I've been successful in copying the process for the Customer Comments box on Checkout, so now I have a second box for the customer to write a short message to the recipient of their gift order. I would like to limit the number of characters they can write in such a way that they can tell how many characters they have left, if that's possible.
I have successfully created a modified copy of orders.print.php that shows the message from the buyer prominently and does not include pricing. I name
It looks like I figured it out!!
I duplicated the orders.index.inc.php file, changing the name to gifts.index.inc.php and changed the Parse line:
// Parse
$template = $GLOBALS['smarty']->fetch('templates/gift.print.php');
Now it prints the Gift packing slip or the regular packing slip, depending on which link I click.