Asterisk next to "required fields" (create new account)

[funkologic]

Hi:

I am running OCS 2.3.2 and I want to customize the form to create a new account. In particular, I want the country to be a required field.

I have followed the instructions on these topics in the OJS forum:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1244
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7495

and I have managed to make that field required, so that part is working fine.

However, I did not manage to add the asterisk so that a new user does not know that that field is required. Any suggestion, please?

[JasonNugent]

Hi funkologic,

Did you add the required="true" attribute to the fieldLabel in the template? It's discussed in the second thread you linked to.

Cheers,

Jason

[funkologic]

Hello Jason:

thanks for the kind reply.

I am not sure where and how to add the code. This is what I have up to this point:

[ProfileForm.inc.php]:

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$this->addCheck(new FormValidator($this, 'country', 'required', 'user.profile.form.countryRequired'));

[CreateAccountForm.inc.php]:

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$this->addCheck(new FormValidator($this, 'country', 'required', 'user.profile.form.countryRequired'));

[JasonNugent]

Hey funkologic,

The required="true" bit goes in the smarty template, where you added the field to the form. You'd look for the {fieldLabel....} representing the new field you added.

Have a look at the second code block in this post:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7495#p29084

Regards,

Jason

[funkologic]

I've modified the template as you suggested and now the asterisk is visible.

You have been extremely helpful, Jason, thanks a lot!