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How involved would it be to add a checkbox (defaulted to unchecked) that must be checked before the comment is submitted?

Ok, two posts since Sept 26 that have went completely unanswered.  Do I offend?  *sniffs armpits*  😊

It depends on what you need.  Does the checkbox need to store information in the database? Or simply need to be checked before submission?  If the former, you could easily use a javascript validation, I’d imagine, though I haven’t done it myself.  If the former, a module or extension might be best.

Thanks for the reply Lisa.  The checkbox is simply a “I agree to the terms or service” kind of thing that they must check before they would be allowed to submit their comment.  A javascript validation sounds about right but how do add that extra checkbox into the comment form?

You would just add the normal code for a checkbox, and make sure that the JS validation checked it before allowing it to go through.  You might consider wrapping it in member conditionals, as members do agree to a TOS when joining - or can, if you have the options checked for that.

I unfortunately can’t help with code here - I’m not good with Javascript, but there are lots of examples of JS validation out there on google, and you can probably find some for your favorite library, if you have one. =)

Hmm, I have the validator running but I don’t know how to integrate it into the comment form tag.  Anyone have any ideas on how to pull this off?

how involved is it to have the data stored in the user’s profile?  I’d like to have newsletter subscriptions tied to the user profile.

latte02125: I don’t know if that question was meant for me or as a follow-up to mine but in case it’s for me I don’t need anything from the checkbox stored in the user’s profile.  I just want them to be required to checking the box before they can submit the comment.