Adding error message if no attribute is selected!

[Peace74]

Hi Newbie here!

I would like to show an error message, and not let customers add to cart if they don't select an attribute, I have found the tutorial to add another choice and make it display only, but this looks unprofessional with radio boxes, how does this site do it so that the display only radio box is not showing up on the list, I can only do it so there is an default selected radio box which says please select for eg!

http://www.sparksdirect.co.uk/stealt...ght-p-595.html

I have tried to find the answer please help me I am stuck
Thank-you..

[Ajeh]

You could make your Attributes Option Values:
Please select a Color - display only yes default yes sort order 0
Red
Yellow
Green

Please Select a Size - display only yes default yes sort order 0
Small
Medium
Large

and turn off the Please Choose with something like:

#attribsOptionsText {
  display: none;
}

[Peace74]

Thank-you for your help - took me a while to work it out but in the end I hid the radio button for the first selection, with help from what you suggested, from finding the id that zen cart automatically creates for that radio button.

Can you advise how i will be able to do this in one go for nearly 2000 products which I am putting into the shop I am building

Thanks again

[Ajeh]

I am not following what you are asking ... just set the Attribute up when you put the Products in ...

[Peace74]

its just that my options are not universal like small medium and large, its for a lights shop and I need to make fresh attributes for each product with model numbers for variations of the lights etc and I managed to hide the radio box in the css file but would need to do this for each new attribute list. I think??

I'm new to this so excuse me if I sound confusing. thanks for your help anyhow!

[Peace74]

I think I can see something I have done that makes it harder,

hopefully now that I have hidden the #attribsOptionsText and #optionsname I can list the option values all under one option name and just add the one which I have hidden going to try thanks!