I need to add a text field

I've been reading through forums and PHP, and I know it is possible, but I am not really finding what I need to actually accomplish the task. Any help would be appreciated. I need to add a "notes" field to the order update (shipping confirmation) page. I would like to be able to have the OPTION to add a note to the customer in the shipping confirmation email.

I am assuming this would involve adding a text field labeled Notes in the order update PHP page, but then I also will have to create the PHP command or require line in the email shipping confirmation template that would actually look for content in the update page, and if there is none, skip it, but if there is something, include it in the email. I am working on learning a lot more PHP, but I must admit I am not there yet...

OR, is there a built-in in the Powerstore 2 software that writes the code for me? I have Powerstore 2, and I am a subscriber to Web Assist...

Thanks,
Michelle

See if this thread helps:

showthread.php?t=7533

Thanks, Officeguy, I read through the thread you recommended and it was good information, but I'm afraid it didn't help me with mine. What I need to add is a kind of "Note to Customer" field in the admin "Update Order" page that would insert a note or information in the Shipping Confirmation email so that when a a shipping confirmation is sent to a customer, we can add other information for them--or not. I'm not sure which extension(s) would make this the simplest, or what order to take the steps in.

The first thing you will need to do is add a text field to your orders_Update.php page.

The second thing is to add it to the email, which you could do with Universal Email or update it manually by updating the shipping_confirm.php page which is located under the WA_Universal_Email folder/Email_Templates folder. and the code you will need to add could be something like this:

<?php if(isset($_POST['customernote'])) { ?>
<p>Note to Customer:</p>
<p><?php echo $_POST['customernote']; } ?>
</p>

assuming you text field is called customernote.

Thanks! I will give this a try this afternoon...

Originally Said By: Dani Chankhour

  The first thing you will need to do is add a text field to your orders_Update.php page.

The second thing is to add it to the email, which you could do with Universal Email or update it manually by updating the shipping_confirm.php page which is located under the WA_Universal_Email folder/Email_Templates folder. and the code you will need to add could be something like this:

<?php if(isset($_POST['customernote'])) { ?>
<p>Note to Customer:</p>
<p><?php echo $_POST['customernote']; } ?>
</p>

assuming you text field is called customernote.  

Okay, so far I have gone into the Admin/orders_update.php and placed the following code after the tracking url field:

<p>
<label for="customernotes">Note to Customer:</label>
<input type="text" name="customernotes" id="customernotes" size="32" />
</p>

I have saved and uploaded the page, then go into the page online through Admin and the field doesn't appear on the page...

I do find an "Invalid markup" at the line: <div class="detailBox"> and the properties box says: Marked invalid because it is an overlapping or unclosed tag. If the display looks correct, it is safe to delete these tags."

The design view does show the Label and the field correctly. It just doesn't seem to upload to the site. I doublechecked my permissions and it is set to 755 for this page.

try deleting and re-uploading the page to your server (make sure to create a back up) i just did a quick test and i was able to add the field under the tracking url and the field is showing up correctly.