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Add a REQUIRED birthday field to the customer register

Add a REQUIRED birthday field to the customer register

CNSCHNEI
Shopify Partner
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Hi, I need to add a field for customers when they register to enter their birthday because I my products are 18+.

 

So in total i have two problems. 

 

Problem 1: This field should be REQUIRED, but everything I do it I wont get it to be required.

 

Current code:

 

 

<div class="customer register section-{{ section.id }}-padding">
  <svg style="display: none">
    <symbol id="icon-error" viewBox="0 0 13 13">
      <circle cx="6.5" cy="6.50049" r="5.5" stroke="white" stroke-width="2"/>
      <circle cx="6.5" cy="6.5" r="5.5" fill="#EB001B" stroke="#EB001B" stroke-width="0.7"/>
      <path d="M5.87413 3.52832L5.97439 7.57216H7.02713L7.12739 3.52832H5.87413ZM6.50076 9.66091C6.88091 9.66091 7.18169 9.37267 7.18169 9.00504C7.18169 8.63742 6.88091 8.34917 6.50076 8.34917C6.12061 8.34917 5.81982 8.63742 5.81982 9.00504C5.81982 9.37267 6.12061 9.66091 6.50076 9.66091Z" fill="white"/>
      <path d="M5.87413 3.17832H5.51535L5.52424 3.537L5.6245 7.58083L5.63296 7.92216H5.97439H7.02713H7.36856L7.37702 7.58083L7.47728 3.537L7.48617 3.17832H7.12739H5.87413ZM6.50076 10.0109C7.06121 10.0109 7.5317 9.57872 7.5317 9.00504C7.5317 8.43137 7.06121 7.99918 6.50076 7.99918C5.94031 7.99918 5.46982 8.43137 5.46982 9.00504C5.46982 9.57872 5.94031 10.0109 6.50076 10.0109Z" fill="white" stroke="#EB001B" stroke-width="0.7">
    </symbol>
  </svg>
  <h1>
    {{ 'customer.register.title' | t }}
  </h1>
  {%- form 'create_customer', novalidate: 'novalidate' -%}
    {%- if form.errors -%}
      <h2 class="form__message" tabindex="-1" autofocus>
        <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false">
          <use href="#icon-error" />
        </svg>
        {{ 'templates.contact.form.error_heading' | t }}
      </h2>
      <ul>
        {%- for field in form.errors -%}
          <li>
            {%- if field == 'form' -%}
              {{ form.errors.messages[field] }}
            {%- else -%}
              <a href="#RegisterForm-{{ field }}">
                {{ form.errors.translated_fields[field] | capitalize }}
                {{ form.errors.messages[field] }}
              </a>
            {%- endif -%}
          </li>
        {%- endfor -%}
      </ul>
    {%- endif -%}
    <div class="field">
      <input
        type="text"
        name="customer[first_name]"
        id="RegisterForm-FirstName"
        {% if form.first_name %}
          value="{{ form.first_name }}"
        {% endif %}
        autocomplete="given-name"
        placeholder="{{ 'customer.register.first_name' | t }}"
      >
      <label for="RegisterForm-FirstName">
        {{ 'customer.register.first_name' | t }}
      </label>
    </div>
    <div class="field">
      <input
        type="text"
        name="customer[last_name]"
        id="RegisterForm-LastName"
        {% if form.last_name %}
          value="{{ form.last_name }}"
        {% endif %}
        autocomplete="family-name"
        placeholder="{{ 'customer.register.last_name' | t }}"
      >
      <label for="RegisterForm-LastName">
        {{ 'customer.register.last_name' | t }}
      </label>
    </div>
    <div class="field">
      <input
        type="email"
        name="customer[email]"
        id="RegisterForm-email"
        {% if form.email %}
          value="{{ form.email }}"
        {% endif %}
        spellcheck="false"
        autocapitalize="off"
        autocomplete="email"
        aria-required="true"
        {% if form.errors contains 'email' %}
          aria-invalid="true"
          aria-describedby="RegisterForm-email-error"
        {% endif %}
        placeholder="{{ 'customer.register.email' | t }}"
      >
      <label for="RegisterForm-email">
        {{ 'customer.register.email' | t }}
      </label>
    </div>
    {%- if form.errors contains 'email' -%}
      <span id="RegisterForm-email-error" class="form__message">
        <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false">
          <use href="#icon-error" />
        </svg>
        {{ form.errors.translated_fields.email | capitalize }}
        {{ form.errors.messages.email }}.
      </span>
    {%- endif -%}
    <div class="field">
      <input
        type="password"
        name="customer[password]"
        id="RegisterForm-password"
        aria-required="true"
        {% if form.errors contains 'password' %}
          aria-invalid="true"
          aria-describedby="RegisterForm-password-error"
        {% endif %}
        placeholder="{{ 'customer.register.password' | t }}"
      >
      <label for="RegisterForm-password">
        {{ 'customer.register.password' | t }}
      </label>
    </div>
    {%- if form.errors contains 'password' -%}
      <span id="RegisterForm-password-error" class="form__message">
        <svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false">
          <use href="#icon-error" />
        </svg>
        {{ form.errors.translated_fields.password | capitalize }}
        {{ form.errors.messages.password }}.
      </span>
    {%- endif -%}
    <div class="field">
      <input
        type="date"
        name="customer[note][birthday]"
        id="RegisterForm-birthday"
        aria-required="true"
        {% if form.errors contains 'birthday' %}
          aria-invalid="true"
          aria-describedby="RegisterForm-birthday-error"
        {% endif %}
        placeholder="{{ 'customer.register.birthday' | t }}"
      >
      <label for="RegisterForm-birthday">
        {{ 'customer.register.birthday' | t }}
      </label>
    </div>
    <button>
      {{ 'customer.register.submit' | t }}
    </button>
  {%- endform -%}
</div>

 

 


At the bottom is the birthday field. I tested, if I enter a bithday and hit submit I can see the birthday in the customer overview. 

 

But I can also press submit if there is no date selected whatsoever.... I even used aria-required="true" like in email and password but that doesnt work either.

 

Probem 2: How can I add a validation to that date, that only people that are 18+ can register?

 

Here I didnt found any previous questions to that or documentation. Please let me know if you find something or have an idea how to solve that.

 

Thanks for the help.

Reply 1 (1)

Brett_Helium
Shopify Partner
286 54 130

Hey @CNSCHNEI!

I am not sure if this is the only problem or if there's something else going on as well, but the theme's standard form has a `novalidate` tag that needs to be removed: {%- form 'create_customer', novalidate: 'novalidate' -%}

For age validation, the best solution that I am aware of using plain HTML would be to set a static max value for the date, otherwise I believe you would need to use Javascript. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/date#additional_attributes

 

Another option entirely would be to use a registration app such as Helium Customer Fields which would allow you to create a completely custom registration form, including having a custom date field and being able to use the pre-built validation rules.

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