Required Fields in Product Upload
 

I'm using the "extra1" field for the user's physical location across all ad types.

I have it listed next to the username in my category listings:

How do I go about making this extra1 field a "required" entry just as the zipcode entry is required?

Would this be an uploadproduct.tmpl edit or a mod to the uploadproduct.php script?

It would even be great to pull their location from their vBulletin profile as a default.

Any of this would be a mod since it is about altering the default code. Your can use the get_profiledata function on a user to get there location and print it all depends on what your doing. Maybe in uploadphoto.php this in bold?

You can then possibly in uploadproduct template add this in bold

This line is already available and it works fine in showproduct.php by showing "$aduloc" in the showproduct template.

But, when it is used in uploadproduct.php after authenticate(); the variable "$aduloc" is empty in uploadproduct.tmpl, even though the user's profile location field is filled in. Maybe a query for this list is missing from uploadproduct.php?

This total concept is great, but it might be necessary to move this thread to the mods forum or the suggestions forum.

Thanks!

Reapply the line above I edited it

Excellent!