Paul... Posted March 11, 2015 Report Posted March 11, 2015 I have a business that receives a lot of checks (I don't see this going away anytime soon. A lot of my clients prefer paying by checks.) It would be nice to have an options to upload or scanned to upload an image of a check when recording a payment. Paul... Quote
Paul Posted March 11, 2015 Report Posted March 11, 2015 We also copy checks but they go in a locked filing cabinet. Having a copy of the check linked to the transaction would be convenient, but may raise some security concerns. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Quote
Paul... Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Posted March 11, 2015 Could the image be stored encrypted in the database, not on the file-system and only view-able via a staff group. Quote
Michael Posted March 12, 2015 Report Posted March 12, 2015 We also copy checks but they go in a locked filing cabinet. Having a copy of the check linked to the transaction would be convenient, but may raise some security concerns. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I like the idea because Xero does it for reciepts not sure about checks but I suppose it's alright if encrypted. Not sure if I'd use it though haha. Quote
alexistkd Posted March 12, 2015 Report Posted March 12, 2015 +1 would be good, and not just checks, in my country Panama, when we do wire transfer via online banking or in the bank clients may send screenshots or attach a picture of the payment proof directly into the invoice, without having to write an email for us with the image attached. Joseph H and Paul... 2 Quote
Paul... Posted March 18, 2015 Author Report Posted March 18, 2015 The more I thought about this. It would be nice to have an upload option on "Record a Payment" Not just for checks but for any document that may support that payment transaction. For the uploaded file, a text field for a description of the document and check box to encrypt or not. Quote
Blesta Addons Posted March 19, 2015 Report Posted March 19, 2015 I like the idea. But -1 for saving images in database . I prefer save them in upload directory outside the public_html . Or add ability to attach notes with transactions. serge and Paul... 2 Quote
serge Posted March 19, 2015 Report Posted March 19, 2015 agree on this: I like the idea. But -1 for saving images in database . I prefer save them in upload directory outside the public_html . Paul... 1 Quote
Paul Posted March 19, 2015 Report Posted March 19, 2015 Definitely not in the database, makes for large harder to restore, harder to backup databases. You should have a really good reason for using BLOB, and even if it was base64 encoded, too much data. Doesn't seem like a lot of support for this, but I'm tempted to create a task anyway, that we'll get to, sometime. Anyone think of any reasons we *shouldn't* add this, except for the fact that it may clutter the UI? Michael 1 Quote
Paul... Posted March 19, 2015 Author Report Posted March 19, 2015 I agree not in the Database. How about making it a settings option? So administrators have a choice to implement or not. I don't think it would clutter up the UI. The "Record a Payment" UI is pretty sparse and has a lot of room. Quote
mrrsm Posted March 19, 2015 Report Posted March 19, 2015 I personally don't even think it needs to be a setting. Having an uploadable image field should always be there. You can either use it or not use it depending on your needs. If you do use it have the image display (thumbnailed?) in the ui and full page if you click on it both in the admin and client side. Maybe a checkbox to display it to the customer? Blesta Addons and Michael 2 Quote
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