{"id":1021825,"date":"2015-11-04T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/how-to-make-any-one-checkbox-satisfy-a-series-of-required-custom-fields\/"},"modified":"2016-02-18T08:30:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T16:30:18","slug":"how-to-make-any-one-checkbox-satisfy-a-series-of-required-custom-fields","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/how-to-make-any-one-checkbox-satisfy-a-series-of-required-custom-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make any one checkbox satisfy a series of required custom fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>okay so here&#8217;s what i&#8217;m trying to solve next.  I have created a series of custom fields called <em>GENRES<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/1pv1wwy0mbbpnn4\/Screen%20Shot%202015-11-04%20at%202.35.25%20PM.png?dl=0\">here is the screenshot.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How can I make the entire block a single required field so that a user can select ANY ONE (or multiple) item and satisfy the required field. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/4blx2anhp0c2nxi\/Screen%20Shot%202015-11-04%20at%202.36.42%20PM.png?dl=0\">code in my functions.php here<\/a> shows <em>&#8216;_ecp_custom&#8217;,<\/em>.  Originally it said <em>&#8216;_ecp_custom_2&#8217;,<\/em> but all that did was make the 2nd custom field row (INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM) the required field, so i removed the _2 in hopes that would resolve the issue.  it hasn&#8217;t really.  now when I select any one of the boxes, for example one on the bottom row, the user receives and error messages saying that field is required.<\/p>\n<p>hope you can help here. 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