Electronic Gift Cards

The Electronic Gift Cards enhancement allows donors of gift orders to create and schedule the delivery of email gift cards. This new ITPS feature is built on the existing Multiple Gift logic. Using the new GcardSubject, GcardBody, and GcardDeliveryDate tags, it's easy to modify existing gift order pages to collect the necessary information to individually personalize each gift. Once entered, the GcardSubject and GcardBody fields can be checked for profanity (using the doProfanity tag), and the donor and recipient email addresses can be checked for proper formatting (using the doEmailHygiene tag). A process will run hourly to select and deliver Electronic Gift Cards.

For more information on Multiple Gift processing, see the Multiple Gift Processing documentation.

 

Checklist

• Publication must be set-up on ITPS. If not, submit an ITPS set up packet to the Cent-Job Tickets for SE inbox.

• If the client is capturing email addresses on their web page, they must be set up on XDB. If not, submit an XDB set up packet to the Cent-Job Tickets for SE inbox.

• Refer to the Web Developers Guide for a listing of all required tags.

• If using default pages, publication specific tags must be included on the initial entry page, please refer to theWeb Developers Guide for further information.

Q: Can I customize the content and the subject of the email that is sent to the recipients?

A: Yes. You may customize the content of the email that is sent to the recipients by coding the Gcardbody and the Gcardsubject as hidden, non editable fields.

Q: Can I include an embedded url string in the content of the email?

A: Yes. You may include an embedded url in the content of the email. The donor may also include a url in the email if you allow them to customize their own content and subject.

Q: Can I allow the subscriber to use their own subject and content for the email?

A: Yes. The Gcardsubject and the Gcardbody can be coded on the page to allow the subscriber to customize their own personal message to their recipients.

Q: If I am using ITPS default gift pages, can I still include electronic gift cards?

A: Yes. If you are using the default pages, you can simply code the required tags on your initial entry page. Any default pages that are displayed after the initial entry page, will include the fields necessary for the subscriber to send electronic gift cards. However, you will not be able to customize the subject and content of the email for those transactions submitted through an ITPS default page.

Q: If I allow subscribers to enter their own subject and content for the e-card, how can I be assured that these will not contain any profane language?

A: You may simply code the DoProfanity tag on your web pages and a check will be made against the subject and content of the email to insure that profane language is not included.

Q: What will happen if an email that a subscriber sends to a recipient bounces?

A: If an email bounces, the donor will be notified that the email was undeliverable.