PayPal Donations For vBulletin 3.5.0

[Mikecp421]

this definitely works on 3.6.0, I just installed it right now, took me 5 minutes with the Andreas way

[OrionDesigns]

Can not say for sure but I had it working on 3.5 then went to 3.6.2 CMPS 2.21 worked for me. If you install this do not use the donations_installer you need to install the hack with the XML file provided by Andreas.

Hmmm can you please go into a little more detail? Thanks :)

[sinisterpain]

Hmmm can you please go into a little more detail? Thanks :)

Follow the directions for installing the hack, when you get to the part where it says to use your browser and call the file donations_installer.php instead use the xml file to install the hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91567&page=83

[YFZBOB]

Installed on 3.6.2 vba 2.2.1 in less than 5 minutes. Up and running with no issues. Thank you for your help on the 3.6.2 vba 2.2.1 version.
You Guys ROCK!

[vbreal]

I just recently upgraded to 3.6.3 and it stopped working. anyone have any idea why?

[optrex]

presume your template mods are still ok? I was going to upgrade tonight, might have to wait now for confirmation

[vbreal]

I just recently upgraded to 3.6.3 and it stopped working. anyone have any idea why?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1102150&postcount=1238


i just uploaded the new xml and it works fine now.

thanks

[WreckRman2]

I recently uninstalled this and getting vberror after error... fix your uninstall please!

[Mikecp421]

re-install it, it works on my 3.6.3 board

[WreckRman2]

The purpose of the uninstall is if you don't wish to use it anymore...sadly the uninstall doesn't completely uninstall it.

[Trana]

I recently moved my site to a new server (in the process there was a PHP version change to some new release in 5.x). Everything on my site seems to be working except donate.php. When I call it the browser shows parts of the source code on the screen, like it isn't completing the php script. There is no error code.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what can be done to fix this?

Thanks!

[sinisterpain]

try re-uploading the PHP file and see if that solves your problem

[Trana]

try re-uploading the PHP file and see if that solves your problem

I reuploaded the original donate.php file I had and the problem still exists.

[Trana]

This is what is shown on the page when I call it:

