Question

I’m trying to get it so a customer can add a shipping address in addition to a billing address at account creation. Right now I am able to have it add the address that acts as the billing and shipping. I am able to copy the address fields for billing but how to do I get it to create two addresses when submitted? How do I get the client side validation to handle the new fields?

Answer 1

It sounds like you may be custom coding this which is not the way to go. Instead, do the following:

Open app/design/frontend/default/default/template/customer/form/register.phtml

Around line 78
Before

<?php if($this->getShowAddressFields()): ?>

Add

<?php $this->setShowAddressFields(true); ?>

That will add the address collection to the form to the registration page, validate it the same as other forms on site, and insert it as a billing and shipping address for you.