Changing the Registration Agreement
Article ID: 81
Written By: Erisar
Written On: Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:42 am
Description: Step-by-step guide on changing the Registration Agreement terms, age, and links.
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Changing the Registration Agreement- Options available:
- Change the Agreement Terms
- Change the Agreement Age
- Change the Agreement Links
- Note: Always backup your files first!
Changing the agreement terms:- This will allow you to modify any part or all of the Registration Agreement terms that users must read and agree to in order to register.
- Open the /language/lang_english/lang_main.php file in an editor such as Notepad etc..
- Find the code:
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$lang['Reg_agreement'] = '
- The text that you want to appear on your Registration Agreement page is what follows the = ' code.
- Change that text to whatever you wish. If you want to insert a paragraph break in your text, you can use the <br /> HTML code. If you want to insert an apostrophe ' in your text, you will need to place a backslash \ before it. When you are done, ensure that the code ' ; is at the end of the line
- So, when you are done it should look like:
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$lang['Reg_agreement'] = 'Your agreement text here';
Changing the agreement birth-age- This will allow you to change the age on the Registration Agreement terms from the default of 13 years old.
- Open the /language/lang_english/lang_main.php file in an editor such as Notepad etc..
- Find the code:
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$lang['Agree_under_13'] = 'I Agree to these terms and am <b>under</b> 13 years of age';
$lang['Agree_over_13'] = 'I Agree to these terms and am <b>over</b> or <b>exactly</b> 13 years of age';
$lang['Agree_not'] = 'I do not agree to these terms';
- Do not change the text inside the brackets (Agree_under_13, Agree_over_13, or Agree_not). Only change the 13 that comes before "years of age".
- So, if you wanted to change the agreement age to 18, it would look like:
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$lang['Agree_under_13'] = 'I Agree to these terms and am <b>under</b> 18 years of age';
$lang['Agree_over_13'] = 'I Agree to these terms and am <b>over</b> or <b>exactly</b> 18 years of age';
$lang['Agree_not'] = 'I do not agree to these terms';
Changing the agreement links- This will allow you to change the page that users are redirected to if they are under your Registration Agreement age (default is 13 years old).
- Open the [b]/includes/usercp_register.php[b] file in an editor such as Notepad etc..
- Find the code (near the beginning of the page):
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"U_AGREE_UNDER13" => append_sid("profile.$phpEx?mode=register&agreed=true&coppa=true"))
- Select (in-line) and delete:
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append_sid("profile.$phpEx?mode=register&agreed=true&coppa=true")
- You can now put in any web address you wish after the
=>
code. Make sure you enclose the address with quotation marks. - So if you wanted the users under your age limit to be redirected to the Disney homepage, it would look like:
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"U_AGREE_UNDER13" => "http://www.disney.com/")
);
