How to remove email validation magento newsletter registration form to add phone number?

Question

How to remove default newsletter registration form email validation magento to add phone number? In resume, to replace e-mail by phone number. Magento 1.9.0.0

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can change this via custom coding.

1. You have to override the newAction method of the file app/code/core/Mage/Newsletter/controllers/SubscriberController.php and remove these line from that method

   if (!Zend_Validate::is($email, 'EmailAddress')) {
       Mage::throwException($this->__('Please enter a valid email address.'));
   }
   

2. change the html validation here : app/design/frontend/{namespace}/{theme}/template/newsletter/subscribe.phtml

Change input type from email to text from field email

Remove class validate-email from field email