Each gift certificate can have its own unique style applied.
This article covers:
The Default style
The default gift certificate style contains the following information:
- Name of the recipient
- Name of giver
- Name of the account it was purchased on
- Gift Certificate code
- Value
- Expiry date
- Barcode
- Terms and conditions
To view the default gift certificate style:
- From the left menu, click Dashboard
- From the left menu, click Gift certificates then click Manage gift certificates
- Click on the name of the gift certificate
- Under Gift Certificate style, click View Gift Certificate Style
Custom styles
Custom styles allow you to repurpose the gift certificate, changing it from a standard gift certificate to a voucher or multi-session pass.
To create a custom gift certificate style:
- From the left menu, click Dashboard
- From the left menu, click Gift certificates then click Gift certificate style
- Click Add. You will be taken through to the gift certificate style editor
- Give your style a name
- Create your style using the editor. You can use tags to ensure the correct information flows through on to the certificate issued
- Click Save
Once your style has been created, you will need to assign the style to the appropriate Gift Certificate
To assign a custom style to a gift certificate:
- From the left menu, click Dashboard
- From the left menu, click Gift certificates then click Manage gift certificates
- Click on the name of the gift certificate
- Select your style name from the Gift Certificate Style drop down field
- Click Save and Close
Adding background images
Applying images to your gift certificate can help provide contextual tone and enforce your branding.
To upload a background image to the Default style:
- Use a graphics program (GIMP, Photoshop etc) to create a .jpg file that measures 624 x 264 pixels and is less than 30kb in size.
- From the left menu, click Dashboard
- From the left menu, click Gift certificates then click Manage gift certificates
- Click on the name of the gift certificate
- Scroll down to Gift Certificate Style and click Choose file. Select your background image
- Click upload
To upload a background image on to a custom style:
- Use a graphics program (GIMP, Photoshop etc) to create a .jpg file that measures 624 x 264 pixels (or whatever custom size you have made your ticket) and is less than 30kb in size
- From the left menu, click Dashboard
- From the left menu, click Gift certificates then click Gift certificate style
- Click on the name of the style you wish to apply a background image to
- In the ticket style editor, click to bring up the image inserter
- In the Upload tab, click choose file and select your background image
- Click Save
- Click to bring up the source code
- Remove the existing HTML code above the line <th><!-- Header table begin -->, and replace it with the HTML code below
<div style="border: 0px solid #ff0000; position: relative; height: 2.75in;"><img alt="" src="/UserData/TicketStyles/B/1310_Ticket2011.jpg" style="position: absolute;" />
<table bordercolor="black" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="position: absolute; width: 6.5in; height: 2.75in; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid;">
<thead>
<tr> - Locate your uploaded image HTML code and copy it
- Locate the HTML code src="/UserData/TicketStyles/B/1310_Ticket2011.jpg at the top of the page and replace it with your copied image code
- Click again to return to the main editor