Magento: Displaying Or Adding Gift Message in Order

Gift Message: The gift message functionality is a default functionality in Magento.You can add gift message for whole order or or in individule order items.

Note: By default this functionality is disable in Magento.

To display gift message adding form in order/checkout Follow these steps:

• System -> Configuration -> Advanced -> Disable modules output
• Check Mage_GiftMessage is Enabled.//If disable enable it
• System -> Configuration -> SALES -> Sales -> Gift Options
• You will find two selection lists:-.

Allow Gift Messages on Order Level: By default it is ‘No’. When you change it to ‘Yes’ then you will be able to add a single gift message to the whole order. The gift message form is displayed in ‘Shipping Method’ section of Checkout page.

Allow Gift Messages for Order Items: By default it is ‘No’. When you change it to ‘Yes’ then you will be able to add gift message separately to individual item of your shopping cart. The gift message form is displayed in ‘Shipping Method’ section of Checkout page.

You can also enable or disable gift messages in individual product from ‘Manage Products’. When you edit any product, you will see a selection list of Allow Gift Message under Gift Options By default, it is set to Use config,  it will use the value set in configuration. Here, you can set ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to display gift message adding functionality to the particular product or not.