Change registration $extra2 to textarea box if poss

Hi all,

I assume it's possible any thing is with this , but I am using the registration $extra2 field, how would I go about changing it in useraccountmodify.tpl from single text line to a textarea box (As I want to use it for my advertisers profile)

I currently looks like this:-
{if $dis_extra2=="Y"}
<p class="{cycle values="row1,row2" advance=true}">
<label for="extra">{if $req_extra2=="Y"}<span class='required'>{$smarty.const.LANG_STAR}</span>{/if}{$extra2_text}{$smarty.const.LANG_COLON}</label>
<input {if $req_extra2=="Y"}class="required"{/if} name="extra2" id="extra2" type="text" value="{$extra2}" size="{$smarty.const.FIELD_SIZE}" />
</p>
{/if}
and I need to change it to <textarea> </textarea>

But i'm not quite sure how to go about it.

Many Thanks Jason

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the input works a treat.

Although I am now having two issues I'm hoping you can help with.

1. When my users add text in paragraphs it comes out as one big sentence. how do I go about setting it to automatically leave white space between paragraphs when users hit their return buttons twice. Without my users having to use coding like <p> <br> etc..

2. If my users add a lot of text it only shows up so much of it (like truncating it), how do I increase the number of words / text allowed ?

Hope my usual rambling make sense, look forward to hearing back from you.

Jason