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Locate: Inventory > Gift Certificates > Create Gift Certificate (button) > Details > Media Prerequisites:
- A plan that includes gift certificates.
- Gift certificates activated within your account (Manage > Integrations).
- Admin permissions or restricted permissions Manage Gift Certificates and Manage Gift Certificate Templates.
- The gift certificates feature is available to both those using items (Inventory > Items), a key feature of our classic version of Checkfront, and those using products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our newest version of Checkfront.
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New to Checkfront - Products ✨ Products (Inventory > Products) is the successor feature to (Inventory > Items) and is available in our newest version of Checkfront. Not yet on our newest version and interested in upgrading? Please contact our Technical Support team for more information. Discover more product-related help articles here: Products (New). |
New to Gift Certificates or need to activate Gift Certificates for your account? Be sure to start with the first article in this series: Introduction to gift certificates.
In this article, we look at configuring your gift certificate theme options - blank, default, and custom themes.
Choosing between default, blank and custom themes
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- Blank Themes
Back to topTurn ON the Blank Theme, if you prefer not to use a theme. If selected, no image is displayed at the top of the gift certificate.
- Default Themes
Back to topYou can offer themed gift certificates to your Customers. By default, Checkfront comes with a set of three themes - Celebration, Seasonal, and Summer.
Customers can choose one of these three themes to apply to the Gift Certificate they are purchasing if the default themes setting is enabled.
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If you don't wish to use the default themes for any of your Gift Certificates, then you can replace them with a set of your own images under Gift Certificate Settings. Click here for more information. |
- Custom Themes
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You can also upload a set of custom themes specifically for the gift certificate in focus. Click on the + Add a Theme button. You are then prompted to upload an image from your computer. You can upload up to 5 custom themes.
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The image is resized to 120px (height) by 480px (width), if the original is any larger or smaller. |
-- Name your theme
Type directly into the field provided to provide a name for the theme.
-- Crop Image
To crop the image you have uploaded, hover over the image and click on Edit Image. From the Image Thumbnail Editor, you can select the area to crop, then click Save to save your changes. The custom theme is now added to your library under the heading Custom Themes.
-- Delete Theme
Click the trash can icon to remove the theme.
Click Save and Finish to proceed to the final step of creating the gift certificate.
In the next article in this series, we do the final preview of your gift certificate with the option to edit or copy your gift certificate. You are almost finished!
< Working with thumbnail images | Working with your gift certificates once created >