[inebriate]

it should be a javascript syntax and not a smarty syntax and it needs to be within the function, should be something like:

elseif(document.cartform.shippingid.value==50)
   document.cartform.shippingdesc.value="Express takes about 1 business day.";

...i think i may have found a fix for my code, going to test it now



for finding values...i changed the function to:

function shipdesc()
{
alert(document.cartform.shippingid.value);
}

and took note of what the values were when i made changes in the shipping