Customer Comments Field

[KiltedMan]

Ok, so I have someone who wants to have a Customer Comments field and there is no apparent way to do this in Miva 5. Is there a way to edit the Customer Fields section of the OCST (Checkout: Customer Information) page to allow for a comment field which will be submitted? I have tried the following before the last table is closed but it did not work:


<tr><td>
<b>Comments</b>
<mvt:item name="fonts" param="body_font">
<input type="text" name="Comments" size=100>
</mvt:item>
</td></tr>


Any input is appreciated.

[DesignExtend-MSI]

The Addendum module is designed to do just this:

http://www.designextend.com/page/miva/PROD/addendum

[sebenza]

Ok, so I have someone who wants to have a Customer Comments field and there is no apparent way to do this in Miva 5. Is there a way to edit the Customer Fields section of the OCST (Checkout: Customer Information) page to allow for a comment field which will be submitted? I have tried the following before the last table is closed but it did not work:


<tr><td>
<b>Comments</b>
<mvt:item name="fonts" param="body_font">
<input type="text" name="Comments" size=100>
</mvt:item>
</td></tr>


Any input is appreciated.


See the Additional Checkout Data Pro (http://www.sebenza.com/products/SS-ACDPRO5.html?a_aid=forum) module.

[KiltedMan]

There has to be a way to do this without using a module. I can't believe Miva 5 is inflexible to that degree. The ability to add a simple text input box should be available through code. Has anyone seen the code to do so?

[sebenza]

There has to be a way to do this without using a module. I can't believe Miva 5 is inflexible to that degree. The ability to add a simple text input box should be available through code. Has anyone seen the code to do so?

Your only option would be to use a TextArea attribute on the product level. Otherwise, you will need a module.

[wcw]

As has already been mentioned, my Addendum module will do it quite well. It has been doing it in merchant versions going all the way back to 1.x. The module saves the comment to file. In order to be able to retrieve it in the batch report you need to have it saved to file. Now if you just want it in the emails, you could use inputs and pass that value from screen to screen. Then you will need an email module that lets you display the response in that input. So you are back to another module. Now if you get the Addendum, you get a module that saves it to file, has a report capability in admin so you can search for a specific response value, it has modified batch report to show the responses, and it has modified merchant and customer email modules to display the response in the email. Those modified emails also have token features for adding things like order number, total and customer last name in the subject. So for one module you get probably a lot more than you need, but I think you would find all of it worth the quite low price. And if you use the SPRING2006 coupon at http://www.emporiumplus.com/go/wcw/PROD/1AAM5/1AA00068
you will get it for less and see how it works in the checkout process since it is used in the store.

[DesignExtend-MSI]

There has to be a way to do this without using a module. I can't believe Miva 5 is inflexible to that degree. The ability to add a simple text input box should be available through code. Has anyone seen the code to do so?

You know, you could do it yourself if you wanted to delve in, get the Limited Source Kit (become a partner) and have at it.

Or, you could use a JS script or another script, of course you'd need to reference the order number in that respect from the database files.

Either option is going to take a lot of time.

Otherwise, you'd need to use a module.