How to set-up BirthdayReminder in OpenCart 2

This blog post is focused on these customers who have OpenCart 2 and use the iSenseLabs moduleBirthdayReminder.

First, let’s explain what is BirthdayReminder. BirthdayReminder is an easy-to-use module that prompts new users to enter their birthdays upon registration or checkout. The main purpose of the module is to set up automatic emails which will be sent according to administrator’s preference. You can include unique discount codes in the emails for the customers who have upcoming birthdays.

Installation

The installation is quite easy since OpenCart has an integrated Extension Installer in OpenCart 2.

You just need to download the module from our site and follow the steps below:

1. Extract the .zip archive
2. Go to your store’s administration > Extensions > Extension Installer
3. Click on the button Upload and you have to find the archive that you just extracted. There is another zip inside with the name birthdayreminder.ocmod.zip. Click on it and upload it.
4. Go to Extensions > Modules and click on the Install button (green plus icon) which is next to BirthdayReminder.
5. That’s all.

Note: Some customers are questioning where is the vQmod/OCMOD file. Since version 2.2 BirthdayReminder for OpenCart 2 is OCMOD free!

What’s new

In order to see the BirthdayReminder settings, you need to click on the blue pencil icon. You are getting this view:

In the previous versions of the module, we had to add the birthday field via vQmod/OCMOD modification and edit the registration/checkout page manually. Now, In OpenCart 2 you can easily add new fields in the customer registration form or on the checkout page and we wanted to include it in BirthdayReminder and take advantage of it. This is why we added one new field Select custom field.

If you are an old customer and you are already using BirthdayReminder, maybe you will notice that the field for choosing date format is missing. We did that, because the module is using the defaultcustom fields in OpenCart and the date format depends on the OpenCart settings.

Adding a custom field

Since version 2.2 of BirthdayReminder, you cannot use the module without creating a custom date field. In order to do that, go to the administration page of your store and navigate to Sales > Customers > Custom Fields.