What file to add message on Payment page ?

[kevinmc3]

ver 1.3.8a

I want to add a message "We Perfer PayPal" on the actual payment page where the customer selects what form of payment to use. What file do I edit to include this message?

[schoolboy]

Hopefully you'll get the spelling correct (or fix the typo) :

We Perfer PayPal

The file you need to look at is

tpl_checkout_payment_default.php

and I trust you know that it's a good idea to create an override for this after editing.

The best way to include your message would be via a proper DEFINE, so something like:

<div><?php echo TEXT_PAYPAL_PREFERRED;?></div>

... would be appropriate, where the define for that constant is in the language file checkout_payment.php, and would look like this:

define('TEXT_PAYPAL_PREFERRED','We Prefer PayPal'); 

[kevinmc3]

Thanks. I will give this a try. This is a big help for a non-programmer like myself.

[schoolboy]

You may also want to give that DIV a unique style ID so you can later apply some styling in stylesheet.css

<div id="paypalPreferred"><?php echo TEXT_PAYPAL_PREFERRED;?></div>

Then, in your stylesheet.css file you can create a declaration and apply whatever styling you need/want for that element:


EG:

#paypalPreferred {
 color: #cc0000;
 padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
 }

[kevinmc3]

Hopefully you'll get the spelling correct (or fix the typo) :

We Perfer PayPal

The file you need to look at is

tpl_checkout_payment_default.php

and I trust you know that it's a good idea to create an override for this after editing.

The best way to include your message would be via a proper DEFINE, so something like:

<div><?php echo TEXT_PAYPAL_PREFERRED;?></div>

... would be appropriate, where the define for that constant is in the language file checkout_payment.php, and would look like this:

define('TEXT_PAYPAL_PREFERRED','We Prefer PayPal'); 

I know this may sound like a dumb question, but when you say "creat ean override for this after editing", not sure what you mean. I already have an override folder for template and cart files. Are you suggesting I should create a backup this file?

[schoolboy]

Just put the edited copy into your custom template folder...

[kevinmc3]

Thanks much. I have two more questions and then I will stop buggin you (for a week...;}) .
I made the changes to my checkout_payment.php file and added the notation I needed. My question(s) is I notice if I go beyond a certain # of characters, the file will not load and I get a "not found" error. Where can I edit the limitation on characters?

And, how can I make the text for the Payment information message slightly larger and bold?

[schoolboy]

There is technically no limit. What you might be doing is putting in UN-ESCAPED SPECIAL CHARACTERS.

In PHP, you need to be careful about what characters you insert.

For example, if you put - it's a lovely day

You will have problems, because the APOSTROPHE in it's is UN-ESCAPED.

You need to ESCAPE the apostrophe with a backslash:

it\'s a lovely day