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1. Ziriux_Photos
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hey guys, how do I remove the field where it asks for a required e-mail. Even when i make it the e-mail not to be required the field is still there. How do I get rid of it?

2. Hotel Audit
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   You should edit your comments.php which is in the directory of your used theme. If you take a look at on this file I'm sure you'll find something like this:

   "
   <p><input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>" size="22" tabindex="2" />
   <label for="email"><small>Mail (will not be published) <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?></small></label></p>
   "
   Just removed these lines from you comments.php and saved. After you'll see that the E-mail address will be not requested anymore from your commentators.

   p.s.: before you do this or anything else you should create a security copy about the original comments.php file for your safety.

3. jchthys
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Another option would be to replace the code Hotel Audit described with the following:

   <p><input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>" size="22" tabindex="2" />
   <label for="email"><small>Mail (will not be published)</small></label></p>

   What this does is still let the user leave their email address, but it's just not required.

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