Gift Wrapping Contribution

[heavenlynights]

It's on l. 853 of the current version. Sounds like you need to upgrade.

Thanks Scott, not sure what file I was looking at yesterday, but it must have been the wrong one as I have the most current version so I had another look this morning an low and behold there it was. Must have been coded out yesterday. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Fab Mod and works like a charm

[bettysue]

Does any coding knowledged person reading this thread know if there is any way to slightly alter this mod to have it add a gift card instead of gift wrap?

Nothing fancy just something where you can maybe instead of selecting a paper, select an occasion and add a space to type in a personalized message.
It would be free though, no charges added.

I am not a programmer so I do not know if this is possible, so please don't get upset with me for asking. One never knows unless they ask..right?

thank you,

betty

[swguy]

This would be a huge change. What you might want to do is simply encourage people to add these sorts of instructions to the checkout special instructions/order comments box at the bottom of the checkout screens.

[bettysue]

This would be a huge change. What you might want to do is simply encourage people to add these sorts of instructions to the checkout special instructions/order comments box at the bottom of the checkout screens.

Thank you for the quick reply swguy!

I was afraid of that. We have been trying to figure out something for a florist shop client who is not fond of using the order comments section. We told them we could change the text to make it more like a message greeting area. They didn't like that idea. Maybe a form that can be linked from the check-out page or something similar.

Anyway, I do appreciate your reply as well as the helpful mods you've given us "Zenners".

thank you,

betty

[swguy]

Possible things you could do within the existing Zen Cart without code changes:

- add attributes to each item you want to provide a gift card for.

- create a free/low cost "product" called gift card with a text attribute for message, etc. Upsell this product either on the product info page or perhaps on the shopping cart page.

Scott

[bettysue]

Possible things you could do within the existing Zen Cart without code changes:

- add attributes to each item you want to provide a gift card for.

- create a free/low cost "product" called gift card with a text attribute for message, etc. Upsell this product either on the product info page or perhaps on the shopping cart page.

Scott

Gee swguy...I wonder if all Zencart fans in FL are insomniacs, or is it just us?!?

What a great idea! I didn't know there were text attributes! I'm assuming that means that is leaves a text box for the customer to add text?

I'm not quite sure what "upsell" means though. Plus, it's possible to have products for sale on the shopping cart page?

You definitely have my interest peaked here. As I think I'm about to learn something new.

Thank you for the ideas swguy.

betty

[swguy]

upsell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsell

sell on shopping cart page: you can create links to other products on the shopping cart page. You can even do this on checkout page 1. I wouldn't recommend doing it beyond page 1; it distracts from the closing process.

insomnia: That Software Guy never sleeps.

[swguy]

BettySue, you may also want to download the FIRST version of this mod, which used attributes. The readme points to a webpage on my site about configuration that may be of interest to you if this is the way you want to go. (Note that this is *completely different* from version 2 - different code, different help, etc. etc.)

[bettysue]

BettySue, you may also want to download the FIRST version of this mod, which used attributes. The readme points to a webpage on my site about configuration that may be of interest to you if this is the way you want to go. (Note that this is *completely different* from version 2 - different code, different help, etc. etc.)

Ok, I just d/l'ed it, and bookmarked the readme page on the 1st version on your site. What is it about this one that is different from the latest one that will male it easier to set up for gift cards?

Also, would you like for me to take this to the thread I started asking for a gift card mod as it is distracting from your original intent of this thread?

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80518

thank you,

betty

[swguy]

The old one just shows the use of attributes for various things. It may or may not be useful, but it's another data point for you in your search.

If you want to see a product with text as an attibute, one is provided in the sample data. You can see it here:

http://www.thatsoftwareguy.com/swguy...roducts_id=131

Scott