trouble with making birthdates non-required

Hi -

I'm trying to make the birthdate an optional field for account creation. I set Configuration->Customer Details->Date of Birth to "true," and per the instructions in the activation panel, I set Config->Minimum Values->Date of Birth to blank. (I tried both blank and 0.)

The field still appears mandatory in registration. What am I doing wrong?

https://www.cinderellaantiques.com

Thanks.

mzimmers:

Hi -

I'm trying to make the birthdate an optional field for account creation. I set Configuration->Customer Details->Date of Birth to "true," and per the instructions in the activation panel, I set Config->Minimum Values->Date of Birth to blank. (I tried both blank and 0.)

The field still appears mandatory in registration. What am I doing wrong?

www.cinderellaantiques.com

Thanks.

Mz,
To enable the customer to add the date of birth as optional, you just need to configure the DOB correctly ...

Go to the Configuration ... Customer Details ... and set to: true
> Date of Birth

Display date of birth field during account creation and with account information
NOTE: Set Minimum Value Date of Birth to blank for not required
Set Minimum Value Date of Birth > 0 to require
Now go the the Configuration ... Minimum Values ... and set to blank, not 0 but blank as in nothing in the input box, as instructed:
> Date of Birth
Minimum length of date of birth
Now the date of birth will display, but is not required ... :smile:

OK, so what am I doing wrong here? (screen captures below)

Your Date of Birth field is optional. To remove the asterisk and example (if you want) edit line 207 in english.php:

define('ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_TEXT', ' (eg. 05/21/1970)');*

Well, I'll be danged. Thanks.

Edit: I bet there's no easy way to make that text non-red for that field only, is there?

Mz,
just remove the * and leave the single quotes

Yup. Remove the red part (in tpl_modules_create_account.php)

Still red, but it's no big deal.

EDIT: this reply was to haredo; I haven't tried Steve's work yet.

Thanks.

mzimmers:

Still red, but it's no big deal.

EDIT: this reply was to haredo; I haven't tried Steve's work yet.

Thanks.

Mz,
includes/ languages/ your_template/ english.php

1. line 202
2. define('ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_TEXT', '* (eg. 05/21/1970)');
3. change to this:
4. define('ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_TEXT', '');