Thread: Remove "OK to Email" and "Over 13" Boxes during Registration

I'm trying to remove the checkboxes for the "OK to Email?" and "Over 13 years old?" that a customer must check during registration. I would like them to be set for true by default if possible. I found a post from a year ago, and I followed the instructions (I've looked through createaccount.aspx and createaccount.aspx.cs) but I haven't been able to find the controls for them. I assume the post was made during v8. I currently am using v9 with SP1 installed. I have found in createaccount.aspx where it calls the string resource for them, but that is all.

Did the method of removing these change? Or am I missing something simple? Any help is appreciated!

(Here is the post I mentioned)

Did you find the folder where all the controls are stored (/Controls)? In that folder is a control called Signin.ascx. That is the control where you need to make the modifications you want.

BTW I wouldn't remove those options. I would set their defaults appropriately and then hide them. This way any scripts or code that depends on them won't break.

Thanks for the reply! I looked through the sign-in under the control folder and while I see the variables, It doesn't look like that is where they are located for registration.

And yes, hiding them and setting them to "Yes" by default is what I would like to do. I know it SHOULD be as simple as commenting out the line where they are used in registration and then setting the variables to TRUE in the background, but I can't find where to do it. I went through the post I mentioned earlier, but couldn't find the spot in the files that it mentioned.

Edit:

I do see the following lines in createaccount.aspx

Code:

<asp:Literal ID="Literal2" runat="server" Text="<%$ Tokens:StringResource,createaccount.aspx.78 %>"></asp:Literal><asp:CheckBox
                ID="SkipRegOver13" Visible="true" runat="server" CausesValidation="True" ValidationGroup="registration" />

Would that be the line that I need to modify somehow for the Over 13 box? I have no variables named anything like "Over13.Checked" or "OKToEmail.Checked"

yes, the ASP:Checkbox part of that piece of code is what you want to modify. Just set the visibility of that control to hidden and set it's default to what you want it to be and you'll be fine.

whats the proper way to enable this by default? ive tried adding Checked="true" to the code but for whatever reason it still doesnt work correctly.

heres the exact code i have in createaccount.aspx

Code:

<asp:CheckBox ID="SkipRegOver13" Checked="True" Visible="true" runat="server" CausesValidation="True" ValidationGroup="registration" />

In case anyone else needs it, there is actually an appconfig named "RequireOver13Checked" that will remove the box for that. Not sure how I missed it, but it made hiding it quite easy. I still needed to modify the createaccount.aspx for the "OK to Email" though.

Thanks CJ for the help!

Originally Posted by Cam.o

whats the proper way to enable this by default? ive tried adding Checked="true" to the code but for whatever reason it still doesnt work correctly.

heres the exact code i have in createaccount.aspx

Code:

<asp:CheckBox ID="SkipRegOver13" Checked="True" Visible="true" runat="server" CausesValidation="True" ValidationGroup="registration" />

Unfortunately since the the page has a control on it called ctrlAccount you'll have to modify the source of the control or the source of the page. If modifying the page have a look at the variable ctrlAccount.OKToEmailYes and ctrlAccount.OKToEmailNo and set them accordingly.

Alternatively you could just put two lines at the beginning on the CreateAccount routine to set those values.

Code:

ctrlAccount.OKToEmailYes = True
ctrlAccount.OKToEmailNo = False

Check ID 519 in AppConfig Parameters.

Is it possible to hide the "OK to email" all together?
I have managed to remove the over 13 but can not get rid of the OK to email.

Have you tried changing the visibility of the check box?

I don't see a place to do that in the "createaccount.aspx" file.
There are only 3 instances associated with the email:

OKToEmailCaption="<%$ Tokens:StringResource, createaccount.aspx.26 %>"

OKToEmailNoCaption="<%$ Tokens:StringResource, createaccount.aspx.28 %>"

OKToEmailYesCaption="<%$ Tokens:StringResource, createaccount.aspx.27 %>"

I see the checkbox for the over 13 which is set to false but not for OK to Email anywhere?

Since it is a control you have to edit the control code. Look at about line 1277 of Account.vb in AspDotNetStorefrontControls. You can comment out the things you don't want to show.

Remember to recompile and redeploy the DLL for changes to take effect.

A quick question on this.. I did not notice this when I got it working, but when a customer creates an account, the system properly assigns "OkToEmail" to true. However, if they click "Update My Account" on the account page, OkToEmail gets set back to false in the system. I assume my problem is in Account.cs since it works fine on creation.

Anyone have any thoughts? I have this in my Account.cs:

Code:

public bool OKToEmailYes
        {
            get { return _rbOKToEmailYes.Checked; }
            set { _rbOKToEmailYes.Checked = true; }
        }

Code:

        public bool OKToEmailNo
        {
            get { return _rbOKToEmailNo.Checked; }
            set { _rbOKToEmailNo.Checked = false; }
        }

Thanks!

I would check the database first to make sure that the values are being committed correctly.

I checked my Database this morning while testing. It correctly assigns a "1" for OkToEmail when I create them. Upon opening the My Account page, it still stays "1". However, as soon as I click "Update My Account" it sets OkToEmail to "0". I'm hoping there is a simple fix / code I can insert... Thanks for the help so far though!

I saw a post from 6-7 months ago where an Admin said that OkToEmail is related to AddressControl somehow, but I do not see anything relating to Email in that file.

I would trace the code that executes when you click the update my account button. Or have a look at the value of the check box at the time you click the button and see if it reads how you'd like it to.