[DBTech] vBDonate Donations - PayPal Donate Manager v1 (vB4)

[DragonByte Tech]

vBDonate: What is it?
vBDonate is a professional donation mod, allowing administrators accept donations/contributions via PayPal to their sites from the members. It works on vB versions 4.1.x and 4.2.x

Uses

vBDonate is perfect for any forum, both small and big alike. vBDonate is the ideal product to allow administrators accept donations/contributions via PayPal to their sites from the members. This functions similar to other popular donation mods found on vB.org

Mod Of The Month Winner

vBDonate won Mod Of The Month here on vB.org January 2013! Thanks everyone who voted for the mod.

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Major Features

Auto Confirming (PRO Only): Donations will auto confirm from PayPal once the donation has actually been processed through PayPal's system Pro Only.

PayPal Testing Environment: Ability to set the donation system to a testing environment via PayPal's SandBox mode.

Marquee Block: A fully customizable marquee block can be placed just about anywhere on your site.

Payment Options: Administrators can set donation amounts to Custom, Suggested, or Suggested and Custom.

Contribution Options: Users can donate anonymously and/or have their donation amounts undisclosed, if set in the ACP.

Interactive Donation List Page: Administrators can confirm, unconfirm, and edit donations from the contribution list page

Donation Goal Bar: A donation goal bar can be placed just about anywhere on your site.

Donator Page: Donators will be able to view a "My Contributions" page which will list only their donations.

Donation Listings Pages: vBDonate admins can view unconfirmed, anonymous and undisclosed donations on separate pages.

Awards System (PRO Only): The Pro version comes with a awards system, to show a award in the postbit of users that donated.

Import Donations (PRO Only): The Pro version comes with a importer to import donations from VSA or AWC donation mods.

vBulletin Versions: Compatible with vB versions 4.1.x and 4.2.x


Complete Feature List

Lite Features
StyleVars
12+ Stylevars for added flexibility.
General Settings
Toggle plugin on or off.
Disable the donation system temporarily.
Set usergroup permissions to which groups can act as vBDonate administrators.
Change the reason for turning the modification off temporarily. (Shown to a user if the system is disabled)
Option to display the product version or not.
Select which usergroups can "NOT" use the donation system.
Change the message if a user who is in a group not allowed to use the donation system.
Change the data format M-D-Y or D-M-Y.
Disable showing the contribution menu on the sub-navbar.
Disable showing the donate navtab on the navbar. (Only works with vB versions 4.1.x not 4.2)
Show the donate navtab on the second navbar if you have vBNavTabs Pro. (Only works with vB versions 4.1.x not 4.2)
Enable BB codes in subheader text.
Change the text in the subheader.
Change the subheader height.
Show PayPal image on the donation block (non verified accounts).
Change PayPal image on the donation block (non verified accounts).
Show Verified PayPal image on the donation block (verified accounts).
Change Verified PayPal image on the donation block (verified accounts).
Show smaller images on the vBDonate DashBoard.
Easily change the General Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.
Easily change the PayPal Payment Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.
Easily change the Donator List Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.
Easily change the Change Usergroups Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.
Easily change the Send PM Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.
Easily change the Donation Bar Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.
Easily change the SideBlock Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.
Easily change the PostBit Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.
Show image instead of Submit Button on the donation page.
Easily change the image shown on the donation page.
Change the marquee block header text.
Change the marquee message text.
Change the marquee message color.
Change the marquee message background.
Change the marquee message text size.
Change the marquee message scroll speed.
Enable start/stop buttons to the marquee that users can click on to start/stop the scrolling.
Show the marquee block above the contribution list.
Show the marquee block above the contribute block.
Show the marquee block above the goal meter.
Show the marquee block above the users contribution list.
Option to enter the directory of your admincp.
Turn off the edit icons next to some block elements.
Eet pre-define subjects for users to pick from when using the vBDonate Contact Us form.
Show or not show a contributions benefits block on the contribution page.
Enter the benefits a contributor will get by contributing to the site.
DBTech Affiliate ID support
PayPal - Payment Settings
Set your PayPay E-Mail.
Enable PayPal SandBox Testing.
Set your PayPay SandBox E-Mail.
Choose from three different donation amount types, Suggested Only, Suggested and Custom or Custom Only.
Set the suggested donation amounts to your choosing.
Choose the currency type you want donated (choose between 22 different types) only one type allowed.
Set the minimum amount you will take as a donation, for Custom Donations.
Have the PayPal donation screen open in a new window in the browser.
Display accepted payment types with their respective images, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, PayPal.
Turn on or off anonymous contributions.
Set which usergroups can make anonymous contributions.
Turn on or off undisclosed contributions.
Set which usergroups can make undisclosed contributions.
Donator List Settings
Change the results per page to show on the donation list.
Select which usergroups can see the donation list.
Show three different configurations for donation statistics, Don't Show, Total Donations Only or Total Donations and Amount.
Show donation amounts of each donor, on the donation list, to usergroups who can view the donation list.
Show donations list link on the Quick Links menu, Community menu or both.
Change the message shown to a user who is in a group not allowed to see the donation list.
Enable / disable a right border on the donation list.
Enable / disable a top border on the donation list.
Change the default listing of donations between ascending or descending.
Show the actual donation id number on the donation list.
Ability to turn off the Back To Top button on the donation lists pages.
Change Usergroup Settings
Enable usergroup change upon donating.
Set the usergroup to switch the donator to.
Add the user to a usergroup (additional usergroups) or change the user to a usergroup (primary usergroup).
Change the users display group upon donating.
Change the users title, the user title is what is displayed below the user's name like in the postbit.
Set what the donators user title will be.
Set which usergroups are excluded from usergroup changes.
Set which usergroups are excluded from adding to usergroups
Send PM Settings
Enable the PM system.
Set which user sends the PM's.
Send a PM to a user after donating.
Send a PM to a user after the donation is confirmed.
Send a PM to a user if you manually added the donation.
Send a PM to staff members upon someone donating.
Choose which staff members receive the PM's.
Donation Bar Settings
Enable the donation bar.
Enter your donation goal amount.
Have the goal reset Monthly or Yearly.
Show the goal amount on the donation bar or just a percentage.
Have a message display below the donation bar.
Change the text shown below the donation bar.
Set the width of the donation goal block.
Center the donation goal block on the page if it is set smaller than 100%.
Change the donation bar height.
Change the donation bar width.
ASet the THIS_SCRIPT locations to display the donation bar on.
Choose one of three different locations to display the donation bar on.
Change the text position of the text on the donation goal block (center, left).
Show a Contribute image instead of Contribute Now text on the donation goal block.
Switch the Contribute Now text or Contribute image from above the bar to below the Donate Bar Note Text.
Easily change the Contribute image shown on the Donation block.
Hide the admin menu found in the donation bar header dropdown.
Display a welcome message with the users current time and date below the goal meter.
Display accepted payment types with their respective images, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, PayPal.
Ability to show everything in the goal block one background color.
Ability to show the total contributions to the site above the goal meter.
Ability to show a countdown timer to goal above the goal meter.
Set the date for the countdown timer.
Side Block Settings
Turn Forum sideblocks on or off.
Select which usergroups see the sideblocks.
Option to fix broken display issues with sideblocks that some skins seem to have, so far it's only BP skins.
Show PayPal verified image or non PayPal verified image in Forum sideBlock.
Easily change the verified PayPal image shown on the Forum sideBlock.
Easily change the non verified PayPal image shown on the Forum sideBlock.
Show a goal meter on the sideblocks.
Change the currency display on the sideblock to a symbol in front of the amount.
Easily change what symbol shown in front of the amount donated on the sideblock.
Set the character limit for usernames in the sideblocks.
Display accepted payment types with their respective images, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, PayPal.
Remove the radius on the goal meter for the contributed amount on the sideblock.
Replace the Contribute Now text with a image on the sideblock.
Easily change the contribute now image shown on the Forum sideBlock.
Ability to show a countdown timer to goal below the goal meter on the forum sideblocks.
Postbit Settings
Show a donate block in the postbit.
Easily change the image in the postbit block.
Show the postbit block on the first post only.
Eight different locations to choose from in the postbit to display the block.
Set which usergroups see the donate postbit block.
Easily change the postbit header title.
Easily change the postbit message.
Easily change the text to display it showing the postbit info in the control area of the postbit.
Easily change the width of the donate block if it is shown in the signature area of the postbit.
Ability to toggle on / off the updating of user ranks after a contributors contributions is confirmed (only works if you add or change the contributors usergroups).
Ability set the path to your contributor group rank. Pro Additional Features
StyleVars
5+ additional Stylevars to customize the banner.
General Settings
Show a Additional block about Verified accounts.
Change text shown on the Verified block header.
Easily change the verified image shown on the Verified block header.
Change text shown on the Verified block sub-header.
Easily change the Change Rotating Banner Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.
Easily change the Sliding Banner Settings image shown on the vBDonate DashBoard in the ACP.
PayPal - Payment Settings
Have a image show on the PayPal payment screen.
Easily change the image show on the PayPal donation screen.
Donator List Settings
Ability to show contributions as net amount (the amount you got after PayPal fees) or gross amount (the amount the user actually sent through PayPal), this will show everywhere the contribution amounts are shown now.
SideBlock Settings
Turn off jquery on the vBadvanced donation module if it causes issues with other mods already running jquery on the vBAdv page.
Eet which version of jquery you would like to run if you have it enabled on the vBadvanced donate module.
Show a countdown timer to goal below the goal meter on the vBAdvanced Module.
Postbit Settings
Show the donate postbit info on different usergroups postbit, so you can select it to only show on Admin postbit, or any usergroups you have.
Show the donate postbit info on one specific user.
Enable or disable awards from showing in the postbit of users who contributed.
Set the image to display in the users postbit if they contributed.
Turn off automatic deployment of the award in the postbit, so you can add it anywhere via a template edit.
Center the award in the postbit.
Ability to show a users contribution stats.
Select where in the postbit to display the users contribution stats.
Send PM Settings
Send a pm to staff, if a contribution has been auto confirmed.
Rotating Banner Settings
Show rotating banner, image changes every time the page is refreshed.
Change the default banner size for fixed skins and smaller screen resolutions.
Set the THIS_SCRIPT locations to display the rotating banner on.
Choose one of three different locations to display the rotating banner on.
Choose which usergroups can not view the rotating banners.
Have a new page open in the browser if a user clicks on the banner, which redirects them to the donate page.
Change the text shown when a user hovers over the banner.
Show a sliding banner, image will change via javascript, on a determined amount of time.
Have jQuery load or not, as to not cause conflicts with other mods.
Set the jQuery Version.
Set the sliding banner display time, how long you want the image to show before another one is loaded.
Slider Banners
Change if the image shows on the CMS page from the main content page.
Change if the image shows on the Forum pages from the main content page.
Toggle each images active status from the main content page.
Click on edit to change each existing image.
Delete each image from the main content page.
Set the each banners title on the create content page.
Add each banners url on the create content page.
Have the image show on the CMS page on the create content page.
Have the image show on the Forum page on the create content page.
Set the image active on the create content page.
Auto Post Settings
Enable/disable the thread/post system.
Choose to post as a new thread or a reply to a post.
Option to enter the ID of the person making the post.
Thread/post to count towards the posters postcount or not.
Select which forum the new thread should be posted in.
Set the thread id if you choose to post as a reply to a post.
Set the post id if you choose to post as a reply to a post.
Set the thread as open or closed if you choose to post as a new thread.
Enter which post icons to use.
Set as sticky if you choose to post as a new thread.
Ten different options to enter the thread/post title for the system to randomly use.
Ten different options to enter the thread/post content for the system to use.
Importer
Import donations from VSA donation system.
Import donations from AWC donation system.
Awards Utility
Recalculate all users awards based upon them having a confirmed contribution.
Reset user awards, so no users have them.
Download Contributions CSV File
Ability to download confirmed contributions as a CSV file.
Ability to download unconfirmed contributions as a CSV file.
Ability to download anonymous contributions as a CSV file.
Ability to download undisclosed contributions as a CSV file.
Ability to download test contributions as a CSV file. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[kapii]

