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Gift certificate styles

Updated over 3 weeks ago

Each gift certificate can have its own unique style applied.

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:

  1. From the left menu, click Dashboard

  2. From the left menu, click Gift certificates then click Manage gift certificates

  3. Click on the name of the gift certificate

  4. 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:

  1. From the left menu, click Dashboard

  2. From the left menu, click Gift certificates then click Gift certificate style

  3. Click Add. You will be taken through to the gift certificate style editor

  4. Give your style a name

  5. Create your style using the editor. You can use tags to ensure the correct information flows through on to the certificate issued

  6. Click Save

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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:

  1. From the left menu, click Dashboard

  2. From the left menu, click Gift certificates then click Manage gift certificates

  3. Click on the name of the gift certificate

  4. Select your style name from the Gift Certificate Style drop down field

  5. 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:

  1. 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.

  2. From the left menu, click Dashboard

  3. From the left menu, click Gift certificates then click Manage gift certificates

  4. Click on the name of the gift certificate

  5. Scroll down to Gift Certificate Style and click Choose file. Select your background image

  6. Click upload

To upload a background image on to a custom style:

  1. 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

  2. From the left menu, click Dashboard

  3. From the left menu, click Gift certificates then click Gift certificate style

  4. Click on the name of the style you wish to apply a background image to

  5. In the ticket style editor, click to bring up the image inserter

  6. In the Upload tab, click choose file and select your background image

  7. Click Save

  8. Click to bring up the source code

  9. 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>
  10. Locate your uploaded image HTML code and copy it

  11. 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

  12. Clickagain to return to the main editor

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