Printable, numbered gift certificates

[Learning1]

I have searched and read several threads on Gift Certificates, but what I need is the ability to allow someone to purchase a gift certificate in Zen Cart - BUT print it out or download so it can be given to someone to use in a brick & mortar store, NOT online.

I have seen that OsCommerce has a addon to do that, but I'd like to avoid having to re-create a new shopping cart just for that feature. The OsCommerce version uses ImageMagick to create the downloadable certificate with a unique number after being purchased. I can provide more details if someone needs them, but I'd really be grateful if someone has already made this happen.

'tis the season, please help.

[tino.schlegel]

I would be interested in this feature as well. Usually you can port the oscommerce addon to zencart with only few modifications.

[kdays]

Do you have a link to the specific OSCommerce addon?

Sounds like a great addition for Zen Cart.

[Learning1]

Here is the link to the OsCommerce add-on

LINK: addons.oscommerce.com/info/5698

I have been emailing with the developer - Ken Owens, but he has not worked with Zen Cart....yet.

If someone figures this out, please let me now.

[tino.schlegel]

If someone wants to do dome coding, here are the instructions for Porting the OCSCommerce module to Zencart. I had a look but strangely, the module has a lot of files. And I dont have a lot of time at the moment to look through them.

Hope someone with time is motivated.

[Learning1]

I have little experience in PHP, but I had a look too. To me it looks like it uses a different method that Zen Cart. I looked at the address_book.php file, it looks like an actual page where the Zen Cart address_book.php is all basic "define".

Any have suggestions?

[Learning1]

Any one have any suggestions on how I might be able to make this happen. It seems like something that many would benefit from.

[BlessIsaacola]

Any one have any suggestions on how I might be able to make this happen. It seems like something that many would benefit from.

Well, depending on how important it is for you to have this feature you might want to consider hiring someone to port it over to Zen Cart for you.

[Learning1]

I have found another Addon for OsCommerce similar to the one I posted previously and will be looking at it for possible conversion into Zen Cart. I would have thought someone else might have resolved this issue before my client asked for it. They are on a tight budget. But at least it seems they can't get it from someone else - so I'll keep digging.

[georgfly]

in case anybody is still interested in printable gift certificates, i made my own quick & dirty solution to produce pdf - gift certificates 'on the fly'. i can include orders_id, orders_products_id, number of purchased certificates, and price (we have 5 different certificates with different prices) printed on the pdf (once you know how it's done, you can include whatever dynamic information you want). the way i solved it was to call a php file as downloadable item (instead of an actual pdf). when customer clicks download button, this php file gets passed the required arguments (orders_id, etc.) and in return calls dompdf (an easy-to-install php-based html to pdf converter - just google it) to produce the actual pdf with the required info printed on it from a template php/html file.
Let me know if interested in code, i'm happy to give away (for free of course).