I have been using the lite version for some time now, and I do have to say, I am quite surprised at all the features that have gone into that version. Thanks DragonByte for this wonderful modification.

Forgot to add, marked as installed, rated 5 stars, and nominated it for mod of the month!!

[thecore762]

Excellent mod, been using this since early beta stages, donations has been great and Ozzy47 has been extremely helpful!
Nominated, this is the best donation module to date here at vb.org!

[mitch84]

hi, it work only with paypal? I can add another payment module? thx

[DragonByte Tech]

Yes at this time it only works with PayPal, I will look into adding some other payment options in the future but this does of course mean I have to subscribe to any processor I try to add, which is something I am not to keen on.

Chris

[mitch84]

add another payment module would be nice, I would buy this product when it is done, I do not use paypal and I do not like it, thx

[DragonByte Tech]

Yeah I will look into it for a future version, but it is rather difficult to do and properly test without me and the owners signing up to a service to test it's functionality within the mod.

Which one do you use?

Chris

[ahobilam]

Installed.
Selected the "Global below Navbar" option to show the Goal Bar,
but it shows only in the forum home.
What next to show it Globally.
Also, when I select the option to show only in the first post (postbit)
the donate button (image) shown twice?!

[Black Snow]

Think I found a bug. When you change the postbit options and select "show in first post only", the contribute image etc is shown twice in the first post and once in every other post.

[DragonByte Tech]

To have the goal bar shown globally make sure the setting Show Donation Bar On in the group Donation Bar Settings is blank.

As far as the postbit issue, where are you guys displaying it at. I am unable to replicate this issue.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Actually I think I found the issue with the first post only, re download the zip, and re import the product xml, allowing overwrite, no need to load the files to ftp.

Chris

[Black Snow]

Actually I think I found the issue with the first post only, re download the zip, and re import the product xml, allowing overwrite, no need to load the files to ftp.

Chris

Perfect.

[DragonByte Tech]

Good, glad it's working now.

Chris

[thecore762]

BTW for those who want to see it in action check out my site (customized mine a little) http://www.47r-squad.com

[Nirjonadda]

I already installed PRO Version ! Excellent Products Made by DBTech (Ozzy47) , Thanks for Great product releases !!!

[ahobilam]

Actually I think I found the issue with the first post only, re download the zip, and re import the product xml, allowing overwrite, no need to load the files to ftp.

Chris
Yes,
Now it is working.
Also,
As we are not having options to select a donation method except PayPal
Is there a way to change the design of the donation bar as below:
Orginal:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24348664/images/donate-bar.JPG
Modified:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24348664/images/donate-bar-modified.jpg
It will save some extra space in all pages (when global enabled).
thanks in advance.

[DragonByte Tech]

PayPal is the only payment processor at this time.

There is a option in the group Donation Bar Settings to remove the accepted payment types and the images associated with them "Show Accepted Payment Types?", also a option to remove the text in that box as well, "Show Donation Bar Note".

[w00fy]

Actually I think I found the issue with the first post only, re download the zip, and re import the product xml, allowing overwrite, no need to load the files to ftp.

Chris

Nice looking mod, I'm a tad confused now..does the upload folder need to be ftp? or just install the xml file in admin cp.. For a first time install?

Thanks :)

[DragonByte Tech]

If this is a completely first time install, drag and drop the contents of the upload folder to your folder containing your forum files, then import the xml. The post you quoted was just to fix a error and he already had it installed.

Chris

[Nelson58]

People have made donations, but the donation goal post bar has not updated and still shows all red.

It is on http://www.hobby-machinist.com/forum.php

I have enabled everything.
Any idea what I may be doing wrong?

Thanks!! Great mod!


Nelson

[Nelson58]

Correction to above post:

I just MANUALLY confirmed the donations, and the goal bar changed.
Is there any way the donations can be AUTOMATICALLY confirmed so I don't have to do it?

Thanks!

Nelson

[DragonByte Tech]

Correction to above post:

I just MANUALLY confirmed the donations, and the goal bar changed.
Is there any way the donations can be AUTOMATICALLY confirmed so I don't have to do it?

Thanks!


Nelson

Automatic confirmation is a Pro only feature.

Chris

[Gemma]

Great add-on, purchased the Pro version and very pleased with it. Thanks a lot :)

[DragonByte Tech]

Thanks Gemma, glad you are happy with it.

Chris

[hoplomachus]

Dragon, great MOD.

I am having trouble showing the mod on the main site... the side block. It is not showing. I enabled it and tried looking around but I cannot find a reason why it is not showing. Any help?

[DragonByte Tech]

Do you have any other sideblocks showing?

Chris

[hoplomachus]

Yes.

[DragonByte Tech]

Ok did you go to Forums & Moderators / Forum Blocks Manager and add a new block, DBTech - vBDonate

Chris

[hoplomachus]

Ok did not do that.. that worked. Now it worked but it showed up in Forums not the main site.

[DragonByte Tech]

It is a forum sideblock, it will only show on forum home page, I have not got a chance to do a CMS widget yet.

Chris

[hoplomachus]

How did http://www.47r-squad.com/ use your MOD and get that on the main page to the right? Post #3.

[DragonByte Tech]

That is a vBAdvanced Module, that page is different from the CMS in vBulletin default.

