How do I remove required fields from registration?

[brodav2]

Also setting the minimum value to 0 does not change the telephone from required to optional.

[Clever Trevor]

I have read all of the posts here but none tells how to remove telephone number from the required fields. TELEPHONE does not show up in config/customer details. SO for those who seem to know everything and sound just a little short with the rest of us.What am I missing? where do I deselect TELEPHONE?
www.boneyardfossilreproductions.com

I am also finding it hard to figure out how to edit/remove the "Additional Contact Details", telephone field on the registration page. The red "required" * does not disappear after setting the value blank in the minimum values. I am using the latest version of Zen Cart. I would appreciate any help on how to do these edits.

[benmckechnie]

Same problem for me - I have done something like this in the past but can't remember what i did! I have the state/province (or county) field required with an asterisk and postcode optional but for new courier i no longer need the county to be required but do need the postcode on all accounts.
I must have seen this somewhere, have tried the customer details config, so there must be a resource posted related to this.

[maxine]

Hi,

I have the same problem here (ZC1.3.8). I need the State/County field to be present but optional.

I have modified the field in Minimum Values and left it blank (I tried putting 0, it made no difference). If I turn state status to false in customer details, it disappears altogether, but set to true it become mandatory. I am trying to make it optional.

I also have a problem with some people (but not everyone!) getting a dropdown list of counties when they create an account. However the dropdown option is turned to false!

I'd rather not fiddle the the php files (but I am willing to do it if I have to).

What am I doing wrong, and can someone please help?

This is my first ZC shop and I know next to nothing, so I'm on a very steep learning curve

Thank you.

[Samirah]

To make the field not required, you have to do 2 things.

Go to english.php and remove the *

example, for telephone:

In english.php, it says:

define('ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER', 'Telephone:');
define('ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_ERROR', 'Your Telephone Number must contain a minimum of ' . ENTRY_TELEPHONE_MIN_LENGTH . ' characters.');
define('ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_TEXT', '*');

change it to:

define('ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER', 'Telephone:');
define('ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_ERROR', 'Your Telephone Number must contain a minimum of ' . ENTRY_TELEPHONE_MIN_LENGTH . ' characters.');
define('ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_TEXT', '');

then, go to admin>configuration> minimum values, and clear out the number for telephone.

to completely remove it from your page, you have to go to the tpl_modules_create_account

and removed the field entries.

I removed a bunch of stuff, so that the only thing left on my create account page was what's showing in my attached file.

This is what my code looks like now for tpl_modules_create_account:

<?php
/**
 * Page Template
 *
 * Loaded automatically by index.php?main_page=create_account.<br />
 * Displays Create Account form.
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: tpl_modules_create_account.php 4822 2006-10-23 11:11:36Z drbyte $
 */
?>

<?php if ($messageStack->size('create_account') > 0) echo $messageStack->output('create_account'); ?>
<div class="alert forward"><?php echo FORM_REQUIRED_INFORMATION; ?></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<?php
  if (DISPLAY_PRIVACY_CONDITIONS == 'true') {
?>
<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo TABLE_HEADING_PRIVACY_CONDITIONS; ?></legend>
<div class="information"><?php echo TEXT_PRIVACY_CONDITIONS_DESCRIPTION;?></div>
<?php echo zen_draw_checkbox_field('privacy_conditions', '1', false, 'id="privacy"');?>
<label class="checkboxLabel" for="privacy"><?php echo TEXT_PRIVACY_CONDITIONS_CONFIRM;?></label>
</fieldset>
<?php
  }
?>

<?php
  if (ACCOUNT_SUBURB == 'true') {
?>
<label class="inputLabel" for="suburb"><?php echo ENTRY_SUBURB; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('suburb', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_ADDRESS_BOOK, 'entry_suburb', '40') . ' id="suburb"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_SUBURB_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_SUBURB_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
  }
?>

