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[Troy]

See attached for revised invoice format, free for you to adapt as you see fit.


Main changes: User and Order info on same row; field names right-aligned; bolding swapped so user sees what matters to them; banner logo across top.

Involves:
- extensive changes to mail/html/order_invoice.tpl
- adding two language labels related to store hours
- changing table widths (but NOT th widths) in mail/html/order_data.tpl from 100% to 600

The revised order_invoice file is now 434 lines, so as a newbie I'd appreciate some guidance on how best to post the file for others to access.

Cheers.
Troy

PS - The site where this will be used is not yet live. You could test it using our dev site at http://calligraphybycarla.ndic.com/estore.

[carpeperdiem]

Troy,

Congratulations on mastering the order_invoice.tpl

May I suggest:

1. kill the field names. Most people don't need to see the field: "name" before their name. They know this is their name (usually)
2. Combine city/state/zip for US addresses into one line.
3. Combine first/last name into one line.
4. Move NAME from "personal info" to the billing name
IN fact, I'd move all the "personal info" field to billing section... (or vice versa)

etc...

You've definitely improved on the stock invoice, but I would take it all the way.

How would YOU want the invoice to look if you were the customer?

In my opinion, less is more (that is make sure it prints on 1 page of letter paper)

Hope this helps,

Jeremy

[Freakmode]

Here is ours - the customers address (in the top right) prints in the peel off window of the integrated label invoice paper we use. Peel it off and slap it on the envelope or parcel. Also prints off the senders address on a line below.

[tamicampos]

Would you mind sharing your code and which labels the invoice is compatible with? Thanks.

[Troy]

Glad to share the code if someone will tell me the best way. Should I just put it all in a Reply, or should I post it somewhere online, or should I email it to requesters??

Carpeperdiem, thanks for stating the obvious; truly. So obvious that I missed it. Will do.

01bodyjewelry, can you tell me what label stock you use? I'd not considered the possibility yet?

Tamicampos, sorry but mine was not designed for a label.

[carpeperdiem]

Should I just put it all in a Reply,

Absolutely. The forum is here to share code...

Tip: click on "go advanced" and you will see additional icons above the message input field... if you select some code, then click on the icon that looks like "#" - it will wrap CODE tags around your selected text. This is THE BEST WAY to post code, since the formatting is preserved,

For example, use this to ONLY show country if NOT the US:

{if $_userinfo.default_fields.b_country eq "United States"}{else}
<tr>
<td>{$order.b_countryname}</td>
</tr>							
{/if}

{if $_userinfo.default_fields.s_country eq "United States"}{else}
<tr>
<td>{$order.s_countryname}</td>
</tr>							
{/if}

[Freakmode]

The integrated labels we use are from

http://www.integratedlabels.co.uk/Single-Label-Integrated-Label-Paper.html

We are based in the UK but I would think you could source these from your local country - also please rememeber that they are A4 size

[Troy]

I'll post the code after I make the additional changes recommended by carpeperdiem.

[Primordial Performance]

where do i go to do custom invoice work??

[balinor]

As mentioned above:

mail/html/order_invoice.tpl