[frankdux]

Ok, with the help of X-cart support, I was able to to find a way to insert "Select A State" at the top of the State form. This prevents people from just leaving the default state chosen. The default now is "Select A State" and they will get an error now if they don't choose anything. I am posting the modification here for anyone else who may want to use it.

1. Open '<xcart_root_dir>/skin1/change_states_js.tpl' template.

2. Make a backup copy of '<xcart_root_dir>/skin1/change_states_js.tpl' in case this change breaks something. I did this on a store using X-Cart 4.0.11.

3. Replace :

for(x = 0; x < _states.length; x++) {
s_obj.options[s_obj.length] = new Option(states[_states[x]][2], states[_states[x]][1]);
s_obj.options[s_obj.length-1].selected = (default_value == states[_states[x]][1]);
}

with:

s_obj.options[s_obj.length] = new Option("Select A State", "");
s_obj.options[s_obj.length-1].selected = true;

for(x = 0; x < _states.length; x++) {
s_obj.options[s_obj.length] = new Option(states[_states[x]][2], states[_states[x]][1]);

{/literal}
{if $login ne ""}
s_obj.options[s_obj.length-1].selected = (default_value == states[_states[x]][1]);
{/if} 
{literal} 
}