Gift Wrapping Contribution

[Sevenhelmets]

I haven't added this feature yet; it's on my list of things to do.

Sounds like you've got the mod I'm looking for - and this is the feature I REALLY am looking for - gift wrap options! What type or color paper (with corresponding pictures), what ribbons/decorations etc. I presume a set of radio buttons to select an option from each.

Any indication when this new feature might be added?

[jasmel]

Sounds like you've got the mod I'm looking for - and this is the feature I REALLY am looking for - gift wrap options! What type or color paper (with corresponding pictures), what ribbons/decorations etc. I presume a set of radio buttons to select an option from each.

Any indication when this new feature might be added?

If this add-on/update can be ready by the end of the month I would be more that willing to buy the dev a coffee and donuts like I have done for the Zen team a few times!

[Sevenhelmets]

If this add-on/update can be ready by the end of the month I would be more that willing to buy the dev a coffee and donuts like I have done for the Zen team a few times!

I'd second that. Perhaps if we tried getting a few people together, who would be willing to pitch in some cash? I'm not sure how acceptable that is in this forum, so correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a good idea. A few of us would be more than willing, I'm sure. If we all donate, it could be worth a few hundred bucks, and surely that isn't something to be scoffed at?

[swguy]

If you go to my home page, browse one of my README files, or look at the extended help for any of my modules posted on my web page, it's pretty easy to figure out how to make a donation in support of the free software I write. And yes, a steady stream of donations would allow me to spend more time writing free software.

I have really promised the Zen Cart guys that I would work on the BeanStream module, and this work is horribly overdue, so you're not going to see new gift wrapping features by the end of the month. But certificates of appreciation via Paypal would help create forward momentum on this project.

[Sevenhelmets]

I'll do that swguy, and in the meantime, look forward to the upgrade in the future!

In the meantime, it just occured to me that this is already possible, albeit in a rather "old fashioned way" with Zen Cart.

I haven't tried it, but surely it's possible to add "Gift Wrapping Attributes", and just have a few different attributes, for example:

- None ($0)
- Birthday Wrapping Kids ($2)
- Wedding Wrapping ($4)
- Christmas Wrapping ($2)

etc etc and of course have it set to "None" by default, so customers will have to select attributes of wrapping if they want it - admittedly prior to checkout.

[jasmel]

I'll do that swguy, and in the meantime, look forward to the upgrade in the future!

In the meantime, it just occured to me that this is already possible, albeit in a rather "old fashioned way" with Zen Cart..

I think the problem with this way that you mentioned above is that it will be a selection on the product page. It would be much easier to add to the shopping cart page (like swguy's mod) where they then can decided on which items in their cart they want gift wrapped and by which gift wrap option.

We have been getting a lot of orders for gift wrap. We have to check the comments section to see if they want the b-day gift wrap or the holiday wrap. Sometimes it is hard to tell if they say just "Love Aunt Bo and Uncle Grit".

[swguy]

We have been getting a lot of orders for gift wrap. We have to check the comments section to see if they want the b-day gift wrap or the holiday wrap. Sometimes it is hard to tell if they say just "Love Aunt Bo and Uncle Grit".

The "gift wrapping selection" code will provide a space for a note for each wrapped item.

[travellers]

I've obviously done something wrong somewhere along the line - finishing an order as a test customer results in

1054 Unknown column 'orders_id' in 'field list'
in:
[INSERT INTO zen_orders_giftwrap (orders_id, orders_products_id, wrap) VALUES ('4', '11', '1')]

Which leaves me a bit confused, since there's no 'orders_id' table in the sql I ran, only 'zen_orders_id'! I was pretty sure I edited the sql in the way the instructions said to - here's the modified orders_wrap.sql

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS zen_orders_giftwrap;
CREATE TABLE zen_orders_giftwrap(
  zen_orders_giftwrap_id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  zen_orders_products_id int(11) NOT NULL default '0', 
  zen_orders_id int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  zen_wrap int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  PRIMARY KEY  (zen_orders_giftwrap_id),
  KEY zen_idx_orders_id_orders_prod_id_giftwrap (zen_orders_id,zen_orders_products_id)
) TYPE=MyISAM;

All I did was add 'zen_' to each reference I could see to a filename, as my cart was auto-installed with Fantastico which automatically adds that prefix.
Anyone offer any advice? I can't just not use this mod until I work it out because in Order Total Modules it only offers 'Yes' to 'Do you want to offer Gift Wrap - there isn't a 'No' option!