Chris

[hoplomachus]

Ok thank you for your help! Much appreciated !

[DragonByte Tech]

Not a problem, glad to help.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Hotfix: File inclusion exploit in /vbdonate.php

To fix it, re-download and re-extract the .zip, then re-upload the vbdonate.php file found inside the upload folder.

Fillip

[wtfaatp]

Hotfix: File inclusion exploit in /vbdonate.php

To fix it, re-download and re-extract the .zip, then re-upload the vbdonate.php file found inside the upload folder.


Fillip

Awesome thank you :D

[zagman76]

Does this support a "subscription" type of donation so that after 'n' days, a user's status is reset and they are encouraged to donate again (especially when after donating, they gain access to additional features and such)?

[DragonByte Tech]

No not at this time, sorry.

Chris

[qpurser]

Just installed your MOD on my test server and have a couple questions:

I am running 4.2.0 but the forum integration links in the navbar don't show. I have set to be visible to Admins which I am.

How do I confirm a contribution?
I did a couple transactions with PayPal's Sandbox but I couldn't find where to confirm.

thx for any help
Michael

[DragonByte Tech]

In order to confirm contributions, you need to visit the unconfirmed contributions tab found on the contributions list page, and manually confirm them after you verify them through your PayPal account, or just manually confirm them since you did it through the SandBox. The Pro version comes with a auto confirmer so you would not have to do that process.

If the nav links and tab are not showing, please confirm you are using the 4.2 navbar template. Also check the Navigation Manager and verify they are showing there.

Chris

[qpurser]

In order to confirm contributions, you need to visit the unconfirmed contributions tab found on the contributions list page, and manually confirm them after you verify them through your PayPal account, or just manually confirm them since you did it through the SandBox. The Pro version comes with a auto confirmer so you would not have to do that process.

If the nav links and tab are not showing, please confirm you are using the 4.2 navbar template. Also check the Navigation Manager and verify they are showing there.

Chris

thanks Chris for trying to help.

I am using the navbar manager that comes with vBulletin 4.2.0 Patch Level 2.
Checked the options in the Navigation manager and the links don't show up.

As I don't have any links I don't know where the "the unconfirmed contributions tab " is located.
How do I call the "contributions list page"?
It is not "vbdonate.php" I guess? If i call this page I get what you see in the screenshot.

[DragonByte Tech]

Ok for some reason the Navigation stuff was missing in the zip, please re download the product and install the product xml, allowing overwrite, and let me know if they show up then.

Chris

[qpurser]

Ok for some reason the Navigation stuff was missing in the zip, please re download the product and install the product xml, allowing overwrite, and let me know if they show up then.

Chris

ah. Now it works. thx for the update
And I was thinking I was to stupid to figure it out. :)

One more quick question:
In real we are a non-profit organization. The PayPal fees charged are they just because of the Sandbox test environment and in real transactions members will have the option to select gift/donation so no charges to us will be applied?

thx
Michael

[DragonByte Tech]

No not at this time, the person receiving the contributions pays the fees, I will see about changing it in a future version.

Chris

[Haltech]

Hey Chris, does move the user back to a registered user group say after 1 year if there donation is set to expire in the pro version? I really wish you would make this for 3.8x as well.

[DragonByte Tech]

No it does not switch the usergroup back at any time, it is something I have thought about adding, but if I did it would only work on users that contributed after this was added, as I would have to get their current groups and store them in the db. The problem is lets say a user contributes, and some time later you promote them to a different group be it primary or additional, when the mod would reset the user, they would be set to what they were a year ago.

I seriously doubt this will be converted to 3.8 as it is considered end of life by vBulletin and with vB5 looming, it will need to be updated to that as well, (but never say never).

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

vBDonate has been nominated Mod of the Month! (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=287331)

I would like to thank everyone who nominated it. Please visit the Mod of the Month (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=287331) and vote for your favorite mod!

Chris

[Haltech]

No it does not switch the usergroup back at any time, it is something I have thought about adding, but if I did it would only work on users that contributed after this was added, as I would have to get their current groups and store them in the db. The problem is lets say a user contributes, and some time later you promote them to a different group be it primary or additional, when the mod would reset the user, they would be set to what they were a year ago.

I seriously doubt this will be converted to 3.8 as it is considered end of life by vBulletin and with vB5 looming, it will need to be updated to that as well, (but never say never).

Chris

Welp, many of us refuse to buy into vb4, so that's unfortunate you wouldn't consider supporting it.

Your mod just has to support primary and secondary user groups and it would work with a time stamp. I've been using the aw coding donation system pro and it works very well controlling people who expire after a set period and drops them back to their default user group.

[shayanr]

Can I ask if you have any kind of ETA on a cms widget ? I would love to buy this product if I knew the widget would be coming out soon.

[ozzy47]

Welp, many of us refuse to buy into vb4, so that's unfortunate you wouldn't consider supporting it.

The problem there is the development time versus sales, it probably would not be lucrative to code it to run on the 3.x series.


Your mod just has to support primary and secondary user groups and it would work with a time stamp. I've been using the aw coding donation system pro and it works very well controlling people who expire after a set period and drops them back to their default user group.

I will be looking into that to see if it is feasible.

Chris

[ozzy47]

Can I ask if you have any kind of ETA on a cms widget ? I would love to buy this product if I knew the widget would be coming out soon.

I do have a cms widget that can be added manually, it is basic but it is something.

I am waiting for one of the other dev's to get some free time to give me some pointers on codding it into the product, so I don't have a estimate on when.

Chris

[rockerzteam]

How do we relocate the contribute now image from the right corner to the bottom center?

[rockerzteam]

The problem there is the development time versus sales, it probably would not be lucrative to code it to run on the 3.x series.
Chris


With all the guys still on vb3 I was shocked not to see it.

[DragonByte Tech]

How do we relocate the contribute now image from the right corner to the bottom center?

Set the setting Contribute Now Position? found in the group, Donation Bar Settings to No.

Chris

[ejbreeze]

When "Adding Contributor Manually" the ip address defaults to the User ID box. Now when you view the members list you see two ip address. Also the user who you entered manually is not credited for the donation. How can I fix this? Thanks.

Look at contribution #11
141239

[DragonByte Tech]

When you added the contributor manually, in the "User ID:" field did you add the users name or the users id number?

Chris

[ejbreeze]

Thanks. I was entering users name. It is going to be a pain to look up all those id#. Is it possible to have multiple awards? Like one award for each donation amount? Thanks again.

[DragonByte Tech]

Multiple awards for different donation levels is going to be added in a future release, and is a pro only option.

Why do you have to enter alot of users manually?

Chris

[ejbreeze]

I just bought your pro version and branding. I see now I should be able to import my AWC coding stats into this program so maybe there won't be a lot of manual entries. Thanks for your help.

[DragonByte Tech]

Yes, the pro version will be able to import all the donations from AWC mod or VSA mod with no issues, so you should not have to add any of the contributions from AWC manually. Thanks for supporting DragonByte Tech

Chris

[wildheart]

For some reason I cant get it to show on my forum at all version 4.2. It shows under the navigation manager. I also have the NavTabs installed but it is not the Pro version. I dont know what other info to give. Any ideas please?

[wildheart]

Ok I enabled it in the sideblock but I dont want it on the side because my forum is not designed that way. How can I place it at the bottom by the footer, if possible?

[DragonByte Tech]

For some reason I cant get it to show on my forum at all version 4.2. It shows under the navigation manager. I also have the NavTabs installed but it is not the Pro version. I dont know what other info to give. Any ideas please?

What was not showing, the tab in the navbar or something else?


Ok I enabled it in the sideblock but I dont want it on the side because my forum is not designed that way. How can I place it at the bottom by the footer, if possible?

Are you saying you want the sideblock to be by the footer of the site instead of the side of the forums?

[wildheart]

Yes before I activated the side blocks it did not show on the tab. Then when I activated the sideblock it showed on the side of my forum, if you look at my forum you will see that it isn't designed to have something on the side and it pushed everything out of balance.

How can I have the donations to only show on the tabs, or footer or anywhere but the side?

[DragonByte Tech]

Even without displaying the sideblocks it still should show a tab in the navbar. You also have the ability to show a goal meter on the site as well, ACP / DBTech - vBDonate / vBDonate DashBoard / Donation Bar Settings and set up all the options in there.

If you do not see a tab in the navbar could you pm me a admin account so I can debug this for you and make sure it is not some error in the script, if you do pm me post a link to this thread so I will know what it is referencing to.

Chris

[wildheart]

Yes please, I will greatly appreciate that. I will pm you access.

