Disable Gift Certificates

Hello.

I am new to Zen Cart and so far I love it.

Nonetheless, no mater were I looked I have not been able to find how to disable Gift Certificates.

I do not want people to be able to purchase them or read the Gift Certificate FAQ. I attempted to use the Define Page Status option in Configuration to remove the link but it is not listed there.

Does anyone know how to get rid of the link, etc.

Thanks a bunch,
Cienwen

Admin> Modules> Order Totals> Gift Certificates> uninstall

That was sooooo easy!!! Thank you very much. :thumbsup:

That is a very easy way to do it. Thanks

Kim:

Admin> Modules> Order Totals> Gift Certificates> uninstall

Thanks.. I was looking for it high and low....ha ha

Hi folks,

I also want to disable Gift Certificates, but when I follow along to Admin> Modules> Order Totals> Gift Certificates> I find the following mess:

Warning: main(/Library/WebServer/Documents/rnc/zencart1302/includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_coupon.php.bak.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Library/WebServer/Documents/rnc/zencart1302/admin/modules.php on line 188

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/Library/WebServer/Documents/rnc/zencart1302/includes/languages/english/modules/order_total/ot_coupon.php.bak.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php') in /Library/WebServer/Documents/rnc/zencart1302/admin/modules.php on line 188

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class ot_coupon in /Library/WebServer/Documents/rnc/zencart1302/includes/modules/order_total/ot_coupon.php.bak.php on line 10
Modules Sort Order Action
COD Fee ot_cod_fee Info
Discount Coupon ot_coupon 280</quote>

I am very new to php and am not sure what is happening to cause the error. Further, I don't see "Gift Certificates" listed or a way to uninstall them.

I am working on a Macintosh local server with the intention to upload the live store to a linux machine. Not sure if this could be a Mac issue or something else. Any help or insight greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Mark

Have you changed the files? :smile:

Please note that the file extension is not normal.

ot_coupon.php.bak.php

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Hi folks,

Please disregard my previous message. Although I don't understand why this should create the issue it did, when I applied the latest security patch on 8/18, I created backup files of the ones that needed patched with the extension .bak. Upon closer scrutiny of the errors, I recognized that one of these files was being identified (ot_coupon.php.bak.php), although it is not named with the final .php extension on my system. I dropped this and the other backup files created for the patch into "backup" folders and the admin module began working and I got a long list of options including the previously missing "Gift Certificates" item. I have now removed the item.

Sorry to have taken your time, but I guess I panicked. What is a best practices procedure for making backups for files that need to be patched for security reasons?

Regards,

Mark Harrison

Hi seethrou,

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Have you changed the files?

I did duplicate the file to create a backup and then changed the original file. My question back to you is, if the original file and filename were present in the same directory, why would zen cart try to call the .bak version of the file as well/instead? I am not the most savvy computer user, but I thought the .bak extension would prevent this from happening. Is this a matter of having to shut down php or the webserver and then restart it? 

Although I did find some resolution, the experience is bewildering to me still.

Regards,

Mark

Just suggestions, make copies in your local pc or another computer.

If you prefer to keep a copy of the file in the same directory for cross reference, you may name it with some different.
In my development, I sometimes take the approach below.
e.g. 1.
for the original file, change it to
ot_coupon_org.php - at least make it different
ot_coupon.ph_org - to disable it from execute
and something like that

e.g. 2.
for file under modifications with revision
ot_coupon.ph_v01 - also disable it from execute
ot_coupon.ph_v02
and going on

For why it is not the original file to be taken to execute, this is not the issue of Zen Cart, but the server. This also happen to me for the execute file under win system.

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Thanks seethrou,

I appreciate your time. Have a great day.

Regards,

Mark

fymbscu:

I did duplicate the file to create a backup and then changed the original file. My question back to you is, if the original file and filename were present in the same directory, why would zen cart try to call the .bak version of the file as well/instead?
It's looking for filename similarity matches, not exact filenames. Adding .bak doesn't prevent the problem. Changing .php to .bak would be better, as seethrou indicated.

thank you!
i'm very new to zen cart, i rely a lot on this forum.
:yes:

i also want to disable my gift certificates... i was able to uninstall as instructed above, but that only removed it from the information menu on the right... i still have FAQ in the menu at top. how can i get rid of that??

thanks

trapthreads:

i also want to disable my gift certificates... i was able to uninstall as instructed above, but that only removed it from the information menu on the right... i still have FAQ in the menu at top. how can i get rid of that??

Are you referring to a link in your EZ-pages menu bar? If so, you can change the status of those via Admin->Tools->EZ-Pages

um no i don't think so because when i go to admin-tools-ex pages there is nothing there... i haven't created any ez pages, this was a page already established in my zen cart template

Where did you get your Zen Cart template from?
If you bought it from someone who "hardcoded" it into your template instead of following the Zen Cart coding logic which would obey the admin switches, then you're going to have to ask them how to take it out ... or go digging throught the files looking for it yourself.