<label class="inputLabel" for="city"><?php echo ENTRY_CITY; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('city', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_ADDRESS_BOOK, 'entry_city', '40') . ' id="city"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_CITY_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_CITY_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<?php
  if (ACCOUNT_STATE == 'true') {
    if ($flag_show_pulldown_states == true) {
?>
<label class="inputLabel" for="stateZone" id="zoneLabel"><?php echo ENTRY_STATE; ?></label>
<?php
      echo zen_draw_pull_down_menu('zone_id', zen_prepare_country_zones_pull_down($selected_country), $zone_id, 'id="stateZone"');
      if (zen_not_null(ENTRY_STATE_TEXT)) echo '&nbsp;<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_STATE_TEXT . '</span>'; 
    }
?>

<?php if ($flag_show_pulldown_states == true) { ?>
<br class="clearBoth" id="stBreak" />
<?php } ?>
<label class="inputLabel" for="state" id="stateLabel"><?php echo $state_field_label; ?></label>
<?php
    echo zen_draw_input_field('state', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_ADDRESS_BOOK, 'entry_state', '40') . ' id="state"');
    if (zen_not_null(ENTRY_STATE_TEXT)) echo '&nbsp;<span class="alert" id="stText">' . ENTRY_STATE_TEXT . '</span>';
    if ($flag_show_pulldown_states == false) {
      echo zen_draw_hidden_field('zone_id', $zone_name, ' ');
    }
?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
  }
?>

<label class="inputLabel" for="country"><?php echo ENTRY_COUNTRY; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_get_country_list('zone_country_id', $selected_country, 'id="country" ' . ($flag_show_pulldown_states == true ? 'onchange="update_zone(this.form);"' : '')) . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_COUNTRY_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_COUNTRY_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
</fieldset>

<?php
  if (ACCOUNT_FAX_NUMBER == 'true') {
?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<label class="inputLabel" for="fax"><?php echo ENTRY_FAX_NUMBER; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('fax', '', 'id="fax"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_FAX_NUMBER_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_FAX_NUMBER_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<?php
  }
?>
</fieldset>

<?php
  if (ACCOUNT_DOB == 'true') {
?>
<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo TABLE_HEADING_DATE_OF_BIRTH; ?></legend>
<label class="inputLabel" for="dob"><?php echo ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('dob','', 'id="dob"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
</fieldset>
<?php
  }
?>

<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo TABLE_HEADING_LOGIN_DETAILS; ?></legend>
<label class="inputLabel" for="email-address"><?php echo ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('email_address', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_CUSTOMERS, 'customers_email_address', '40') . ' id="email-address"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_EMAIL_ADDRESS_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<?php
  if ($phpBB->phpBB['installed'] == true) {
?>
<label class="inputLabel" for="nickname"><?php echo ENTRY_NICK; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('nick','','id="nickname"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_NICK_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_NICK_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
  }
?>

<label class="inputLabel" for="password-new"><?php echo ENTRY_PASSWORD; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_password_field('password', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_CUSTOMERS, 'customers_password', '20') . ' id="password-new"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_PASSWORD_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_PASSWORD_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<label class="inputLabel" for="password-confirm"><?php echo ENTRY_PASSWORD_CONFIRMATION; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_password_field('confirmation', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_CUSTOMERS, 'customers_password', '20') . ' id="password-confirm"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_PASSWORD_CONFIRMATION_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_PASSWORD_CONFIRMATION_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
</fieldset>

<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo ENTRY_EMAIL_PREFERENCE; ?></legend>
<?php
  if (ACCOUNT_NEWSLETTER_STATUS != 0) {
?>
<?php echo zen_draw_checkbox_field('newsletter', '1', $newsletter, 'id="newsletter-checkbox"') . '<label class="checkboxLabel" for="newsletter-checkbox">' . ENTRY_NEWSLETTER . '</label>' . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_NEWSLETTER_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_NEWSLETTER_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php } ?>