[DragonByte Tech]

Replied via pm, for anyone else experiencing a similar issue the navbar template was using code for vB 4.1.x and not using the proper code for vB 4.2.x

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

vBDonate v1.2.2 Hotfix #1
Fix: Potential SQL Injection exploit

Fillip

[wildheart]

Do we have to upload all of it again and will it affect the donations already received?

[DragonByte Tech]

No you can just upload /dbtech/vbdonate/actions/dodonate.php file. It will not affect any donations.

Chris

[wildheart]

Thank you.

[ejbreeze]

Maybe I missed this somewhere but is there the ability for this mod to email out donation reminders for renewals? If not is this something you plan to add in the future? Thanks.

[DragonByte Tech]

No that is not currently a feature, but is has been requested and is under consideration for a future version.

Chris

[nacaruncr]

I have a problem with dates contribution, because I have in D-M-Y, but it does not appear the date, it shows only 'd-m-y'.. (image attach)
How can I fix it??

[DragonByte Tech]

Languages & Phrases / Language Manager / {Your_Language} > [Edit Settings]

What do you have set under the settings Date / Time Formatting

Chris

[nacaruncr]

In Date Formatting this:
%d/%m/%Y

In Time Formatting this:
%H:%M

Thanks :)

[DragonByte Tech]

What about in the setting, Locale

Chris

[nacaruncr]

Locale: es_ES
In Date Formatting this: %d/%m/%Y
In Time Formatting this: %H:%M

[DragonByte Tech]

Ok can you pm me a admin account and ftp info and I will see what I can do to fix it on your site.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Actually never mind the pm, I think I got it fixed, please download the zip, and re-upload the files to your server, no need to import the product xml. Let me know if that fixes it for you.

Chris

[nacaruncr]

Excuse me the delay.. but I usually don't be here in the weekends XD
Thanks it's working preatty fine :)
Regards :)

[DragonByte Tech]

Ok good deal, thanks for reporting the issue.

Chris

[TheSupportForum]

an excellent mod

[DragonByte Tech]

an excellent mod

Thank you sir. :)

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

It's that time again, another update to vBDonate.
This update brings some added features to the Pro and Lite versions. Lite version is now available here on vB.org or at, https://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/vbecommerce.php?do=demo&productid=185 The Pro version is available in your customer area if you have purchased a license.

I would like to thank all of you who are involved with vBDonate and made the requests, helping to make this product even better than it was.

If you like the product you can show your support by nominating it for mod of the month, and also please rate it to help cancel out the users who 1 star our mods.

Everyone should upgrade to the latest version to ensure they are running with all the security fixes that were added.

As always, please make sure you revert any templates you may have changed in order to take full advantage of the update.

For those of you using the vBAdvanced module, you will need to delete your old module, and upload the new one in order to have the changes take affect. (Pro)

Well without further ado here is the list of stuff.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
Fixed: A issue with contribution amounts not showing as intended, ie: showing 10 instead of 10.00
Fixed: A issue with the Back To Top button not showing on the donation lists pages, if you have 20 or more results per page set.
Fixed: A issue with dates displaying as m-d-y or d-m-y if you are using a different Locale under Date / Time Formatting in the Language Manager.

Changes To Existing Features:
Changed: Some of the code in the vBAdvanced module, to be more custom style friendly. (Pro)
Changed: The position of the contribute image if it is shown on the vBAdvanced Module. (Pro)
Changed: The template used by vBAdvanced for the contributions module, I made it show from another template, so if changes are made in the template by me for a release, you won't have to re install the module again (after this time).(Pro)

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:
Lite
Added: Popup boxes on the manually entering of contributions fields so if you don't use numbers you will be alerted text is not allowed.
Added: A option in the settings group Donator List Options to be able to turn off the Back To Top button on the donation lists pages.
Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to be able to show everything in the goal block one background color.
Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to be able to show the total contributions to the site above the goal meter (should be expanded with dates later).
Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to be able to show a countdown timer to goal above the goal meter.
Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to set the date for the countdown timer.
Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to be able to show a countdown timer to goal below the goal meter on the forum sideblocks.
Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to set the path to your contributor group rank.
Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to be able to toggle on / off the updating of user ranks after a contributors contributions is confirmed (only works if you add or change the contributors usergroups).

Pro
Added: A option in the settings group SideBlock Settings to be able to show a countdown timer to goal below the goal meter on the vBAdvanced Module.
Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to be able to show a users contribution stats.
Added: A option in the settings group PostBit Settings to be able to select where in the postbit to display the users contribution stats.
Added: A link in the ACP side menu to be able to download the donations as a CSV file from your database, by date range. Type of CSV downloads available, Confirmed Contributions, Unconfirmed Contributions, Anonymous Contributions, Undisclosed Contributions and Test Contributions.
Added: A option in the settings group Donator List Options to be able to show contributions as net amount (the amount you got after PayPal fees) or gross amount (the amount the user actually sent through PayPal), this will show everywhere the contribution amounts are shown now.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Fixed a issue with a red box showing up on the forums and getting a error when you try to open your pm's. If you have downloaded the product already and installed, re download it and only need to import the product xml. If you have download but not installed, re download the files and follow normal upgrade procedures.

Chris

[Nelson58]

Chris,

Installed the update. I set it to NOT show statistics in the dashboard, but it is showing Totals (see below):

I set it to "Don't Show Statistics = Show Nothing"

But it still shows:


Contribution Goal Contribute Now

My Contributions
Admin Options....General OptionsPayPal Payment SettingsDonator List SettingsChange Usergroup SettingsSend PM SettingsDonation Bar SettingsRotating Banner SettingsCustom ContentSideBlock SettingsPostBit Settings

Total contributions the site has collected so far $ 225.00
Goal amount for this month: 100 USD, Received: 0 USD (0%)
Time left to reach goal: 18 Days 14 Hours 24 Minutes 19 Seconds


Welcome Back, Nelson Today's Date: October 13th, 2012 Current Time: 9:35:37 AM
Please support our site by contributing! God Bless You!



ALSO- My goal bar is NOT updating, even when I confirm contributions! It used to!
Here is the link: http://www.hobby-machinist.com/forum.php?tabid=11

How can I fix this please!

Thank you!



Nelson

[DragonByte Tech]

For the line showing Total contributions the site has collected so far $ 225.00 go to Acp / DBTech - vBDonate / vBDonate DashBoard / Donation Bar Settings and turn off the option,Total Contributions Above Goal Meter?

The goal bar will update if the contribution is within the specified goal period, if it was made the month prior, and you are now just confirming it it will not show.

Chris

[Nelson58]

For the line showing Total contributions the site has collected so far $ 225.00 go to Acp / DBTech - vBDonate / vBDonate DashBoard / Donation Bar Settings and turn off the option,Total Contributions Above Goal Meter?

The goal bar will update if the contribution is within the specified goal period, if it was made the month prior, and you are now just confirming it it will not show.

Chris


I changed the goal period to Sept. and it still did not update.
The green bar does not advance across and it says $0

[DragonByte Tech]

If you pm me with a admin account I can look into the issue and see what may be causing it.

Chris

[wildheart]

Sorry but I am going to ask again to be sure. According to the read me file Upgrading:
Upload all files from the "upload" folder to your forums directory.

2. Import the product-dbtech_vbdonate.xml file from the "XML" folder at AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product

Wont that replace all the donations already done?

[sonic83]

Greetings. vbDonate works with "vBExperience" or not recognized for delivering awards and achievements?

thanks

[DragonByte Tech]

Sorry but I am going to ask again to be sure. According to the read me file Upgrading:
Upload all files from the "upload" folder to your forums directory.

2. Import the product-dbtech_vbdonate.xml file from the "XML" folder at AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product

Wont that replace all the donations already done?

No that will not replace the contributions already in place, you are simply overwriting the templates and settings that are already there, not removing anything from the database.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Greetings. vbDonate works with "vBExperience" or not recognized for delivering awards and achievements?

thanks

No it is not integrated with vBExperience.

Chris

[wildheart]

I received an e-mail from Paypal that says:

Hello .....

Please check your server that handles PayPal Instant Payment Notifications (IPN). IPNs sent to the following URL(s) are failing:

http://reptile-parrots.com/forums/vbdonate_gateway.php

If you do not recognize this URL, you may be using a service provider that is using IPN on your behalf. Please contact your service provider with the above information. If this problem continues, IPNs may be disabled for your account.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this issue.

Is this a concern and how can I fix it?

[DragonByte Tech]

Can you check the following three items?

