extended attributes for new TLDs

[greghl]

We just tried to register 2 .BIO domains - WHMCS errors communicating with eNom with "Extended attribute: bio_agree is required." - how do we fix this - and how do we find out which new TLDs have similar issues before we "roll them out".

[greghl]

not one opinion or reply??!?

[Kian]

It's all in includes/additionaldomainfields.php. Add all required fields to this file as array.

[brian!]

Hi Greg,

 

I was sure that I had replied to this question - either here or in the gtld thread... seems that I didn't - though I definitely remember looking into it and writing the reply!

 

NURSE!!

 

assuming this isn't a specific Enom issue, one thing that might be worth noting from the .bio faq page is...

 

Can anyone reserve a .BIO domain ?

 

No, individuals and businesses who wish to reserve a .bio must commit to respecting the principles of organic agriculture as defined by IFOAM. Therefore, for example, a site in .bio promoting GMOs is not permitted.

if you fancy some bedtime reading, it might be worth reading their policy document... I think page three of the pdf goes into some vague detail about requirements, but no real specifics.

 

http://www.startingdot.com/bio/policies/

http://www.startingdot.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/BIO-Domaine-Name-Policy-v2-as-of-30-May-2014.pdf

 

if I were you, i'd suggest contacting Enom / Startingdot to see what the specifics the registrant has to agree to are... though when I test tried to register a .bio on the Enom site, I wasn't given a checkbox to agree to anything.

 

so with WHMCS, my guess is that you might need to add a required checkbox for .bio during the registration process to get the registrant to agree to *whatever*.

 

you can do this by modifying includes/additionaldomainfields.php and adding an entry for .bio - something along the lines of...

 

// .BIO

$additionaldomainfields[".bio"][] = array("Name" => ".BIO Agreement", "LangVar" => "bio_agree", "Type" => "tickbox", "Description" => "We agree to commit to respecting the principles of organic agriculture as defined by IFOAM.", "Required" => true,);