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Requiring terms and conditions

Requiring new users, that are registering on your website, to accept a Terms and Conditions agreement can be accomplished through the use of a simple Joomla! template override. This override, in fact, only requires adding the following line of code to the com_users/register override:

<input class="inputbox required" id="terms" type="checkbox" value="yes" name="terms" />
<label id="tos" for="terms"><?php echo JText::_( 'I accept the' ); ?>
<a class="modal" href="/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&tmpl=component&Itemid=6" rel="{handler: 'iframe', size: {x: 640, y: 480}}">Terms and Conditions</a>*

This line of code has a few aspects worth mentioning:

1. The input class required will add this field to the existing JavaScript validation, requiring this check box to be checked before the user can submit the form.
2. The hyperlink is hard coded, as a modal popup, to article with an ID of 13. Simply change id=13 to whatever article is your agreement.
3. If modal pop-ups are not already enabled on your web site, you can enable them by adding

   JHTML::_('behavior.modal');

   to your template's index.php, or you can remove &tmpl=component and the user will be taken to a new page containing your agreement (they may be unhappy with you, though, as they may need to fill out the form again upon returning to it).

You can also add:

<a class="doclink" href="/download/terms-and-conditions-template-override">download the Terms and Conditions template override</a>