Is there a way to add a VAT field that is calculated from the total price in Webflow's Ecommerce Template METEORA?

Published on
September 22, 2023

Yes, you can add a VAT field that is calculated from the total price in Webflow's Ecommerce Template METEORA by following these steps:

  1. Open your Webflow project and navigate to the Ecommerce section.
  2. Go to the "Products" tab and select the product you want to add the VAT field to.
  3. In the Product settings, click on the "Add Field" button and create a new field called "VAT" or something similar.
  4. Set the field type to "Number" or "Currency" depending on your requirements.
  5. Save the product settings.

Now, you need to implement the calculation of the VAT based on the total price. You can achieve this using custom code in Webflow. Here's how:

  1. In your Webflow project, go to the "Pages" section and open the page where you want to display the VAT field.
  2. Add an HTML Embed component to the page where you want to display the VAT field.
  3. Open the HTML Embed component and switch to the "Custom Code" tab.
  4. Insert the JavaScript code that will calculate the VAT based on the total price.

Here's an example JavaScript code snippet that you can modify to fit your needs:

<script>function calculateVAT() {  // Get the total price element  var totalPriceElement = document.getElementById('total-price');    // Get the VAT field element  var VATElement = document.getElementById('vat');    // Calculate the VAT based on the total price  var totalPrice = parseFloat(totalPriceElement.innerText);  var VAT = totalPrice * 0.2; // Assuming VAT rate of 20%    // Update the VAT field  VATElement.innerText = VAT.toFixed(2);}// Call the calculateVAT function when the page loadswindow.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', calculateVAT);</script>

Make sure to replace total-price and vat with the corresponding IDs or classes of your elements.

By implementing this code, the VAT field will be updated automatically based on the total price whenever the page loads or the total price changes. Users will see the calculated VAT amount alongside the total price.

This implementation allows you to easily add a VAT field that is calculated from the total price in Webflow's Ecommerce Template METEORA.