Pulldown subject on Contact Us page throwing errors.

[lukemcr]

Hi all...

My pulldown "subject" mod is throwing errors when I try to use the contact us form.

It denies the submit, and says, "Our system requires a minimum of 2 characters."

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

The code I'm using for the dropdown subject menu in the contact form is:

<label class="inputLabel" for="subject"><?php echo "Subject:"; ?>
<div class="inputLabel"><select name="source"><option value="111"></option><option value="administrativematerial">Administrative Material</option><option value="121">CSI Directory</option><option value="454">Curriculum</option><option value="232">Magazine</option><option value="55">Online Courses</option><option value="6426">Other</option></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />

[BlindSide]

Your problem is here:

<option value="111"></option>

You don't have anything between the <option> tags.

[Jeffey]

I've been working this too, really should say glomming since I just changed you great idea.

Doesn't appear on my end that the suggestion of no value for that option fixed the problem and I continue to get the same 2 character minimum message.

Did you solve your issue? If so and you have the time I would really appreciate some advice. This is a big hurdle for me going live.

Thanks.

[Jeffey]

Ok, I'm back and even though this solution is likely a super easy one if you have almost any PHP experience, as a newbie I had a lot of trouble tracking this down so I thought I would post it for others coming behind me.

Of course you have to have the add_a_subject mod installed to get the subject to show at all.

Once you've done that you will edit this file:
/includes/templates/custom/templates/tpl_contact_us_default.php
(isn't it nice to have the full path provided? Takes a while for us new guys to know where files are so the full path sure helps)

Replace the subject (around line 75) with:

<?php echo ($_POST['subject'])?>
<select name="subject">
<option value="">---------------------------Select a Subject from the List---------------------------</option>
<option value="option1">option1 title to display</option>
<option value="option2">option2 title to display</option>
<option value="option3">option3 title to display</option>
<option value="option4">option4 title to display</option>
<option value="option5">option5 title to display</option>
<option value="option6">option6 title to display</option>
<option value="option7">option7 title to display</option>
<option value="option8">option8 title to display</option>
</select>
<?php echo '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_REQUIRED_SYMBOL . '</span>'?>
<br /><br class="clearBoth" />

Now you can keep a single email for your store and use your email filters to move the incoming messages anywhere you want based on the subject that this option puts into the email. I find it to not only be easier but also limits your exposure in terms of emails floating out there.