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I want to do two things on my web site but I really can't find the correct information.

I want to create certificates (like a swimming certificate) on my site that users can add certain details i.e. name and type of award. these could be printed or emailed

I would also like to enable sms messaging, that the user would have to pay for through the site.

thanks


edie209

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To be truthful I'm not sure, but I'm not crap with computers I can program in machine code and 6502 and I have worked my way around php when I have needed to, for what its worth and I have been in IT as a systems manager since 1996 so I can learn if needed.

I just don't seem to able to find out where to start I have been searching for two weeks with no real pointers on how to go about this

Idontwantspam

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Well, the certificates wouldn't be that hard, I don't think. What you could do is make an image with photoshop as a template, have all the borders and whatever images you want and all that on it, but leave the name, date, etc. blank. Then, have a form where they enter their name and everything, and then submit it to a page that would overlay those data over the image, using CSS positioning, and PHP to insert the data. If there are only a few things you are submitting in the form, I'd use method="get", so that they can bookmark their award and come back to it later and have everything there. Then, they could just print that page. For example:

form.php is the form.

award.php is the award.

template.png is the template image.

form.php:

<html>
<head>
<title>Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="get" action="award.php">
Name: <input type="text" id="name" name="name" /><br />
Level: <input type="text" id="level" name="level" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Make my Award" id="submit" name="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

award.php:


<head>
<title>Award</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src="template.png" width="(whatever)" height="(whatever)" alt="Award" />
<div style="position: absolute; left: 110px; right: 130px; width: 300px; height: 200px; top: 400px; border: none;">
<?php echo $_GET["name"] ?>
</div>

<div style="position: absolute; left: 110px; right: 130px; width: 300px; height: 200px; top: 460px; border: none;">
<?php echo $_GET["level"] ?>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Of course, that is just an example; you'd have to customize it to how you want it, but this should give you an idea. You may want to provide a button to print, in which case you'll want a seperate stylesheet for printing which would hide that element.

Good luck, I hope this helps!! :hello:

And no, I don't know about your second question.

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