I need to add a shopper field description to one of the fields but it does not show. It strips the html so I added it manually to the database but it still does not show. Is there a setting to show the shopper fields descriptions, or does it simply not work.
I've tried everything i know (what is not much) and can't make it work neither.
help will be apreciated!!
I have this problem too... it would appear that like many things virtuemart and especially shopper fields that it simply just does not work :(
I have fixed this in my files to make the description show.
First go to on administrator\components\com_virtuemart\models\userfields.php
change
$_return['fields'][$_fld->name] = array(
'name' => $_prefix . $_fld->name
,'value' => (($_userData == null || !array_key_exists($_fld->name, $_userData))
? $_fld->default
: @$_userData[$_fld->name])
,'title' => JText::_($_fld->title)
,'type' => $_fld->type
,'required' => $_fld->required
,'hidden' => false
,'formcode' => ''
);
to
$_return['fields'][$_fld->name] = array(
'name' => $_prefix . $_fld->name
,'value' => (($_userData == null || !array_key_exists($_fld->name, $_userData))
? $_fld->default
: @$_userData[$_fld->name])
,'title' => JText::_($_fld->title)
,'type' => $_fld->type
,'required' => $_fld->required
,'hidden' => false
,'formcode' => ''
,'description' => $_fld->description
);
Then go to on components\com_virtuemart\views\user\tmpl\edit_address_userfields.php
and add $_field['description'] wherever you want it to appear in the view. I have it just after $_field['formcode']
Wow that's amazing I was just working on this this morning and just found the same solution, hey great minds think a like, you beat me to it. still well done, a simple solution and must have been an over site of the developers, perhaps the phone rang when they were doing this page and forgot were they were up to :P