Custom Checkout Fields - required check box for disclaimer

[Metolius Climbing]

I was asked by my boss if there is a way to have a disclaimer document you must check to agree to before an order can be processed. We make safety equipment and we want the buyer to understand if the equipment isn't used correctly they could be injured. I see the Custom Checkout Fields look like they could display a checkbox but how would I display the disclaimer document? Thanks

[BFChris]

Once activating the custom field in the backoffice, you need to put the information (including the code to display the Checkbox) in one of the "text on checkout page" fields.

Like:

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<p align="center"><input name="field01" type="checkbox">Your disclaimer/agreement or link to it.</p>

[loren_d_c]

See also the 'Store Policy Checkbox' example in the Custom Checkout Fields documentation:

http://www.shopsite.com/help/11.2/en-US/sc/pro/custom.checkout.examples.html

-Loren

[Metolius Climbing]

Okay I have our disclaimer/release up and running but if the box is not checked a message come up "Please specify a valid value for the release" What do I put in the Invalid value field? Just a plain text message?


I got it figured out. I just changed the message to read " Please complete the required field: release checkbox" which made more sense than specify valid value to me. And I added a blue * to indicate it's a required field. I put it at the bottom and then added a <hr> tag to give it it's own space separate from the credit card fields.

[Jim]

From the help for Custom Checkout fields http://www.shopsite.com/help/11.3/en-US/sc/pro/custom.checkout.fields.html

Invalid Value - Enter the text of any invalid value for fields that have the Req. attribute set, specifically select lists or radio buttons. It is quite common for the first entry in a select list to be instructions to the customer, such as "Select a color," but that value is not valid if the field is required. Enter that same text in this parameter, and ShopSite will compare it with the value returned from the input field and prompt the customer to make a selection before continuing.

If you have a checkbox and have the Req field checked the shopper will not be able to checkout if the box is unchecked. So in this case I think you just leave the Invalid Value field blank. Since you received the message "Please specify a valid value for the release" it is indicating that you called the checkbox "release" and the shopper had not checked the box. The "Please specify a valid value for" text is used for all fields so perhaps renaming "release" field to something more descriptive would help it be more easily understood. Maybe call it "release checkbox" of something similar.