Check your Paypal IPN History page (in your Paypal account) and make sure that IPNs are not currently disabled. Note that disabled is different than turned off (more on that later). To see if IPNs are disabled, check your IPN history (My Account => History => IPN History), do a search for recent IPNs, and see if your recent IPN messages have a delivery status of "disabled" (Look for Delivery status Disabled). If they are disabled, then contact Paypal to get them re-enabled. Until you do this no IPNs will work.
Check your Paypal IPN settings and make sure IPNs are turned off (not disabled) for your account. To check this, visit your IPN History page (My Account => History => IPN History); it should say: "The IPN feature is turned off. You must turn on IPN in order to create history data." If instead of that message, it shows a field with your Notification URL, then you need to turn the feature off. This needs to be off because (a) it is not necessary, since vBDonate sends Paypal the correct URL to send the IPN to along with the payment request.* (This is the notify_url parameter in the vbdonate_gateway.php file). (b) If you have your vBulletin URL there, then Paypal will send IPN messages for all of your Paypal transactions, not only the ones that originate from your vBDonate installation. This will eventually cause Paypal to disable (see point #1) IPN for your account due to the failed IPNs.
Make sure your Forum URL is correct in your vBulletin settings. (vBulletin Options => Site Name / URL / Contact Details => Forum URL) It should be the URL to your forums, with no trailing slash (/). The notify_url parameter is generated using this setting.* Paypal will send the IPN message even when the IPN feature is turned off in your Paypal account [reference] (https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?&cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_admin_IPNSetup#id091GJ202030)

The IPN message will always be sent to your notification URL unless receiving IPNs have been disabled. Even though you have not enabled receiving IPN messages in your Profile or you have reset your preference by turning off IPN messages, PayPal still sends IPN messages to the notification URL you specify for a specific payment.

The difference between "turned off" and "disabled" is confusing. I'll try to clarify:

Turned off -- This is if you choose to turn off the IPN feature in the Paypal interface.
Disabled -- This is an automatic Paypal sanction that is applied to accounts that have too many failed IPN messages. (has nothing to do with you turning the IPN feature on or off)

Chris

[wildheart]

On my Paypal account under the History tab I only have: Basic Search and Download History.
When I click on History it brings up all the transactions. On that page I have 2 more drop down tabs, Select that brings up dates and More Filters and there is nothing about IPN.

Checked my forum Url and it does not have a \ : http://reptile-parrots.com/forums

I followed your link to paypal and read through their instructions and my Paypal looks completely different from what they have. I do not have a Selling Preferences column and therefore do not have Instant Payment Notification Preferences. The bar that they show on that page is also completely different from the one on my Paypal.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/10/26.jpg

[Nelson58]

The Donation mod has a bug in it. It is supposed to move any regular or contributing member to the participating member group (more access). It is supposed to EXCLUDE moderators, supermoderators and administrators. The setting to do just that is below. It put my moderators and supermoderators in the participating class after they donated, so it is NOT working right.

Select which usergroups are excluded from the
change group option.
Selected groups will not have their usergroup changed upon auto confirming
or manual confirming of contributions. Administrators
Banned Users
Contributing Users
Inactive Banned Users
Moderators
Participating Users
Registered Users
Super Moderators
Unregistered / Not Logged In
Users Awaiting Email Confirmation
Users Awaiting Moderation

The moderators, super moderators and admins are checked in this setting.
Can you give me some idea how to fix this?

Thank you!

[DragonByte Tech]

Yeah that is pretty much there for the auto confirming of donations in the pro version, if you are manually confirming donations choose the option, Mark confirmed but don't change usergroup for users you don't want to change groups.

I will see about adding the check though to the next version.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

wildheart I think I know what I need to do just waiting for verification so stand by.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Ok wildheart I think I got it sorted, you can download the product and follow normal upgrade procedures and the emails should stop.

Chris

[wildheart]

Thank you I will do that and let you know if there is anymore problems. ;)

[Nelson58]

Yeah that is pretty much there for the auto confirming of donations in the pro version, if you are manually confirming donations choose the option, Mark confirmed but don't change usergroup for users you don't want to change groups.

I will see about adding the check though to the next version.

Chris

But that means I have to confirm users one by one if a moderator or super-moderator contributes along with everyone else. Any way we can fix this?

Thanks.

[ozzy47]

removed

[DragonByte Tech]

But that means I have to confirm users one by one if a moderator or super-moderator contributes along with everyone else. Any way we can fix this?

Thanks.

Ok I think I solved it and did not break anything else :p re download and install and it should be good to go.

Chris

[Khent334]

Is there a way to integrate this with vBCredits? For example, reward a $10 donation with 100 credits.

[DragonByte Tech]

Not at this time, sorry.

Chris

[Nelson58]

Thanks Chris, I am giving it a try!

Nelson

[DragonByte Tech]

Moved.

Chris

[ejbreeze]

When trying to change the language installed on 4.2.0 patch 3 I get database errors. Thanks.

[DragonByte Tech]

What errors are you getting, with out those there in not much I can do. :confused:

Chris

[ejbreeze]

Thanks I worked it out. Another mod was interfering with the installation.

[DragonByte Tech]

Glad to hear it's sorted.

Chris

[VJ9A]

Very Helpful site!
Awesome Mod!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[DragonByte Tech]

Thanks for the feedback.

Chris

[TheSupportForum]

the following template is not being cached
dbtech_vbdonate_banner

Please update this in next release

[DragonByte Tech]

Ahh that is not even supposed to be in the lite version, I will fix it up in the next release, thanks for reporting.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Actually I fixed it already, redownload the files and upload, dbtech/vbdonate/hooks/process_templates_complete.php

Chris

[TheSupportForum]

Ahh that is not even supposed to be in the lite version, I will fix it up in the next release, thanks for reporting.

Chris


i just installed this mod today after having to redo my whole forum i had debug mode on :)

[DragonByte Tech]

Yeah I totally forgot to remove some code from the file, that's why it was saying the template was there and uncached, even though it was not, again thanks for reporting.

Chris

[VJ9A]

Easy to install and a very nice mod.
Great support and a friendly support bunch.

[DragonByte Tech]

Thanks for the feedback! :)

Chris

[ejbreeze]

Chris when I clear all awards then re-add them it gives donators who haven't donated in over a year an award. Is there a way to set the award to expire one year after the donation was made? Thanks.

[DragonByte Tech]

Please post any questions regarding pro features on our website in the proper forum. We are not allowed to discuss pro options on vB.org. Thanks

Chris

[bakabanana]

is it possible to display the donation bar on the contribute page?

[Nirjonadda]

is it possible to display the donation bar on the contribute page?

DragonByte Tech: vBDonate - Donation Bar Settings > Show Donation Bar On
Leave blank to show on all pages.

[DragonByte Tech]

Add vbdonate to the setting, Show Donation Bar On found in the group, Donation Bar Settings.

Chris

[bakabanana]

DragonByte Tech: vBDonate - Donation Bar Settings > Show Donation Bar On
Leave blank to show on all pages.
Left blank but it's still not showing on the contribute page
http://puu.sh/1oLf8

Add vbdonate to the setting, Show Donation Bar On found in the group, Donation Bar Settings.

Chris
The show donation bar already has "index,vbdonate". It shows only on index but doesn't show on vbdonate :/

[DragonByte Tech]

Could you pm me a admin account and a link to your site and I will see what's going on.

Chris

[bakabanana]

ah I figured.

Donation Bar Location

The bar will only display on these 2 options
Global Above Forums
Global Below NavBar

it won't show if you select "Forum Home Above Footer"

[DragonByte Tech]

Ahh yeah, I forgot about that, it won't show on that location on the donation page as it is only on forum home.

Chris

[lazytown]

Allowing donation status or secondary usergroup to expire (subscriptions) after a specified amount of time would be a huge plus to this mod. It seems to be the most requested feature. As for how you would deal with people whose groups were changed manually or by other software, I would only give this 'expiration' option to people who use it for the secondary group.. Besides, I would still prefer to have this option and if problems arise with a user being downgraded somehow (not possible on my forum -- we don't use secondary groups for anything else), I could manually deal with those few issues.

[MoveFastBeBold]

Wondering if you can help, someone donated I manually approved it but its now not showing anywhere

http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/forum.php

Thanks

[DragonByte Tech]

Allowing donation status or secondary usergroup to expire (subscriptions) after a specified amount of time would be a huge plus to this mod. It seems to be the most requested feature. As for how you would deal with people whose groups were changed manually or by other software, I would only give this 'expiration' option to people who use it for the secondary group.. Besides, I would still prefer to have this option and if problems arise with a user being downgraded somehow (not possible on my forum -- we don't use secondary groups for anything else), I could manually deal with those few issues.

It is under consideration for future update, I know it is a needed feature, just trying to find the best way to do it with the minimal amount of support.

Wondering if you can help, someone donated I manually approved it but its now not showing anywhere

http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/forum.php

Thanks

If you pm me a admin account I can look into it for you.