options['donationsactive'] == '1'){ // ###### Show Donation Options ###### $i = 1; $ip_address = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; $query = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT button.*, goal.title AS goal_title FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."donation_buttons AS button LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."donation_goals AS goal ON(goal.id = button.goalid) WHERE button.active = '1'"); $num = $vbulletin->db->num_rows($query); while ($row = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($query)){ // ###### Check Currency Costs ###### if ($vbulletin->options['showcurrencyselector'] == '1'){ $currency = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."donation_currency_exchange"); $amount = array(); foreach ($currency AS $key => $value){ $amount[$key] = number_format(round($row['amount'] * $value, 2), 2); $amount['JPY'] = round($row['amount'] * $value, 0); } } $description = stripslashes($row['description']); if ($i < $num){ $end = ""; $i++; } else { $end = ''; unset($i, $num); } eval('$donationbits .= "' . fetch_template('donations_bits') . '";'); } if ($vbulletin->options['showdonors'] == '1'){ // ###### Show Top/Last Donors ###### if ($vbulletin->options['toporlast'] == '1'){ $query = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."donation_donors WHERE userid != '0' ORDER BY total DESC LIMIT 0,".$vbulletin->options['topdonornumber']); } else { $query = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."donation_donors WHERE userid != '0' ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 0,".$vbulletin->options['topdonornumber']); } $num = $vbulletin->db->num_rows($query); $i = 1; while ($row = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($query)){ $avatar_row = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT user.showdonor, user.username, user.avatarid, user.avatarrevision, avatar.avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(customavatar.filedata) AS hascustomavatar, customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."user AS user LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."avatar AS avatar ON(avatar.avatarid = user.avatarid) LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."customavatar AS customavatar ON(customavatar.userid = user.userid) WHERE user.userid = '".$row['userid']."'"); if ($avatar_row['avatarid']){ $avatarurl = $avatar_row['avatarpath']; } else { if ($avatar_row['hascustomavatar']){ if ($vbulletin->options['usefileavatar']){ $avatarurl = $vbulletin->options['avatarurl']."/avatar".$row['userid']."_".$avatar_row['avatarrevision'].".gif"; } else { $avatarurl = "image.php?".$session['sessionurl']."u=".$row['userid']."&dateline=".$avatar_row['avatardateline']; } } else { $avatarurl = ''; } } $userid = $row['userid']; $avatar = ''; $username = stripslashes($avatar_row['username']); $show_as_donor = $avatar_row['showdonor']; $total = number_format($row['total'], 2, '.', ','); if ($i < $num){ $end = ""; $i++; } else { $end = ''; unset($i, $num); } eval('$topdonorbits .= "' . fetch_template('donations_top_donor_bits') . '";'); } } if($vbulletin->options['showgoals'] == '1'){ // ###### Show Goals ###### if ($vbulletin->options['showtotalcollected'] == '1'){ // ###### Show Total Contributed To Date ###### $query = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT mc_gross, mc_fee FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."donation_paypalipn WHERE valid = '1' AND test_ipn = '".$vbulletin->options['ipn_test']."' AND payment_status = 'Completed'"); while ($row = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($query)){ $mc_net = $row['mc_gross'] - $row['mc_fee']; $mc_total = $mc_net + $mc_total; } } $query = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."donation_goals WHERE active = '1'"); $num = $vbulletin->db->num_rows($query); $i = 1; while ($row = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($query)){ $title = stripslashes($row['title']); $description = stripslashes(nl2br($row['description'])); $amount = number_format($row['amount'], 2, '.', ','); $total_donated = number_format($row['total_donated'], 2, '.', ','); if ($row['amount'] > 0){ $percentage = round(($row['total_donated']/$row['amount'])*100, 2); } else { $percentage = '0'; } if ($i < $num){ $end = ""; $i++; } else { $end = ''; unset($i, $num); } eval('$donationgoalbits .= "' . fetch_template('donations_goal_bits') . '";'); } } // ###### Draw navbar ###### $pagetitle = $vbulletin->options['bbtitle'].' Donations'; $navbits = array( "donate.php?$session[sessionurl]" => 'Donations', '' => $pagetitle ); $navbits = construct_navbits($navbits); eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";'); // ###### Output page ###### eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('DONATIONS') . '");'); } else { // ###### Draw navbar ###### $pagetitle = $vbulletin->options['bbtitle'].' Donations'; $navbits = array( "donate.php?$session[sessionurl]" => 'Donations', '' => $pagetitle ); $navbits = construct_navbits($navbits); eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";'); // ###### Output page ###### eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('donations_inactive') . '");'); } } elseif ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'thankyou'){ // ###### User completed donation, THANK THEM! ###### $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'mc_gross', TYPE_NOCLEAN); $total = '$'.number_format($vbulletin->GPC['mc_gross'], 2, '.', ','); // ###### Draw navbar ###### $pagetitle = $vbulletin->options['bbtitle'].' Donation Complete, THANK YOU!'; $navbits = array( "donate.php?$session[sessionurl]" => ' Donation Complete, THANK YOU!', '' => $pagetitle ); $navbits = construct_navbits($navbits); eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";'); // ###### Output page ###### eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('donations_complete') . '");'); } elseif ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'canceled'){ if ($_REQUEST['feedback'] == '1'){ // ###### Do Feedback Send ###### $vbulletin->input->clean_array_gpc('p', array( 'subject' => TYPE_STR, 'message' => TYPE_STR) ); $subject = $vbulletin->GPC['subject']; $message = $vbulletin->GPC['message']; vbmail($vbulletin->options['webmasteremail'], $subject, $message); // ###### Draw navbar ###### $pagetitle = $vbulletin->options['bbtitle'].' Donation Cancelled, Feedback Sent'; $navbits = array( "donate.php?$session[sessionurl]" => 'Donation Cancelled, Feedback Sent', '' => $pagetitle ); $navbits = construct_navbits($navbits); eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";'); // ###### Output page ###### eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('donations_cancelled_feedback_sent' ) . '");'); } else { // ###### Do Donate Cancel ###### // ###### Draw navbar ###### $pagetitle = $vbulletin->options['bbtitle'].' Donation Cancelled'; $navbits = array( "donate.php?$session[sessionurl]" => 'Donation Cancelled', '' => $pagetitle ); $navbits = construct_navbits($navbits); eval('$navbar = "' . fetch_template('navbar') . '";'); // ###### Output page ###### eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('donations_cancelled') . '");'); } } /*================================================= =====================*\ || ################################################## ################## || || # donate -- Fileversion 2.01 # || || # Date Version Finalized -- 03 July 2005 # || || ################################################## ################## || \*================================================ ======================*/ ?>

