Accept 'Terms of Agreement' checkbox

[Neticus]

Have just done this myself thought i'd share

Adding 'Accept Agreement' checkbox to submit form.
Form will not submit until user checks this box.


In submit.tpl

Near top, Replace:

<form method="post" action="">

with

<form method="post" action="" onsubmit="return checkCheckBox(this)">

Scroll down to end of file, Replace:

<td colspan="2" class="buttons"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="{l}Continue{/l}" class="btn"/></td>

with

<td colspan="2" class="buttons">
Accept Terms of Agreement <input type="checkbox" value="0" name="agree">

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="{l}Continue{/l}" class="btn">


<input type="button" value="Exit" class="btn" onclick="document.location.href='/index.php';"/></td>

This code in above is optional:
<input type="button" value="Exit" class="btn" onclick="document.location.href='/index.php';"/>

class="btn" sets button colour.


3. Just before {include file="footer.tpl"} place:

{* Javascript for Accept Terms of Agreement box *}

{literal}
<script>
<!-- Begin
function checkCheckBox(f){
if (f.agree.checked == false )
{
alert('You must tick box to continue.');
return false;
}else
return true;
}
//  End -->
</script>

{/literal}

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[David]

Wow! Thanks for sharing.

[Sxperm]

Thank you very much for your contribution :lol: and thanks again for your PM :wink:

Cheers,
Sxperm

[Kevuk2k]

Originally Posted by Neticus

Have just done this myself thought i'd share

Adding 'Accept Agreement' checkbox to submit form.
Form will not submit until user checks this box.

An excellent idea, however I've just been testing it and put in verbatim your instructions. I managed to bypass the tick box and still went straight to the paypal processing. The only thing that ever stopped me is the sheer power of the script itself, i.e if you dupe your submission, parent already exists, you get the captcha wrong, the only thing that did not work no matter what was the javascript you made? I followed your guidance to the letter and even had a tech of mine to do it and it wasn't me for a change? Any ideas?

Cracking idea, however it might be a better idea to put a terms of service page online first and to hyperlink this in a pop up box so that the submittor knows the TOS he/she is agreeing to. I'd like to see this working though. Well done on the concept even if it didn't work for me. Not to blow the candle out though all a person has to do is to write a line of text stating...

By completing this form you are accepting the terms and conditions of this site.

Sometimes comlicating the uncomplicated doesn't always work, but does give food for thought as we now know we all should have considered this earlier. Thankyou very much for contributing.

Kevin

[Neticus]

Sorry it didn’t work for you I‘ve just reinstalled it again on an affected and unaffected submit.tpl and it seems to hold the fort.

You could do like I did, go to a forum, kindly ask how X is achieved, you may have someone give you a different code to attempt.
Then try to incorporate into the relevant areas of submit.tpl.

However if it helps it may be a browser incompatibility problem I’m an IE6 user.

As for linking to the Terms of Agreement you could make the text a link that opens in a new window to - terms.php i.e.

Accept Terms of Agreement

To incorporate the terms into a customized pop up window you may have to use a 'window generator' script. Just search for that as a keyword.

Although Plan B works too. Just write it.

Peace.

[Kevuk2k]

Originally Posted by Neticus

Sorry it didn’t work for you I‘ve just reinstalled it again on an affected and unaffected submit.tpl and it seems to hold the fort.

You could do like I did, go to a forum, kindly ask how X is achieved, you may have someone give you a different code to attempt.
Then try to incorporate into the relevant areas of submit.tpl.

However if it helps it may be a browser incompatibility problem I’m an IE6 user.

As for linking to the Terms of Agreement you could make the text a link that opens in a new window to - terms.php i.e.

Accept Terms of Agreement

To incorporate the terms into a customized pop up window you may have to use a 'window generator' script. Just search for that as a keyword.

Although Plan B works too. Just write it.

Peace.

Humble pie Gladly eaten!!! ops: The script worked absolutely fine in internet explorer all versions, opera, firefox and a few others so far.... Was a syntax error not being picked up as a result of inncorrect installation of your description. Still think this is not really needed but is definately an added bonus to any site that wants to make 110% certain the tos has been accepted. No comebacks then.

10/10 and my humble apologies for claiming it didn't work for me....


Scriptwriting is not my forte, but intillectual property is :wink:

Thanks,

Kevin

[Bill]

Hey, sounds great! Do you have a demo?

[Kevuk2k]

Originally Posted by microdude431

Hey, sounds great! Do you have a demo?

[Neticus]

Originally Posted by Kevuk2k

You can see the demo here...

It works now too!

Cool, glad it finally worked out. :)

Like I said if you're planning to do a separate Terms page you can link to it with the following, it opens it up in a new window.

By ticking the box you confirm you are accepting our Terms of Agreement

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Neticus

[Kevuk2k]

It works now too

Cool, glad it finally worked out.

Like I said if you're planning to do a separate Terms page you can link to it with the following, it opens it up in a new window.

By ticking the box you confirm you are accepting our Terms of Agreement

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Neticus[/quote]

Thanks, I may be dumb, but not that dumb!! :lol:

Kev

[Steven Myers]

This mod worked limk a charm! thank you David!

[Optimit]

Is this working on 3.04?

[Neticus]

I haven't tried it with 3.04 yet. However I've just looked at the 3.04 code in submit.tpl, the relevant lines to edit are still there so it should work.

[css59]

Originally Posted by Neticus

I haven't tried it with 3.04 yet. However I've just looked at the 3.04 code in submit.tpl, the relevant lines to edit are still there so it should work.

If someone tests in 3.0.4 please let us know if it works

[neurosis4u]

Originally Posted by css59

If someone tests in 3.0.4 please let us know if it works

it works on 3.04

[aspidov]

works perfect with 3.05 as well

[GimmeMyDomains]

Nice - works great. Now, does anyone have a "Terms and Conditions of Use" that I can use as a starting point?

[kentuckyslone]

Thanks for that code! Until I actually write up a separate terms page I am using this to ask the submitter to confirm that they have read and agree to the submission guidelines. I figured that was just about the same as terms.

[mmastation]

anyone have the mod to add an extra box to the submit page? like next to where they fill everything out? so I can put terms of service and such in that.

[jojomart]

Hi, I'd like to use this mod, but I'm wondering if it will work with version 3.1.

I can't find the

 <form method="post" action="">

in my submit.tpl file.

Here's what I have:

 <form method="post" action="submit.php">

Thanks in advance,

Joanne