Chris

[Aramist]

How can i set a payment mannualy?

Ty in advance!

[DragonByte Tech]

On the Contribution List pages there is a block at the bottom for Add Contributor Manually.

Chris

[Aramist]

Oh...Ty Chris !!! :D

[DragonByte Tech]

Not a problem, glad to help.

Chris

[kapii]

Don't forget vBDonate has been nominated for November Mod of the Month! (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=289983)

Visit the Mod of the Month (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=289983) poll and vote for your favorite mod!

[Aramist]

Hi Chris !

It's not showing side block...I have configured everything...but..nothing...

Any clue :(

I have everywhere Sidebar mod installed.

Ty in advance !

[DragonByte Tech]

Did you add the block via Forum Blocks Manager?

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

vBDonate has been nominated for November Mod of the Month! (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=289983) https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/11/6.png
I would like to see it win this time around as it came in third place in MOTM for September. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/11/7.png

At the time of this writing, vBDonate is currently behind on first place by 16 votes https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/11/8.png , so if you have not voted already the time is now, as there is only seven days left to vote.

I would like to thank everyone who nominated it. Please visit the Mod of the Month (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=289983) thread and vote for your favorite mod!

It's that time again, another update to vBDonate .
This update brings some added features to the Pro and Lite versions.

I would like to thank all of you who are involved with vBDonate and made the requests, helping to make this product even better than it was.

If you like the product you can show your support by nominating it for mod of the month and also please rate it to help cancel out the users who 1 star our mods.

Everyone should upgrade to v1.4.0 to ensure they are running with all the security fixes that were added. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/11/9.png

As always, please make sure you revert any templates you may have changed in order to take full advantage of the update.

Also report any issues you find asap so I can get them sorted quickly. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/11/5.gif

Well without further ado here is the list of stuff.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
Fixed: Hotfixed 13th Oct a issue with a red box showing up on the forums and getting a error when you try to open your pm's.
Fixed: Hotfixed 13th Oct a issue where on the vBAdvanced page you may get warnings like, Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string (bla bla bla).
Fixed: Hotfixed 14th Oct a issue where the marquee would not show on some sites.
Fixed: Hotfixed 19th Oct a issue with lite users possibly getting emails from paypal like so, Please check your server that handles PayPal Instant Payment Notifications (IPN).
Fixed: Hotfixed 19th Oct a issue with lite users when you would confirm donations and change or add groups it would move users in the ignored groups.
Fixed: Hotfixed 5th Nov a issue with lite users that had a un cached template that was not even in the product.
Fixed: A issue with the donate block not showing in the postbit. (Lite)
Fixed: A issue with users in usergroups not allowed to use vBDonate were able to see the banners. (Pro)
Fixed: A issue with the back to top button causing the sliding banners not to show on the contributions list pages. (Pro)


Changes To Existing Features:
Changed: Some of the code in the files to make the mod run more smoothly
Changed: Added another row to the DashBoard to make room for the new setting group, Post Thread Settings. (PRO)
Changed: Some of the code in the template for the donation page that would cause some anomalies on certain styles with certain option configurations.
Changed: Some of the code in the template for the donation page so now the text above the dropdowns and the dropdowns will be centered.

Additions To Product From Feature Requests Or Just Something Else Added:
Lite
Added: A option in the settings group Donation Bar Settings to be able to display the time as 24 hour format (e.g., 18:06:40), or standard format (e.g., 6:06:40 PM).

Pro
Added: A new vBAdvanced Module to be able to display the latest contributors.
Added: A new vBAdvanced Module to be able to display the top contributors
Added: Ability to auto post a new thread or a reply to a post when a new contribution is confirmed by PayPal, below is listed all the options to control it.
Ability to enable/disable the thread/post system.
Option to choose to post as a new thread or a reply to a post.
Option to enter the ID of the person making the post.
Option for the thread/post to count towards the posters postcount or not.
Ability to select which forum the new thread should be posted in.
Option to set the thread id if you choose to post as a reply to a post.
Option to set the post id if you choose to post as a reply to a post.
Option to set the thread as open or closed if you choose to post as a new thread.
Option to enter which post icons to use.
Option to set as sticky if you choose to post as a new thread.
Ten different options to enter the thread/post title for the system to randomly use.
Ten different options to enter the thread/post content for the system to randomly use.

[kapii]

Nice update, I will install it asap, I already voted for the mod.

[DragonByte Tech]

Fixed a issue in v1.4.0 with the donation page showing up double when viewing, vbdonate.php?do=donate

Re-download the files and import the xml, no need to update the files.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Added another fix, same procedure as before. This one fixes the dropdowns for undisclosed and anonymous not showing up on the donation page if you allowed them.

Chris

[rockerzteam]

When will you be releasing the addon that I have seen at TBG... I would really like to see this out soon as many of our community users like to see who donated.

[DragonByte Tech]

I don't understand what you mean, could you elaborate?

Chris

[rockerzteam]

The added feature to the donation mod. That will show who donated on the homepage. In the cmps module.

[DragonByte Tech]

The modules for the vBAdvanced page are a part of the Pro version and are not available in the Lite.

Chris

[bakabanana]

hmm.. will the goal meter reset by itself once the current goal expires? If not, how do I reset it without deleting last month's confirmed contribution list?

Thanks.

[DragonByte Tech]

Yes the Goal Meter will reset it's self to zero once the current goal period expires.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Correct, the total contributions is how much your site has received since installing the mod.

Chris

[ozzy47]

Well vBDonate did not win MOTM again, but it now can be nominated for January's MOTM by clicking on the Nominate for MOTM

[gec100]

Hi Chris. Just installed the mod and find it covering everything i need. thx!

i have a problem on my forum that actually does not have to have anything to do with vBDonate but when i disable vBDonate in Plugins and Products, the problem is gone.

problem shows when posting using Quick reply. after submit the comment the users get the pop up error: Changes made in the Editor will be lost.

confirming with Stay on page sometimes results in double post.

any ideas?

thx

[DragonByte Tech]

Hmmm that is a strange one, can you disable all your othe mods and then see if the issue still presents it's self, if it don't re enable each mod one by one till you find out which one is conflicting with vBDonate.

Chris

[gec100]

hi again Chris.

i have disabled all mods i have (even the blog and the cms) except vBDonate but the problem is still here :(

[DragonByte Tech]

I guess I would need to look in the acp and see for myself, could you pm me a full admin account, a link to your site, and a link to this thread so I know what it's for.

Chris

[gec100]

ok. sending u PM

[DragonByte Tech]

Ok I'll check it out later today when I get a chance.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Above issue has been solved on the users site. :)

Chris

[gec100]

thx Chris for a great support! :up:

was that a local problem or there will be fix for it?

gec

[DragonByte Tech]

Well that's a bit of a catch 22, it seems to be a problem on some servers, with a encoding issue, using utf-8 chars in plaintext in an iso-8859-1 document.

I will be releasing a fix for that and one other issue that affects some servers too.

Chris

[migratoria]

On Vsa donation there is a useful feature that allows you to set a deadline after which the donation of 'user is automatically returned to the original group.
And 'possible to implement this function in your mod?

[DragonByte Tech]

Not at this time, sorry.

Chris

[migratoria]

This mod already 'so good, it would be perfect with this possibility further.' Would allow users of a forum to repeat the donation limit for reaching for example premium privileges that otherwise could not have.

If Chris can take it into account.

Sorry for my bad english :-) ...

[booble]

I installed on 4.2.0 Patch Level 3 and the "front" not works any style...

any mod not compatible?

[DragonByte Tech]

This mod already 'so good, it would be perfect with this possibility further.' Would allow users of a forum to repeat the donation limit for reaching for example premium privileges that otherwise could not have.

If Chris can take it into account.

Sorry for my bad english :-) ...

I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean, could you please clarify.

I installed on 4.2.0 Patch Level 3 and the "front" not works any style...

any mod not compatible?

What is not working, that is a pretty vague statement, could you please go into a bit more detail. I know this is running on many sites just fine on 4.2.0 pl3

Chris

[migratoria]

I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean, could you please clarify.

Chris

I was referring to the possibility 'to take into account the fact that adding a feature that will I said in my previous post.

This encourages users to make new contributions to the deadline.

On Vsa donation there is a useful feature that allows you to set a deadline after which the donation of 'user is automatically returned to the original group.
And 'possible to implement this function in your mod?

[DragonByte Tech]

I was referring to the possibility 'to take into account the fact that adding a feature that will I said in my previous post.

This encourages users to make new contributions to the deadline.

Ahh I got ya, it has been requested before and is under consideration for a future version.

