Current User: Guest · Login

Social Wave HomeActivity Groupsevent calendarCommunity Discussion ForumsLocal Merchants OnlineMember Photo GalleriesPersonality ProfilesReviews and OpinionsReviews and Opinions
Login to Account
New User Registration
Mailing List Archive
Newsletter Sign-up
Email:
Name:
Featured Events [All]
LoginRegister Tell a Friend About Social Wave
Search the Help Database:   
Still have questions? Need help? Please post them in the support forum

Social Wave Help Files

 Help » Merchant Profile Help » Merchant Profile: Creating Coupons

Social Wave provides all owners of a merchant profile with the ability to generate secure coupon images using our Coupon Generator. This tool will compose coupons with your text and an optional logo printed against a background image. The coupon generated is actually an image rather than usual plain text to prevent people from tampering with your offers.

Image Placement

You may embed a logo or other branding image in your coupon to customize it. You have two placement options for your image: a Top Centered placement and a Left Justified placement.

Examples of Coupon Layouts
Top Centered (Landscape) placement works best if you have a long logo or banner to add as your image. Left Justified (Portrait) placement accomodates tall or square logos better. If you do not upload an image when creating your coupon, Top Centered will be used and the name of your business will appear across the top instead of a banner image/logo.
Uploading Images for Your Coupon
Images uploaded for your coupon are subject to certain size restrictions.
  • Images for Top Centered mode must be no larger than 350px x 60px (width x height)
  • Images for Left Justified mode must be no larger than 150px x 150px (width x height)
Images exceeding the size restrictions will be automatically resized when your coupon is generated. For best results, you should make sure that your image is no larger than the maximum dimensions for the mode you've selected. While we can make your image fit, the automatically resized image most likely won't look as good as an image you resize yourself.
Preserving Transparency in Uploaded Images
If you wish to preserve transparency in the logo you upload and have the background of the coupon show through your coupon, be sure to upload your image as either a .GIF or .PNG format image saved with the proper transparency settings. JPG format images will always be opaque and appear as a square or rectangle against the coupon background.
Coupon Backgrounds
A faded background image is used as the background of the coupon to prevent tampering with your coupons. Most merchant profiles will use the Social Wave logo image as the background security image. Merchants belonging to certain groups such as the Downtown Campbell Business Association or the Willow Glen Business Association have their own backgrounds. In the future, we expect to provide other backgrounds that you can choose to customize your coupons to a greater degree.

 

Related Help Files:



  Ask a Related Question
Your Name: · Your Email
Guests must provide a name and a valid email address to ask a question. Members, please login.
If you have a related question that was not answered by the help file(s) above, use the form below to ask a question or send a message to Social Wave support.

Please type the security code shown on the right into the text field below.
Enter Security Code
  Loading Image

Main Index | Events Calendar | Message Boards | Member Profiles | Photo Galleries | Merchant Profiles
Reviews & Opinions | Help Pages | Member Login | Join Social Wave
febrifuge-movable
socialwave.net v1.6.1 © 2004-2009 Hyperlinked Web Services - Campbell, CA


[ Script Execution time: 0.0619 ]   [ 17 queries used ]   [ GZIP Enabled ]