Author Topic: Setting a default for Communcations Preferences Method (Read 1021 times)

dougall · June 27, 2008, 03:27:51 am

Hi all,

I want to set the Communication Preference Method to "Email" as default for new contacts.

Presumably I can do this by simply updating the sql schema so the default for civicrm_contact.preferred_communication_method is set as I desire.

However I would prefer to do this without directly altering the database since our CiviCRM users are not going to be happy about doing this if they wish to change this default in the future.

So is there any other way to setup such a default?

Thanks,
Dougall

Dave Greenberg · June 27, 2008, 09:51:37 am

You might be able to do this by adding a javascript function to a custom copy of the relevant template file (templates/CRM/Contact/Form/CommPrefs.tpl) which checks of any of the checkboxes in that set are checked - and if not sets checked to true...

Otherwise I think you'll need to hack the underlying php file - setDefaults() function. (In 2.1 you'll be able to have a custom copies of any php file which should help a bit w/ upgrades, etc.).

dougall · July 01, 2008, 06:39:02 am

Thanks,
I'll give it a go.

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