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This interface module displays and retrieves additional information entered by customers in the account create, account edit, and order customer information screens. The module interfaces with MIVA Merchant's built-in custom customer fields, which establishes the databases and provides an admin side interface for the store owner to enter custom customer data. With this module the content can be displayed on the front end of the store, allowing the customer to provide data. Easy token implementation: You can tokens on the customer information collection screens using the standard MM5 template script. You can use the common "foreach" loop to display all of them together or you can break each field out for display in various parts of the screen. For example, you may want to collect a second address line just below the first address line and then later in the screen collect the company rep the customer deals with. Flat file export: When a new customer account is created, all of the standard field values except the pgrpcount and password are saved to a flat file log. In addition to the standard fields, values entered into the custom fields are also saved to the flat file. Additionally, date and time fields are exported so you can determine exactly when a new customer account was created. The flat file is | delimited and can be FTPd to your PC with your FTP software and then imported into other programs. You can periodically delete the flat file and it will be recreated with the next new customer account creation. Search new customer log: You can search the flat file log created when new customers sign-up. You can search on keyword, single date, and/or date range. The standard and custom fields will be displayed. The log display includes a link to the actual customer records so you can edit and make changes if needed. Interface with email modules: The custom field values can be displayed in the standard merchant and customer notification emails, as well as the Mail Manager provided emails. Limitations:
Custom customer fields are used for customer records. If the customer does not create or have an existing account, there is no place to save or use the information. There is no validation to ensure the custom fields are filled in. Therefore, they are all optional. If you want to display the custom customer fields in the notification emails, you will need to use an email module capable of using custom field tokens. The inputs will disable html and SQL injection hacks. It is expected customers will be entering text or checkbox entries. While textarea inputs can be used, internal actions will be taken to reduce hacker attempts. So if you need custom fields that will accept html, this module is not for you.
This module only works with Version 5.
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