter?

2) If that's not possible, how can I change this DIV to use a bigger, bolder font with a red or yellow background so it can't be missed. Again, can I do it? What file and line of code would I move or alter?

Thanks in advance for your help!

**DrByte** · 26 Sep 2009, 03:34 PM

If you're using an old payment module built using pre-v1.3.8a methodology, then your payment-error messages are being displayed by this block of code in your tpl_header.php template file:

Code:

  if (isset($_GET['error_message']) && zen_not_null($_GET['error_message'])) {
  echo htmlspecialchars(urldecode($_GET['error_message']));
  }

However, newer up-to-date modules and templates display the payment-error messages in the middle section of the page, as you were asking for, using this block of code in tpl_checkout_payment_default.php:

Code:

<?php if ($messageStack->size('checkout_payment') > 0) echo $messageStack->output('checkout_payment'); ?>

**sportbiker** · 27 Sep 2009, 01:00 AM

Do any of you Zen Guys ever get any sleep? lol That worked! Thank you! Unfortunately, my module uses the older tpl_header, so it's esthetically not what I want, but it's fixed! I slapped a DIV tag around it, made the font big and bold, and made the background yellow. Customers can't miss it!

By the way — I bought the Zen Cart book and it's so worth it! Keep up the great work.

Thank you!