Chris

[booble]

I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean, could you please clarify.



What is not working, that is a pretty vague statement, could you please go into a bit more detail. I know this is running on many sites just fine on 4.2.0 pl3

Chris


I don?t speak english...not vague statement.

when I install this mod, I refresh frontpage and the style fail.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/ (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/204/fallos.jpg/)

Then if I uninstall it work ok

[ewtherapy]

This is a very good product. I wish I have money to buy the pro version.

1) Is there any way to put donate block in CMS article?

[migratoria]

Ahh I got ya, it has been requested before and is under consideration for a future version.

Chris

Tnks! :D

[DragonByte Tech]

I don?t speak english...not vague statement.

when I install this mod, I refresh frontpage and the style fail.
Then if I uninstall it work ok

If you could install the mod, and leave it disabled does the styles show ok? If so leave it disabled and pm me a full admin account and I can take a look for you.

Chris

This is a very good product. I wish I have money to buy the pro version.

1) Is there any way to put donate block in CMS article?

I have instructions for a generic widget here, Generic Donation Widget (http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/f177/generic-donation-widget-9473/)

Chris

[booble]

If you could install the mod, and leave it disabled does the styles show ok? If so leave it disabled and pm me a full admin account and I can take a look for you.

Chris

If I disable it not work, I have to uninstall it.
Fail with original style too...

My forum is in localhost at now.

[rockerzteam]

When will you make it to where the Recent Donators resets at the end of every goal month?

[tanzeelniazi]

SideBlock Settings Not showing why ?
When i click Yes (Fix Broken Display With Sideblocks?)
Not showing why ?

[DragonByte Tech]

Sorry for the delay in replying, for some reason I did not get a notice about new replies being made.

If I disable it not work, I have to uninstall it.
Fail with original style too...

My forum is in localhost at now.

I will be releasing a update Friday that may solve the issue, so stay tuned.

When will you make it to where the Recent Donators resets at the end of every goal month?

It has been requested before and is under consideration for the next major update, I however don't know when that will be yet.

SideBlock Settings Not showing why ?
When i click Yes (Fix Broken Display With Sideblocks?)
Not showing why ?

Hav you added the sideblocks via Forums & Moderators / Forum Blocks Manager?

Chris

[BasilFawlty]

Even though I have "Enable Navbar Tab" set to NO, I am still seeing a Contribute Tab in the NavBar. What am I doing wrong? Also, is there anyway to only display the donate Tab in a specific forum?

[DragonByte Tech]

Even though I have "Enable Navbar Tab" set to NO, I am still seeing a Contribute Tab in the NavBar. What am I doing wrong? Also, is there anyway to only display the donate Tab in a specific forum?

Which version of vBulletin are you running?

Chris

[BasilFawlty]

Which version of vBulletin are you running?

Chris

Running version 4.2.0 Patch Level 3.

[DragonByte Tech]

Well that explains it, it states right in that setting "Only works with vB versions 4.1.x not 4.2" to disable the tab use the Navigation Manager.

As far as displaying in a specific forum, I don't believe that is possible without custom coding.

Chris

[mfowler70]

Mod tagged, with hopes that Subscription handling will be added soon ;)

[DragonByte Tech]

Quick little update to sort some minor issues.

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
Fixed: Hotfixed 24th Nov a issue with the donation page showing up double when viewing, vbdonate.php?do=donate. (Lite and Pro)
Fixed: Hotfixed 26th Nov a issue that if you were displaying donation amounts as net, they were not showing up in the forum sideblocks. (Pro)
Fixed: A issue with some sites not showing the dates correctly if they changed the Locale in Language Manager. (Lite And Pro)
Fixed: A issue with some sites not being able to fully import the product. (Lite and Pro)


Changes To Existing Features:
Changed: Some of the code in the files to accommodate the above changes.
Changed: Some of the code in the templates to accommodate the above changes.
Changed: The display of the dates on the contribution lists, it now displays what you have set in Format For Date in ACP / Date and Time Options

[booble]

I don?t speak english...not vague statement.

when I install this mod, I refresh frontpage and the style fail.

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6821/fallos.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/204/fallos.jpg/)

Then if I uninstall it work ok

with the new update...its WORK fine

thanks

[DragonByte Tech]

with the new update...its WORK fine

thanks

Excellent, glad to hear that, enjoy. :)

Chris

[hydrbreed]

Question...

How do I update?

[DragonByte Tech]

Upload the new files to your server just as you did on initial install, then import the new xml allowing overwrite.

Chris

[dangioffre]

I installed and now I get "Fatal error: Class 'vB_TemplateParser' not found in /home/content/34/8639734/html/forums/includes/class_bootstrap.php(430) : eval()'d code on line 29"

The only way I can view my forums is if I put "define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);" in my config.php.

I uninstalled the plugin and deleted the files and the error dont go away

[DragonByte Tech]

I do not believe I use that in this mod, what you can do is put "define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);" in config.php Then go to your ACP and disable all mods you have, except blog and cms if you have them.

The remove the "define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);" in config.php and see if you still get that error.

If not then re enable the mods one by one till you find the culprit.

Chris

[dangioffre]

Great! it was not the mod. I really want to give this a try. Is there away to make a terms of agreement before user donates so they can read and agree to any terms?

[Nelson58]

Bought the PRO version- it works wonderfully.

[DragonByte Tech]

Great! it was not the mod. I really want to give this a try. Is there away to make a terms of agreement before user donates so they can read and agree to any terms?

What mod wad the issue?
At this time there is no terms of agreement before donating.

Bought the PRO version- it works wonderfully.

Thanks, glad ya like it.

Chris

[datoneer]

Thanks dbtech great mod!

[DragonByte Tech]

Thanks, glad ya like it!

Chris

[thebigherm]

why am i getting public_html/clientscript/vbulletin_css/style00015l/dbtech_vbdonate_banner.css does not exists error?

[DragonByte Tech]

Where are you seeing that error show up?

Chris

[thebigherm]

apache error log, and that file is not in the folder.

[DragonByte Tech]

That's not actually a file, but a template, can you see if it exists, ACP / Styles & Templates / Style Manager find your style id#15 and the edit templates, find CSS Templates click on that and then look for dbtech_vbdonate_banner.css

If it does exist could you paste the complete error message so I could see it.

Chris

[thebigherm]

I think that fixed it awsome. Thanks.

[masonox]

I apologize if this is answered somewhere in this thread, but I swear I looked and couldn't find a solution. I'm having the following error occur whenever I choose to "Confirm & Add to Usergroup."

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/includes/add_to_dongroup.php on line 16

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/includes/add_to_dongroup.php on line 37

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5615) in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 4513

I installed this mod quite recently, no updates since.
I saw this "should" have been fixed in a hotfix last October...
I have Enabled Usergroup Change
Selected - Add user to above selected usergroup
It still adds the user to the usergroup, which is strange. Still shows error though.
The mod appears to be running fine, I'm just worried about this error.

[faisaly.com]

i have a problem,have installed vers. 1.4.2,in payment settings-Suggested Donate Amounts i have this:5.00,10.00,15.00,20.00,25.00,30.00,35.00,40.0 0,45.00,50.00
when I go to pay i select for example 15.00 euro and push botton send on the site of paypal writes that the amount is 1.500.00 euro.
your know how I can fix please?

[DragonByte Tech]

I apologize if this is answered somewhere in this thread, but I swear I looked and couldn't find a solution. I'm having the following error occur whenever I choose to "Confirm & Add to Usergroup."

I installed this mod quite recently, no updates since.
I saw this "should" have been fixed in a hotfix last October...
I have Enabled Usergroup Change
Selected - Add user to above selected usergroup
It still adds the user to the usergroup, which is strange. Still shows error though.
The mod appears to be running fine, I'm just worried about this error.

Where was this error showing up for you?

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

i have a problem,have installed vers. 1.4.2,in payment settings-Suggested Donate Amounts i have this:5.00,10.00,15.00,20.00,25.00,30.00,35.00,40.0 0,45.00,50.00
when I go to pay i select for example 15.00 euro and push botton send on the site of paypal writes that the amount is 1.500.00 euro.
your know how I can fix please?

I am not totally sure how euro's work but I think if you drop the .00 off all your amounts it should work correctly. 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50

Chris

[faisaly.com]

thanx chris

[DragonByte Tech]

thanx chris

Did that work for you?

Chris

[nsdqmaester]

Just a quick question when Installing this mod it adds a green contribute navtab is there a way to change the color to match the rest?

[vimarc]

Hi thanks for awesome MOD: Installed.. How i can remove pencil picture and gap in postbit right side to adjust according to my theme

[DragonByte Tech]

Just a quick question when Installing this mod it adds a green contribute navtab is there a way to change the color to match the rest?

