[simco]

balinor, thanks for that response and I know this is weeks later. I've been staring at the various templates/modules/code until my eyeballs have popped outta my skull trying to figure out exactly which and how many different little templates and files need to be edited to make this one field be 'required'.

To recap, during the checkout process at the 'summary' page where all the data from the personal/billing/shipping input is displayed, there is a field for Customer Comments (or 'Notes'). We wish to make THAT field required (since we've modified the text related to the field to ask for customer input).

If I could ask a HUGE favor...

* exactly what files/templates/files have to be modified?
* exactly what code needs to be replaced (or added)
* and, what is the code that needs to be added?

After hours of digging I find this:
<TD>{if $default_fields.firstname.required eq 'Y'}<FONT class="Star">*</FONT>{else}{/if}</TD>

Which basically places the red asterisk in front of the required field before the text. But I can't find where anything specifically steates to 'MAKE THE XXX FIELD REQUIRED"

Any help is greatly and humbly appreciated.