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Wish List / Gift Registry program
The wish list and gift registry feature was introduced
in Version 5.8. It will allow customers to create their own list
of items in their account which can be purchased at a later date.
It also allows for the creation of lists which can be sent to
friends and family for occasions such as birthdays, weddings etc.
so they can purchase the items which the list owner has
requested.
Getting started
The set up for the wish list program is really
simple. It does require the use of the customer login feature so
if you are not currently using that, it will need to be enabled.
Details of the customer login can be found here for the ASP
Version and here for the PHP
Version.
Once you have the customer login set up, you will
need to enable the wish list feature. This is done with the following
entry in vsadmin/includes.asp
enablewishlists=TRUE
or in vsadmin/includes.php
$enablewishlists=TRUE;
Once you have logged in, you should see the following
screen where you can manage all the details of you account, including
the new gift registry feature
Clicking on the link to "Create gift registry"
will take you to the relevant section in the client login page
where you can view and manage your wish lists.
This is where your wish lists will be shown along
with the number of items in each list and the URL that can be sent
to friends so they can purchase from your list.
Items can added to list from the products and /
or product detail pages. A link will be added below the buy button
which will give a drop down menu of the lists available.
If you want the "Add to List" link on both the
product and product detail pages, add the following to vsadmin/includes.asp
wishlistonproducts=TRUE
or vsadmin/includes.php
$wishlistonproducts=TRUE;
If you only want the "Add to List" link on the
product detail pages, add the following to vsadmin/includes.asp
wishlistondetail=TRUE
or vsadmin/includes.php
$wishlistondetail=TRUE;
My Wish List vs Gift Registry
As you can see from the screen shot above, you
have the choice to add an item to a gift registry (in this example
one we set up called Andy's birthday list) or to My Wish List.
My Wish List is your own personal list that you
can add items to for purchasing at a later date. It's not a public
list and can only be viewed once you are logged into the store.
You can move items between lists, move them to cart or delete them.
You can have as many Gift Registries as you need
and one personal list under "My Wish List".
Editing the look
As with all the Ecommerce Templates features, text
changes can be made in vsadmin/inc/languagefile.asp or .php. The
list uses the same css classes as the shopping cart, search etc
and the classes are available here.
There are also some extra classes available
span.cartloginname - the name of the person logged
in
p.cartloggedin - the text for "Logged
in as" and "Logout"
span.cartwishlists - the text for "View Gift Registries" on the cart
page
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