Which version of vB are you running?

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Hi thanks for awesome MOD: Installed.. How i can remove pencil picture and gap in postbit right side to adjust according to my theme

You can turn off the setting, Show Edit Icons found in the group, DragonByte Tech: vBDonate - General Settings

Chris

[nsdqmaester]

Which version of vB are you running?

Chris

Vbulletin 4.2 this isn't the first mod to do it but can't remember how I fixed it before. Other tabs are normal and contribute is green.

[DragonByte Tech]

Edit the tab in the Navigation Manager and make sure the title of the tab is not wrapped with any html markup for color.

Chris

[nsdqmaester]

Edit the tab in the Navigation Manager and make sure the title of the tab is not wrapped with any html markup for color.

Chris

Thank you that worked.

[dany_danay]

If i want to go in de admincp to VBdonate dashboard (admincp/vbdonate_banner.php?do=vbdonate_dashboard) its show not found error.. dont know why

[DragonByte Tech]

It appears as if you have uploaded the files incorrectly. Please drag and drop the contents of the upload folder (use Ctrl+A to select all files) to your public_html folder. :)

Noote: If you have a custom named folder for your admincp you need to put the files in that folder instead.

Chris

[snakes1100]

Ok, scratch that, doing some other testing proved that wrong, not sure what it dont like about a this email the owner uses.

[DragonByte Tech]

Ok, scratch that, doing some other testing proved that wrong, not sure what it dont like about a this email the owner uses.

Where was that email being used?

Chris

[dany_danay]

2 little question...
1-Can i disable the login message? I dont find the option..
2-Planed to add other methods to donate? EG: Liberty Reserve, Moneybookers, Neteller...

[DragonByte Tech]

What login message?

Added payment types is under consideration for future versions.

Chris

[masonox]

Where was this error showing up for you?

Chris

I don't mean to sound awful or arrogant, but I am not sure how else to describe the error. To replicate I do the following:


I visit the Contributions Link I receive in PM when someone uses the Donation page. vbdonate.php?do=contrib_table_unc
I select the donation I wish to confirm.
I choose to Confirm and add to usergroup (#)
I hit go.
Receive error at link: vbdonate.php?do=update_contrib

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/includes/add_to_dongroup.php on line 16

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/includes/add_to_dongroup.php on line 37

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/class_core.php:5615) in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 4513

[dany_danay]

What login message?

Added payment types is under consideration for future versions.

Chris
Thanks, its was that the donate tab were put as default.
Working PERFECT

[NoMatt3r]

Very powerful donation add-on. Great work!

Just one issue: On the contribution list the date is correct.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=144146&stc=1&d=1363338969

But on My contributions the date is missing.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=144147&stc=1&d=1363339051

Any idea how to fix?

[DragonByte Tech]

I don't mean to sound awful or arrogant, but I am not sure how else to describe the error. To replicate I do the following:

I visit the Contributions Link I receive in PM when someone uses the Donation page. vbdonate.php?do=contrib_table_unc
I select the donation I wish to confirm.
I choose to Confirm and add to usergroup (#)
I hit go.
Receive error at link: vbdonate.php?do=update_contrib



Ok cool, I'll look into it and see if I can replicate it.

Thanks, its was that the donate tab were put as default.
Working PERFECT

Ahh ok, I was wondering what was going on.

Very powerful donation add-on. Great work!
Just one issue: On the contribution list the date is correct.

But on My contributions the date is missing.

Any idea how to fix?

I'll look into it and see if I can replicate it on my test site.

[masonox]

Ok cool, I'll look into it and see if I can replicate it.

Any luck?

[DragonByte Tech]

Any luck?

Nope I have not been able to replicate that on any of my test sites. So I would need a admin account and ftp info to see what is going on wit it on your site.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Updated to v1.4.3

Feature: Added DBTech Affiliate ID support.

Chris

[mikesafl]

How do i change what it says on the paypal cart?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/04/37.png

[DragonByte Tech]

That would be the phrase, dbtech_vbdonate_pp_summary

Chris

[XGC Paravain]

I want to do a fundraiser but I want donations to go directly to the foundation is there any way to do that with out using there email but maybe a referral link?

[DragonByte Tech]

No, contributions will only go to the PaPal email you set up in the settings.

Chris

[XGC Paravain]

Ok thats cool I found anouther way to do it which involved setting up another paypal

[DragonByte Tech]

Glad ya figured a way to do it to your liking.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

v1.4.1 is released

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
Fixed: A issue when viewing My Contributions List that if the user was not a member who could view the Contributions List, they would see that tab.
Fixed: A display issue on the My Contributions List page.

Chris

[Nirjonadda]

Error on View My Contributions:

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/actions/my_contrib_table.php on line 101

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/actions/my_contrib_table.php on line 143

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/actions/my_contrib_table.php on line 156

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/actions/my_contrib_table.php on line 156

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/actions/my_contrib_table.php on line 156

[DragonByte Tech]

Being handled on the DBT site Nirjonadda.

Please do not double post on here and there, Pro mods must be handled on the DBT site.

If anyone else here gets those errors I am testing a fix, will report back with a update.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Update: v1.4.5 has been released. Fixed some errors on the My Contributions page that showed up in v1.4.4

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Fixed a issue where some users were getting a error manually confirming contributions. To fix redownload the zip and upload, dbtech/vbdonate/includes/add_to_dongroup.php and dbtech/vbdonate/includes/move_to_dongroup.php

Or you can upload all the files, no need to import the product xml, this is a file only change.

Chris

[NoMatt3r]

Getting these errors on My Contributions with version 1.4.5 Lite

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/hooks/process_templates_complete.php on line 116

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/hooks/process_templates_complete.php on line 130

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/hooks/process_templates_complete.php on line 135

[DragonByte Tech]

On what page(s) are you seeing that error?

Chris

[NoMatt3r]

On My Contributions page

[mitch84]

I use lite 1.4.5 and date don't appear in MP:

Contribution system has been used by mitch84

Contribution system has been used by mitch84 on d-m-y, H:i.

You should check this contribution and make the appropriate changes to it's status here Contribution List .


and too in:

Dear mitch84,

We have noticed that you have used our PayPal Contribution System on d-m-y, H:i.
Your contribution will be checked and you'll receive another PM if/when it's confirmed.

You can also check to see if the contribution is confirmed by visiting the, Contribution List , if it has been confirmed it will show up on the contribution list.


and when I add a contribution manually, We are June 2nd, I put this date, I confirm, and it is May 31st which appears

[DragonByte Tech]

I use lite 1.4.5 and date don't appear in MP:

and too in:

and when I add a contribution manually, We are June 2nd, I put this date, I confirm, and it is May 31st which appears

I'll check that out and see what the issues may be.

Chris

[mitch84]

founded! the date don't appear because i use french language by default, with english language date appear and for my second problem?: and when I add a contribution manually, We are June 2nd, I put this date, I confirm, and it is May 31st which appears

[DragonByte Tech]

I figured the issue was with a language and the Locale, I will look into both as soon as I get a chance.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Getting these errors on My Contributions with version 1.4.5 Lite

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/hooks/process_templates_complete.php on line 116

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/hooks/process_templates_complete.php on line 130

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/dbtech/vbdonate/hooks/process_templates_complete.php on line 135

This should now be fixed, re download the zip, upload the files ant import the XML, just like you would if you were upgrading.

[bakabanana]

Can I manually input the donator name instead of showing IP address for those who don't have forum accounts?

[DragonByte Tech]

No not at this time.

Chris

[DragonByte Tech]

Actually now that I think about it, if you are manually entering a donation, for a person that does not have a account on the site, you would enter a 0 for the userid.

Any member that is a vBDonate admin will see the ip address for the name, any other users will see the name show as Unknown.

Chris

[bakabanana]

Actually now that I think about it, if you are manually entering a donation, for a person that does not have a account on the site, you would enter a 0 for the userid.

Any member that is a vBDonate admin will see the ip address for the name, any other users will see the name show as Unknown.

Chris
Thanks for the reply. Actually it also works if you leave the userid empty instead of entering a 0.

Anyway, it'd be great if you considered manual input on donator name for the next update.

[NoMatt3r]

If i directly enter the URL www.blablabla.com/vbdonate.php?do=dodonate i can bypass the log in check and unregistered users can donate.

Is this considered as a bug?

[DragonByte Tech]

Thanks for the reply. Actually it also works if you leave the userid empty instead of entering a 0.

Anyway, it'd be great if you considered manual input on donator name for the next update.

I doubt that will happen. The username is derived from the userid of the contributor, so by adding a name would require alot of additional coding, not to mention another column in the db to store such info.

Chris