You can add an I agree with the terms and conditions checkbox to your cart page that customers must check before continuing to the checkout. If a customer doesn't check the checkbox before clicking the checkout button, an alert pop up will prevent them from continuing.
Tip: It's not possible to add the checkbox to the checkout pages. It can be added only to the cart page that exists at http://www.your-shop-URL.com/cart.
The steps for this tutorial differ depending on whether you are using a sectioned or a non-sectioned theme. A sectioned theme is a newer theme that lets you drag and drop to arrange the layout of your store's pages.
To figure out whether your theme supports sections, go to the theme's Edit code page. If there are files in the Sections directory, you are using a sectioned theme. Non-sectioned themes were released before October 2016, and do not have files in the Sections directory.
If you are using a sectioned theme, then click the Sectioned themes button and follow the instructions. If you are using an older, non-sectioned theme, then click the Non-sectioned themes button and follow the instructions.
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theme.js
or theme.js.liquid
.$(document).ready(function() { $('body').on('click', '[name="checkout"], [name="goto_pp"], [name="goto_gc"]', function() { if ($('#agree').is(':checked')) { $(this).submit(); } else { alert("You must agree with the terms and conditions of sales to check out."); return false; } }); });
cart-template.liquid
. If there is no cart-template.liquid
file in the Sections directory, then click cart-template.liquid
or cart.liquid
in the Templates directory.<button>
or an <input>
element with the name attribute set to checkout. The code might look something like this:<button type="submit" name="checkout" class="btn">{{ 'cart.general.checkout' | t }}</button>On a new line above the checkout button, paste the following code:
<p style="float: none; text-align: right; clear: both; margin: 10px 0;"> <input style="float:none; vertical-align: middle;" type="checkbox" id="agree" /> <label style="display:inline; float:none" for="agree"> I agree with the <a href="/pages/terms-and-conditions">terms and conditions</a>. </label> </p>
/pages/terms-and-conditions
with the URL of your terms and conditions page.Debut
If you use Debut version 17.3.0 or higher, you will need to add JQuery to your theme.liquid file in the Layout directory.
</head>
.</head>
, paste the following code:<link rel="preload" href="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.4.min.js" as="script">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.4.min.js" integrity="sha256-BbhdlvQf/xTY9gja0Dq3HiwQF8LaCRTXxZKRutelT44=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
If you use Boundless, you will also need to add the checkbox code to your theme.liquid
file in the Layout directory.
theme.liquid
file, find this line of code:<button type="submit" class="btn btn--full cart__checkout" name="checkout">
<p style="float: none; text-align: right; clear: both; margin: 10px 0;"> <input style="float:none; vertical-align: middle;" type="checkbox" id="agree" /> <label style="display:inline; float:none" for="agree"> I agree with the <a href="/pages/terms-and-conditions">terms and conditions</a>. </label> </p>
/pages/terms-and-conditions
with the URL of your terms and conditions page.If you use Brooklyn, you will need to add the checkbox code to your ajax-cart-template.liquid
file in the Snippets directory.
ajax-cart-template.liquid
file, find this line of code:<button type="submit" name="update" class="btn--secondary update-cart">{{ 'cart.general.update' | t }}</button>
<p style="float: none; text-align: right; clear: both; margin: 10px 0;"> <input style="float:none; vertical-align: middle;" type="checkbox" id="agree" /> <label style="display:inline; float:none" for="agree"> I agree with the <a href="/pages/terms-and-conditions">terms and conditions</a>. </label> </p>
/pages/terms-and-conditions
with the URL of your terms and conditions page.theme.js.liquid
. Find this line of code:theme.checkoutIndicator();Replace it with:
// theme.checkoutIndicator();
If you've added checkout buttons other than PayPal to your cart page, then the terms and conditions checkbox won't work properly. For example, if you have the Pay with Amazon button on your cart page, then your customers will be able to click it and check out without agreeing to your term and conditions.
If you have a payment option that has its own checkout button, other than PayPal, you will have to remove the additional checkout buttons from the cart page. After customers have checked the checkbox you've added and reached the checkout, they will still be able to select the additional payment option from the Payment method page.
cart-template.liquid
.{% if additional_checkout_buttons %} <div>{{ content_for_additional_checkout_buttons }}</div> {% endif %}
{% comment %}
and {% endcomment %}
tags. This will stop the code from being shown on your store, and you can easily add it back if you want to change your new template later. Your code should look like this:{% comment %} {% if additional_checkout_buttons %} <div>{{ content_for_additional_checkout_buttons }}</div> {% endif %} {% endcomment %}
If you are having trouble getting the 'Agree to terms and conditions' checkbox to work, then confirm that your theme is using a jQuery version of 1.7 or newer. If your theme is running a version of jQuery that is older than 1.7, then you can edit your theme code to use a supported version instead.
theme.liquid
.<head>
element, find a script tag that references your theme's jQuery source. The src
attribute for the script tag contains a URL that includes /jquery/
, followed by the version number. The tag looks something like this:<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
In the script tag above, the jQuery version being used is 1.4.2
. This is an older version of jQuery that will need to be updated for the customization to work. If your theme is using a version that is older than 1.7, replace the version number in the URL with 1.7
. The result should look like this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7/jquery.min.js"></script>
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theme.liquid
.</body>
tag near the bottom of the file.</body>
tag, paste the following code:<script> $('body').on('click', '[name="checkout"], [name="goto_pp"], [name="goto_gc"]', function() { if ($('#agree').is(':checked')) { $(this).submit(); } else { alert("You must agree with the terms and conditions of sales to check out."); return false; } }); </script>
cart.liquid
.<button type="submit" name="checkout" class="btn">{{ 'cart.general.checkout' | t }}</button>
<p style="float: none; text-align: right; clear: both; margin: 10px 0;"> <input style="float:none; vertical-align: middle;" type="checkbox" id="agree" /> <label style="display:inline; float:none" for="agree"> I agree with the <a href="/pages/terms-and-conditions">terms and conditions</a>. </label> </p>
/pages/terms-and-conditions
with the URL of your terms and conditions page.If you use Boundless, you will also need to add the checkbox code to your theme.liquid
file in the Layout directory.
