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====== Online label customizer ======

The product allows to customize and to order labels which will be printed and delivered to the customer. 

Each label could be customized with the next functionality - textual lines of several fonts, optional image on the left hand of label area, text alignment selection (center [by default] left, right), font color used for labels, background color of label.  

Customer will be notified about optimal text length if the label contains image and optimal text length constant has non-zero value in configuration file. Notification message pops up while customer entering text and reaches defined length or when too long text is already entered and customer just has selected an image. The text of this message could be set up in messages.xml file the same way as for another messages and warnings. Notification makes once for each label design.

Image is selected from a set of ready motifs, grouped by categories. Each category is represented by a separate folder inside of “motif” folder. Real motifs used for customization in more good quality are stored in "print_motifs"  folder.

The label is auto generated when the customer selects font or changes type of alignment, selects motif or clicks update button.  The text lines and motif are placed upon it. Text lines are auto stretchable vertically and horizontally to fit along the whole available space. The resulting image saved and then a small copy resampled and showed for the customer (how it would look like).

Each label has its own type which could be selected - those label types are not static and could be redefined in special products.xml file. 

The customer could order several labels, if the customer orders several items of one label the percentage discount could be applied to the certain label. The thresholds for discounts by quantity are defined in discounts.xml file. Using of discounts depends on special constant in configuration file.

After customer complete with his order design, he should fill out the order form (name, shipping address, some special instructions if needed) and then click submit button. This causes of sending two different e mails for customer and supplier with order data.