Removing Mandatory requirements

[CdnMaple]

Hello:

I'm sorry if this is a duplicate post. I've been searching for a solution for a while, with no luck.

I want to remove the mandatory red '*' from the customer Mailing address and phone number information. Since their mailing information is part of the PayPal process, I don't think we should require our customers to have to do this twice. Can I bypass this portion of the checkout?

Personally, I don't recall ever needing to give my phone number when checking out of any other site. If my phone number is mandatory, I cancel my purchase, and go look elsewhere for what I need, as I don't give out my phone number online, except in correspondence. So, I feel that I shouldn't make it mandatory on our site for our customers.
This is really frustrating.

CdnMaple

[stevesh]

This might work:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=495

Far as I know, you can also set the value in Admin - Configuration - Minimum Values - Telephone Number to '0' (or maybe leave it blank) and remove that field from tpl_modules_create_account.php.

As far as the shipping address, assuming you're only using Paypal Express, I usually just remove the 'Checkout' button, so the Paypal button is the only option.

[swguy]

There are some things you can turn off in admin->configuration->customer details, but this isn't one of them. You'd have to modify the code to make it not force entry of the phone number.

[DrByte]

Two parts to removing the phone number requirement:
a) The "red *" is just text in your language file. Remove it from the language file and it won't show on the screen.
b) And, as stevesh has said, set the minimum value to 0 and the field will no longer trigger a problem during validation.
That's it. Easy.