theme.liquid
file, find this line of code:<button type="submit" class="btn btn--full cart__checkout" name="checkout">
<p style="float: none; text-align: right; clear: both; margin: 10px 0;"> <input style="float:none; vertical-align: middle;" type="checkbox" id="agree" /> <label style="display:inline; float:none" for="agree"> I agree with the <a href="/pages/terms-and-conditions">terms and conditions</a>. </label> </p>Within the code you just pasted, replace
/pages/terms-and-conditions
with the URL of your terms and conditions page.If you use Brooklyn, you will need to add the checkbox code to your ajax-cart-template.liquid file in the Snippets directory.
ajax-cart-template.liquid
file, find this line of code:<button type="submit" class="btn--secondary btn--full cart__checkout" name="checkout">
<p style="float: none; text-align: right; clear: both; margin: 10px 0;"> <input style="float:none; vertical-align: middle;" type="checkbox" id="agree" /> <label style="display:inline; float:none" for="agree"> I agree with the <a href="/pages/terms-and-conditions">terms and conditions</a>. </label> </p>
/pages/terms-and-conditions
with the URL of your terms and conditions page.theme.js.liquid
. Find this line of code:theme.checkoutIndicator();Replace it with:
// theme.checkoutIndicator();
If you've added checkout buttons other than PayPal to your cart page, then the terms and conditions checkbox won't work properly. For example, if you have the Pay with Amazon button on your cart page, then your customers will be able to click it and check out without agreeing to your term and conditions.
If you have a payment option that has its own checkout button, other than PayPal, you will have to remove the additional checkout buttons from the cart page. After customers have checked the checkbox you've added and reached the checkout, they will still be able to select the additional payment option from the Payment method page.
cart.liquid
.{% if additional_checkout_buttons %} <div>{{ content_for_additional_checkout_buttons }}</div> {% endif %}
{% comment %}
and {% endcomment %}
tags. This will stop the code from being shown on your store, but will let you easily put it back if you want to change your new template later. Your code should look like this:{% comment %} {% if additional_checkout_buttons %} <div>{{ content_for_additional_checkout_buttons }}</div> {% endif %} {% endcomment %}
If you are having trouble getting the 'Agree to terms and conditions' checkbox to work, then confirm that your theme is using a jQuery version of 1.7 or newer. If your theme is running a version of jQuery that is older than 1.7, then you can edit your theme code to use a supported version instead.
theme.liquid
.<head>
element, find a script tag that references your theme's jQuery source. The src
attribute for the script tag contains a URL that includes /jquery/
, followed by the version number. The tag looks something like this:<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>In the script tag above, the jQuery version being used is
1.4.2
. This is an older version of jQuery that will need to be updated for the customization to work. If your theme is using a version that is older than 1.7, replace the version number in the URL with 1.7
. The result should look like this:<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7/jquery.min.js"></script>
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Hi,
I am using Debut theme and I could not get it working with the gived guidelines. Anything specific I should do when using Debut theme?
The button now shows on my site, but it can be bypassed by either not simply marking the box or clicking buy it now button.
Used the sectioned Theme instructions and everything worked, except for the warning doesn't pop up. You can still check out without selecting you agree. Any advice on this? I'm using the Block Shop Theme. This is what I found.
//<script type="text/javascript">
window.lazySizesConfig = window.lazySizesConfig || {};
window.lazySizesConfig.expand = 1200;
window.lazySizesConfig.loadMode = 3;
window.lazySizesConfig.ricTimeout = 50;
</script>
{{ 'lazysizes.min.js' | asset_url | script_tag }}
{{ '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js' | script_tag }}
{{ '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js' | script_tag }}
{{ 'api.jquery.js' | shopify_asset_url | script_tag }}
{{ 'option_selection.js' | shopify_asset_url | script_tag }}
{% if template contains 'customers' %}
{{ 'shopify_common.js' | shopify_asset_url | script_tag }}
{{ 'customer_area.js' | shopify_asset_url | script_tag }}
{% endif %}
<script>//
I have the same issue when using Debut theme. Everything appears to look fine, but the logic is faulty.
If a customer does not select "I Agree" they can still click checkout and be directed straight to checkout with no pop up.
A solution to this would be much appreciated!
Good morning,
It seems as if the line was missing the required="required" in the line for the cart.liquid. It's working for me now. Try this.
Original:
<p style="float: none; text-align: right; clear: both; margin: 10px 0;"> <input style="float:none; vertical-align: middle;" type="checkbox" id="agree" /> <label style="display:inline; float:none" for="agree"> I agree with the <a href="/pages/terms-and-conditions">terms and conditions</a>. </label> </p>
Updated with required added ----- USE THIS BELOW:
<p style="float: none; text-align: right; clear: both; margin: 10px 0;">
<input style="float:none; vertical-align: middle;" type="checkbox" id="agree" required="required" />
<label style="display:inline; float:none" for="agree">
I agree with the <a href="Replace with your link to terms and conditions here">terms and conditions</a>.
</label>
</p>
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