<?php echo zen_draw_radio_field('email_format', 'HTML', ($email_format == 'HTML' ? true : false),'id="email-format-html"') . '<label class="radioButtonLabel" for="email-format-html">' . ENTRY_EMAIL_HTML_DISPLAY . '</label>' .  zen_draw_radio_field('email_format', 'TEXT', ($email_format == 'TEXT' ? true : false), 'id="email-format-text"') . '<label class="radioButtonLabel" for="email-format-text">' . ENTRY_EMAIL_TEXT_DISPLAY . '</label>'; ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
</fieldset>

<?php
  if (CUSTOMERS_REFERRAL_STATUS == 2) {
?>
<fieldset>

<legend><?php echo TABLE_HEADING_REFERRAL_DETAILS; ?></legend>
<label class="inputLabel" for="customers_referral"><?php echo ENTRY_CUSTOMERS_REFERRAL; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('customers_referral', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_CUSTOMERS, 'customers_referral', '15') . ' id="customers_referral"'); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
</fieldset>
<?php } ?>

[andreashotel]

I have removed the asterisks from the GENDER and deleted the alert line but I am getting a warning that I have to include salutation. How do I make the Mr. Ms. selection optional, without it throwing up this warning

[srfrantz]

Gender = email salutation
Street Address = Company name & address line 2
There are also fields for fax, state and country.

You can turn the rest off in minimum values.

You can apologize later.

um, no country is NOT THERE! nor in minimum values or maximum values, nor in My Store, nor in any of the admin windows. I've been looking for weeks. I'm talking about setting it unrequired or not to display at all.
other things you can either turn off or on, but not just un-require.

so I think you need to apologize to him.

my client is adamant I turn off the country fields in the registration and address book, and shipping and everywhere else and THERE IS NO WAY TO DO IT IN THE ADMIN that I have found yet. she only wants to do business in the USA. why is this so hard, if not impossible to accomplish?
this should be basic. IMHO shold be one of the first things designed into the admin. set one country only in setup/install.

the only solution I could find was for shipping and payment modules by creating a zone definitino and enabling payment and shipping for the US zone only.
and that was totally silly and tricky too. I created a new zone called United States. but there is nothing to let you know that you need to tell it that United States is United States, finally noticed the definitions button and figured that out.

but that still doesn't remove the @#$@#$ country field

I even dug into the code and commented out everywhere the country field drop down was written in but that did no good as it was still required.

I have set up dozens of zen-carts. never had a problem until this client wanted this one little thing. I've been tearing my hair out!!!! help!!!

[johnnyp]

is there any solutions to this yet, i'm in the same situation, the client wants no country choice in the registration. Please help.

um, no country is NOT THERE! nor in minimum values or maximum values, nor in My Store, nor in any of the admin windows. I've been looking for weeks. I'm talking about setting it unrequired or not to display at all.
other things you can either turn off or on, but not just un-require.

so I think you need to apologize to him.

my client is adamant I turn off the country fields in the registration and address book, and shipping and everywhere else and THERE IS NO WAY TO DO IT IN THE ADMIN that I have found yet. she only wants to do business in the USA. why is this so hard, if not impossible to accomplish?
this should be basic. IMHO shold be one of the first things designed into the admin. set one country only in setup/install.

the only solution I could find was for shipping and payment modules by creating a zone definitino and enabling payment and shipping for the US zone only.
and that was totally silly and tricky too. I created a new zone called United States. but there is nothing to let you know that you need to tell it that United States is United States, finally noticed the definitions button and figured that out.

but that still doesn't remove the @#$@#$ country field

I even dug into the code and commented out everywhere the country field drop down was written in but that did no good as it was still required.

I have set up dozens of zen-carts. never had a problem until this client wanted this one little thing. I've been tearing my hair out!!!! help!!!

[lat9]

Never mind; your client has physical products that require shipping ...

[Scully]

xxbb had you bothered to look in the right place
admin -> configuration -> customer details
you would see
Email Salutation false
Date of Birth false
Company false
Address Line 2 true
State true

and the rest on down the line....
the neat thing about this page is that you can turn the things that you dont want OFF just by flipping the switch to false
once again you can apologize to AFO after your done

So where do you turn off the telephone number? There's no field for that, only for the fax number.

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Sorry, missed Page 3. Found it...thanks!!