[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Force Charactistic Options of Product ## - **[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")** - [![fan4chevy's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy) Less More - Posts: 301 - Thank you received: 6 - - 13 years 10 months ago - 13 years 10 months ago [\#83321](#83321) by [fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#83321 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* was created by *[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")* I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles Last edit: 13 years 10 months ago by [fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile"). Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")** - [![Mohamed Thelji's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar6861.png)](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji) Less More - Posts: 12953 - Thank you received: 1778 - - - 13 years 10 months ago [\#83399](#83399) by [Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") Replied by *[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#83399 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Hi Charles, 1. Generally when your customer press the "Add to cart" button without any option, the product with the default characteristic will be added. 2. Can you give me a link to your website please ? 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When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Thank you for your reply. I have it set up as an example like this: select color blue red brown black The default is select color as I want the customer to actually know to select. I think for a future version it would be good to have it where the customer actually has to select a characteristic to move to checkout if characteristics are present. Perhaps having a message 'please select option'. Charles Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")** - [![Mohamed Thelji's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar6861.png)](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji) Less More - Posts: 12953 - Thank you received: 1778 - - - 13 years 10 months ago [\#83516](#83516) by [Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") Replied by *[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#83516 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Why not, but I think that you can do it by : - Creating a default characteristic - Setting the description to "Please select option" Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")** - [![fan4chevy's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy) Less More - Posts: 301 - Thank you received: 6 - - 13 years 10 months ago [\#83570](#83570) by [fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Replied by *[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#83570 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* I think that is what I did when I set it up like this: Choose Color: Please Select black Silver red I still think it really needs an ability for a popup to occur if they do not select something when there are characteristic options. Even though I have Please Select, if they don't select it goes right to cart. The problem is in many cases, you can't have a default selection as a customer MUST choose a color or option so that we send the correct product. Thanks, Charles Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[utillis](/forum/user/6295-utillis "View utillis's Profile")** - [![utillis's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/6295-utillis "View utillis's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/6295-utillis) Less More - Posts: 36 - Thank you received: 0 - - 13 years 9 months ago [\#84148](#84148) by [utillis](/forum/user/6295-utillis "View utillis's Profile") Replied by *[utillis](/forum/user/6295-utillis "View utillis's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#84148 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Having a "User select" as default option would be great. I've tried this method also, however I keep sending mails to customers asking what size they want because they didn't change from "Please select". For products which have the pricing done through the characteristics it's even a bigger problem, because this way they think they will get their product for free. Opt-in on this feature requests from me. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 13 years 9 months ago [\#84510](#84510) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#84510 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Hi, It's already possible, in you custom field options, set it as required for the first value add "Please select" disable it, then add the other values. By this way, the user must choose another value than the "Please select" one. The following user(s) said Thank You: [utillis](/forum/user/6295-utillis "View utillis's Profile") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")** - [![fan4chevy's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy) Less More - Posts: 301 - Thank you received: 6 - - 13 years 9 months ago [\#84576](#84576) by [fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Replied by *[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#84576 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Thank you for your response. I am not understanding where I have the option to set as 'required'. Where is this located specifically? Charles Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 13 years 9 months ago [\#84706](#84706) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#84706 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Look at this screenshot: [ ![tmp_2013-01-09.png](/forum/attachment/7868) ](/forum/attachment/7868 "...2013-01-09.png") Hope this will help you. - [ ![tmp_2013-01-09.png](/forum/attachment/7868) ](/forum/attachment/7868 "...2013-01-09.png") [ ](/forum/attachment/7868?download=1 "...2013-01-09.png") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")** - [![fan4chevy's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy) Less More - Posts: 301 - Thank you received: 6 - - 13 years 9 months ago [\#84740](#84740) by [fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Replied by *[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#84740 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Hi, Are you saying to use this method for each Product characteristic instead of using 'Characteristics'? Are you also showing to use it like this: Please select Please Select Yes 1 Blue 2 Red 3 Yellow Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 13 years 9 months ago [\#84813](#84813) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#84813 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* If the price don't change and the images don't change too depending on the color, so it's the easiest solution. Else some PHP modifications will be required. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")** - [![fan4chevy's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy) Less More - Posts: 301 - Thank you received: 6 - - 13 years 9 months ago - 13 years 9 months ago [\#84931](#84931) by [fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Replied by *[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#84931 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Is this an option that you can do individually per product needs or is it the same for all products. I have so many products with different characteristic needs. I am using free version, does this matter? I still feel that this is something that you might consider to hardcode into the system as a default for future development. Customers need to be forced to pick an option if it is there. Charles Last edit: 13 years 9 months ago by [fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile"). Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 13 years 9 months ago [\#84992](#84992) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#84992 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* It's the same for all products. Using the characteristics system is the best way of doing that, the options are displayed by default. But if you absolutely need the "Please select" text instead of having a default value in the dropdown, you can add a characteristic like: "Choose Color" with the values "Please Select - black - Silver - red" and when you manage the variants, remove all the variants having the characteristic "Please select". And in the product edition page set the default variant as "Please select", by this way you should have the option "Please select displayed by default" but no product stock for this one, so the customer must select an other option. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")** - [![fan4chevy's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy) Less More - Posts: 301 - Thank you received: 6 - - 13 years 9 months ago [\#85091](#85091) by [fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile") Replied by *[fan4chevy](/forum/user/9567-fan4chevy "View fan4chevy's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#85091 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Correct me if I am wrong, but I think I am doing what you are saying already but it never makes the customer select an option. I have it like this on product page Pants: Select Color White Black Red Green The Select Color is set at default in the product page characteristics. However, if they add to cart without selecting, it never makes them select. Thank you, Charles Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14281 - - 13 years 9 months ago [\#85222](#85222) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Force Charactistic Options of Product](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/77026-force-charactistic-options-of-product#85222 "I am currently using the free version. When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Can you give a link to your product page so that we can see that ? 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Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Hi Guys, Do we still need to create new custom field in order to force the user to select a charactistic option? HikaShop Starter: 2.6.4 Thank you Last edit: 9 years 8 months ago by [lyran](/forum/user/46161-lyran "View lyran's Profile"). 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When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Hello, > If the price don't change and the images don't change too depending on the color, so it's the easiest solution. > Else some PHP modifications will be required. What Xavier said is still valid, your customer will always free be free to use the characteristic dropdown, but if you want to "force" him to click on it and choose a value, using an Item custom field dropdown will probably do the job. 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When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Hi, Time goes by and the problem changes… I use the 4.1 business version of Hikashop for a pizza delivery services. I need a direct "Add to cart" button and a "Detail" button for people who want additional toppings (ham, egg, etc ...). It's important to not have to go through the detail page for hurry people! But the required field for options disappeared from settings of 4.x ! Why? How can I do? 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When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Hi, Custom item fields still have a required setting. When you create/edit them via the menu Display>Custom fields, you'll find the required setting there. Options (products added to other products as options) never had a "required" setting as they are always required (and always were). Now, if you want to force the display of the add to cart button for products with options on the listings, you can edit the file "add_to_cart_ajax" via the menu Display>Views and change the line: $has_options = !empty($this->row->has_options) || (!$display_fields && $has_required_fields); to: $has_options = false; It should then work like you want. 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When a product has options (characteristics) how do I force them to choose them? Currently the customer can simply add to cart and the have not added the important option. thank you, Charles")* Thanks! It works perfectly. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzc3MDI2LWZvcmNlLWNoYXJhY3Rpc3RpYy1vcHRpb25zLW9mLXByb2R1Y3Q/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. 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