Default state

swifty1 · #11 01-30-2009, 08:07 AM

Is there any where i can see what could be available in the admin sub menu's before a third party edits the sub menu lists as this is the second time i have had to add back a sub menu.

balinor · #12 01-30-2009, 08:08 AM

Look in your skin1_original folder

swifty1 · #13 01-30-2009, 08:38 AM

Thanks Balinor your speed and knowledge are cool.
I have tried to create a new state code AA county **Please Select** it is at the top of the list in admin but from the front end it is hidden above the line below it, is it possible to have "Please Select" on view at the top of the list.

swifty1 · #14 01-30-2009, 08:57 AM

SORTED set default state in general settings

Rob_D · #15 01-30-2009, 09:19 AM

Check it in different browsers. They sort the java code differently, and if your states have been moved around at all, and the sequence is out of order in the database, they will not sort the same.

Rob

swifty1 · #16 01-30-2009, 09:43 AM

Thanks for the reminder i have checked and all looks ok.

Tony

assman · #17 02-22-2009, 01:16 PM

I have the default state changed to *Please Select State* and customers still forget to select one. So the order ends up with *Please Select State* on the shipping label. The pull-down should be blank and mandatory. Is there a way to make the default state blank such that the customer is forced pick a state?

Allen

gb2world · #18 02-25-2009, 12:09 AM

Thanks for the tip, Rob.

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Is there a way to make the default state blank such that the customer is forced pick a state?

Instead of using AA as the code suggested above, leave the CODE field blank. When the javascript sees the option value set to blank, it triggers the messages to the customer that the fstate field needs to be selected.

swifty1 · #19 02-25-2009, 04:30 AM

Hi gb2world is it possible to have the explorer popup box to tell the customer to fill in the state/county field like it does for all the other fileds that are not correctly filled in.

gb2world · #20 02-25-2009, 05:14 PM

Yes - that is what is happening. When the X-CART javascript code that checks the form sees the blank value associated with the "select a state" text that you added, it treats it as if you had left any other required field on the form blank and warns the user to make a selection.

One nuance - when you are in the administration, adding the new state, the form will not allow you to leave the Code filed blank. Just put something in. then, once it is accepted, you can go back and update it with null data.