[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Changing 'Free' text when item has no price ## - **[jasonm](/forum/user/712-jasonm "View jasonm's Profile")** - [![jasonm's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/712-jasonm "View jasonm's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/712-jasonm) Less More - Posts: 78 - Thank you received: 0 - - 15 years 8 months ago [\#9685](#9685) by [jasonm](/forum/user/712-jasonm "View jasonm's Profile") *[Changing 'Free' text when item has no price](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/9685-changing-free-text-when-item-has-no-price#9685 "I just though I'd share a handy hint. Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* was created by *[jasonm](/forum/user/712-jasonm "View jasonm's Profile")* I just though I'd share a handy hint. Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to Code: <a href="mailto:email@yoursite.com?subject=Price Enquiry">Email us for pricing</a> so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzk2ODUtY2hhbmdpbmctZnJlZS10ZXh0LXdoZW4taXRlbS1oYXMtbm8tcHJpY2U/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 - - 15 years 8 months ago [\#9691](#9691) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Changing 'Free' text when item has no price](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/9685-changing-free-text-when-item-has-no-price#9691 "I just though I'd share a handy hint. Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* Actually, there is the option "Display a contact button on the product page" in the config to activate a contact form which will send you the name of the product in the email received. You can activate it only fo some products regardless of the price of th product or for all the products. It is also compatible with our recaptcha plugin to avoid spam. This option is only available in our commercial editions. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzk2ODUtY2hhbmdpbmctZnJlZS10ZXh0LXdoZW4taXRlbS1oYXMtbm8tcHJpY2U/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[jasonm](/forum/user/712-jasonm "View jasonm's Profile")** - [![jasonm's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/712-jasonm "View jasonm's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/712-jasonm) Less More - Posts: 78 - Thank you received: 0 - - 15 years 8 months ago [\#9693](#9693) by [jasonm](/forum/user/712-jasonm "View jasonm's Profile") Replied by *[jasonm](/forum/user/712-jasonm "View jasonm's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Changing 'Free' text when item has no price](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/9685-changing-free-text-when-item-has-no-price#9693 "I just though I'd share a handy hint. Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* Ahh, I see that is from 1.4.5 onwards and I haven't yet updated our business version site from 1.4.4. 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Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* Hmm, this is where I suspect the tweaks are going to start to become a problem... I assume the code for displaying the contact button is in the product/show view but because we have modified it to include extra bits, our product/show file remains at ver 1.4.3. Now obviously the responsibility falls back onto me to maintain the site if I wish to make customisations, but do you have anything in mind such as publishing code changes for each revision? Also I was going to read through the change list that is display prior to update but after updating but couldn't find it, is it published anywhere? 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Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* Indeed, you won't have that button if you edited the file show of the view product. You can however quite easily copy the contact code from the new view to your modified view or copy your modifications to the new view. There is no list of modifications for each version. We just have a change log: [ www.hikashop.com/en/support/documentatio...ashop-changelog.html](http://www.hikashop.com/en/support/documentation/56-hikashop-changelog.html) Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzk2ODUtY2hhbmdpbmctZnJlZS10ZXh0LXdoZW4taXRlbS1oYXMtbm8tcHJpY2U/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[elgrippo](/forum/user/6913-elgrippo "View elgrippo's Profile")** - [![elgrippo's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/6913-elgrippo "View elgrippo's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/6913-elgrippo) Less More - Posts: 2 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 7 months ago [\#45519](#45519) by [elgrippo](/forum/user/6913-elgrippo "View elgrippo's Profile") Replied by *[elgrippo](/forum/user/6913-elgrippo "View elgrippo's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Changing 'Free' text when item has no price](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/9685-changing-free-text-when-item-has-no-price#45519 "I just though I'd share a handy hint. Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* Thanks for this - another handy tip! It's pretty helpful to use a language override to change the default "free" text, so I'll post the steps here in case anyone needs the info. Back end admin / Extensions / Language Manager / Overrides / New Set the search box to "constant" and search for "free". Click on "FREE_PRICE", and then change the text to whatever you like and hit save. Reload your page in the front end and all should be well. Quick and clean method of editing certain elements of plugins, components etc. and as it also keeps your original files intact the changes won't be lost during an upgrade. ps - I'm using Joomla 2.5 so I'm not sure if this will work in earlier versions. Ramble over and thanks again ![:)](/media/kunena/emoticons/3.png ":)") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzk2ODUtY2hhbmdpbmctZnJlZS10ZXh0LXdoZW4taXRlbS1oYXMtbm8tcHJpY2U/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 - - 14 years 7 months ago [\#45620](#45620) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Changing 'Free' text when item has no price](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/9685-changing-free-text-when-item-has-no-price#45620 "I just though I'd share a handy hint. Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* For all the versions of HikaShop, you can also do language overrides like that: [ www.hikashop.com/en/download/languages.html#modify](http://www.hikashop.com/en/download/languages.html#modify) Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzk2ODUtY2hhbmdpbmctZnJlZS10ZXh0LXdoZW4taXRlbS1oYXMtbm8tcHJpY2U/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[wendell01](/forum/user/32956-wendell01 "View wendell01's Profile")** - [![wendell01's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/32956-wendell01 "View wendell01's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/32956-wendell01) Less More - Posts: 5 - Thank you received: 0 - - 12 years 4 months ago [\#159308](#159308) by [wendell01](/forum/user/32956-wendell01 "View wendell01's Profile") Replied by *[wendell01](/forum/user/32956-wendell01 "View wendell01's Profile")* on topic *[Changing 'Free' text when item has no price](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/9685-changing-free-text-when-item-has-no-price#159308 "I just though I'd share a handy hint. Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* This is all great information as it applies specifically to what I need to do. However Nicolas did not identify the specific commercial version that has the feature. I need for all my products to not have prices and to simply have ability to request a quote. It looks like the discussion you had here will handle that. That specific feature is not listed in the product comparisons on the hikashop website. So if you could tell which version to purchase that would be great. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 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Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* Hi, When we say that a feature is available in our commercial editions, it means that both the Essential and the Business edition have it. So I guess that you'll want to go for the Essential edition as it is cheaper than the Business edition. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzk2ODUtY2hhbmdpbmctZnJlZS10ZXh0LXdoZW4taXRlbS1oYXMtbm8tcHJpY2U/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[wendell01](/forum/user/32956-wendell01 "View wendell01's Profile")** - [![wendell01's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/32956-wendell01 "View wendell01's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/32956-wendell01) Less More - Posts: 5 - Thank you received: 0 - - 12 years 4 months ago [\#160488](#160488) by [wendell01](/forum/user/32956-wendell01 "View wendell01's Profile") Replied by *[wendell01](/forum/user/32956-wendell01 "View wendell01's Profile")* on topic *[Changing 'Free' text when item has no price](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/9685-changing-free-text-when-item-has-no-price#160488 "I just though I'd share a handy hint. Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* I bought the commercial version and it displays the buttion for contact , but I still have the "FREE" on each product. How to I get rid of that or do I just have to edit that variable? Thanks, Wendell Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzk2ODUtY2hhbmdpbmctZnJlZS10ZXh0LXdoZW4taXRlbS1oYXMtbm8tcHJpY2U/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[lousyfool](/forum/user/28604-lousyfool "View lousyfool's Profile")** - [![lousyfool's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar28604.jpg)](/forum/user/28604-lousyfool "View lousyfool's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/28604-lousyfool) Less More - Posts: 2143 - Thank you received: 747 - - [](http://www.inphase.one) - 12 years 4 months ago [\#160491](#160491) by [lousyfool](/forum/user/28604-lousyfool "View lousyfool's Profile") Replied by *[lousyfool](/forum/user/28604-lousyfool "View lousyfool's Profile")* on topic *[Changing 'Free' text when item has no price](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/9685-changing-free-text-when-item-has-no-price#160491 "I just though I'd share a handy hint. Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* wendell01, As mentioned multiple times earlier here in the thread, you use a language override. It's a basic Joomla feature, and you'll find the "how-to" here depending on your Joomla version: [ docs.joomla.org/Language\_Overrides\_in\_Joomla](http://docs.joomla.org/Language_Overrides_in_Joomla), and even here in the HikaShop documentation: [ hikashop.com/download/languages.html#modify](https://hikashop.com/download/languages.html#modify) --- Need help with customisations of layouts, style or other site development? 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Aside from being able to change the text displayed from 'free' to anything you like, I've just changed mine to so that a visitor can easily email us if we do not have a price available. Now I'm curious whether you could insert a script to include the product they clicked from to the subject?")* Sorry, but I did realize that particular method had been covered, I just wondered if the commercial version had something additional including the form. Thanks, Wendell Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzk2ODUtY2hhbmdpbmctZnJlZS10ZXh0LXdoZW4taXRlbS1oYXMtbm8tcHJpY2U/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. 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