Restrict characters in Special Instructions or Order Comments

31 Mar 2011, 8:18 PM

#1

lightup

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Restrict characters in Special Instructions or Order Comments

How do i set a limit to the amount of characters allowed in the checkout Special Instructions or Order Comments box?

Kind regards,

27 Apr 2013, 6:15 PM

#2

congerman

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Re: Restrict characters in Special Instructions or Order Comments

Did you get an answer to this?

27 Apr 2013, 10:23 PM

#3

swguy

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Re: Restrict characters in Special Instructions or Order Comments

In the checkout shipping template (includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/tpl_checkout_shipping_default.php), change the call to zen_draw_textarea_field to have a 5th parameter of 'maxlength=YOUR_MAX_LENGTH'. Then do the same on the checkout payment page.

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28 Apr 2013, 5:49 AM

#4

congerman

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Re: Restrict characters in Special Instructions or Order Comments

Thank you for that

Because the couriers that I use, My Hermes, Only allow 30 letters in their comments box.