Coupon Expiration From Date of Issuance

[smykey]

Is there a way I could limit the coupon to be used within two weeks from the time it was issued to the customer?

I am currently issuing coupons for first time customer registration automatically and it seems the expiration date is tagged with when you (the admin) created the coupon not when it was created.

[Ajeh]

As you pointed out, the Discount Coupons are based on the dates set when the Discount Coupon is created in the Admin ...

To change this, you would need to customize the code to actually create a new Discount Coupon for each day so that it will have the full 2 weeks ...

[smykey]

As you pointed out, the Discount Coupons are based on the dates set when the Discount Coupon is created in the Admin ...

To change this, you would need to customize the code to actually create a new Discount Coupon for each day so that it will have the full 2 weeks ...

Thank you for your assistance. Would you be able to point me out to which file you believe I can achieve this through re-coding?

[Ajeh]

You would need to customize how the Create Account module works for this section:

    if (NEW_SIGNUP_DISCOUNT_COUPON != '' and NEW_SIGNUP_DISCOUNT_COUPON != '0') {
      $coupon_id = NEW_SIGNUP_DISCOUNT_COUPON;
      $coupon = $db->Execute("select * from " . TABLE_COUPONS . " where coupon_id = '" . $coupon_id . "'");
      $coupon_desc = $db->Execute("select coupon_description from " . TABLE_COUPONS_DESCRIPTION . " where coupon_id = '" . $coupon_id . "' and language_id = '" . $_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'");
      $db->Execute("insert into " . TABLE_COUPON_EMAIL_TRACK . " (coupon_id, customer_id_sent, sent_firstname, emailed_to, date_sent) values ('" . $coupon_id ."', '0', 'Admin', '" . $email_address . "', now() )");

      $text_coupon_help = sprintf(TEXT_COUPON_HELP_DATE, zen_date_short($coupon->fields['coupon_start_date']),zen_date_short($coupon->fields['coupon_expire_date']));

      // if on, add in Discount Coupon explanation
      //        $email_text .= EMAIL_COUPON_INCENTIVE_HEADER .
      $email_text .= "\n" . EMAIL_COUPON_INCENTIVE_HEADER .
      (!empty($coupon_desc->fields['coupon_description']) ? $coupon_desc->fields['coupon_description'] . "\n\n" : '') . $text_coupon_help  . "\n\n" .
      strip_tags(sprintf(EMAIL_COUPON_REDEEM, ' ' . $coupon->fields['coupon_code'])) . EMAIL_SEPARATOR;

      $html_msg['COUPON_TEXT_VOUCHER_IS'] = EMAIL_COUPON_INCENTIVE_HEADER ;
      $html_msg['COUPON_DESCRIPTION']     = (!empty($coupon_desc->fields['coupon_description']) ? '<strong>' . $coupon_desc->fields['coupon_description'] . '</strong>' : '');
      $html_msg['COUPON_TEXT_TO_REDEEM']  = str_replace("\n", '', sprintf(EMAIL_COUPON_REDEEM, ''));
      $html_msg['COUPON_CODE']  = $coupon->fields['coupon_code'] . $text_coupon_help;
    } //endif coupon

[smykey]

Thank you so much, we will try to figure this one out.

[Ajeh]

You might look at how the Copy Discount Coupon feature works in the Admin and see if you can't adapt that ...

[kannasai]

I did sent out the discount coupon to my customer through Admin panel. At the bottom of the mail suppose to have coupon expire date but it show "TEXT_COUPON_HELP_DATE".

Please help!! Which part i should update to solve out the problem.

Thank you

[Ajeh]

Check your language file:

/admin/includes/languages/english/coupon_admin.php

Line #50 : define('TEXT_COUPON_HELP_DATE', '<p><p>The coupon is valid between %s and %s</p></p>');

[netgirlz]

did anyone get this working ??

it would be a much appreciated share..