[Trana]

A copy of my donate.php file is attached. Can someone help me out by doing a diff to see if there is an corruption in the file. I really doubt it but need to start eliminating possible problems.

Thanks.

[Cloudrunner]

As the original author of the Paypal Hacks for vBulletin 3.0.x and 3.5.x I give full authorization to modify, recode, compile and/or reverse engineer the paypal donation hacks to any and all fully licensed members of vBulletin.org. I also give permission to fully distribute any derivative works that are created due to this authorization without need of providing credit or other means of recompense.

I am releasing this authorization in the hopes that someone will be able to carry on the work that was begun.

[da420]

Nice, I hope someone picks this up. Thanks Cloudrunner. :)

[sinisterpain]

A copy of my donate.php file is attached. Can someone help me out by doing a diff to see if there is an corruption in the file. I really doubt it but need to start eliminating possible problems.

Thanks.

I didnt immediately see any proplems with the file. Uninstall the hack and use this zip it contains a XML file to install the templates and tables. Andreas put this together. Follow the install instructions. Make sure you go into your admin CP panel and edit the donations settings adding your paypal email and links to ppverify and make sure you are not in the paypal sandbox.
Unfortunately the html instructions are for the original hack install. You need to upload all files in the upload folder to your webserver using the folder structure in the zip, import the xml file through admin CP, make the template edits from the install text file. If you still have problems let me know I will try to help you get it going.

[Trana]

I figured it out. Something is different about my PHP build (strict mode? not sure), but the files needed the full <?PHP in the beginning. Once I changed them everything is working fine.

When someone updates this hack please make this change permanent in the code.

Thanks for your help.

[Billspaintball]

I am releasing this authorization in the hopes that someone will be able to carry on the work that was begun.
Ohhhh thanks..
This will probably allow me to cut a few corners on mine :)

[evesve]

I am releasing this authorization in the hopes that someone will be able to carry on the work that was begun.
Thats very good!
This is one of the most important Hack so I hope someone will take over!
Hurry up, Billspaintball!
And good luck with what you are doing, Cloudrunner!

[smoknz28]

Got this up and running on vB 3.6.3 with the help of reading numerous posts.. :glasses:

However, not sure if it's set up properly because it seems a bit confusing to use how I have it setup.

When you go to my PayPal Donation's page (http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/forums/donate.php), it appears that users have to click on the PayPal logo in order to be taken to PayPal. There's no instructions that the users needs to do that. Am I missing something here gang? :confused:

When going here --> http://www.9thsf-igc.com/forum/donate.php it looks so much easier to make a donation.

Thank you to all of you who made this hack happen for us 3.6.x users....

Mark

[sinisterpain]

Got this up and running on vB 3.6.3 with the help of reading numerous posts.. :glasses:

However, not sure if it's set up properly because it seems a bit confusing to use how I have it setup.

When you go to my PayPal Donation's page (http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/forums/donate.php), it appears that users have to click on the PayPal logo in order to be taken to PayPal. There's no instructions that the users needs to do that. Am I missing something here gang? :confused:

When going here --> http://www.9thsf-igc.com/forum/donate.php it looks so much easier to make a donation.

Thank you to all of you who made this hack happen for us 3.6.x users....

Mark

Clicking your link takes me to a message about not having donated in 1 month. You appear to have another hack integrated in the paypal hack. Also did you install the paypal easy donate? Something is not right unless you edited, installed another hack conflicting with it or you did not set it up in the admin CP. You must set your preferences in paypal donations through the admin CP.
1. You must make sure that you have either a Business or Premiere account with Paypal.
1. If you do not, then you will need to upgrade your Paypal account to that level before this system will work.
2. You must have Paypal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) turned on in your Paypal Profile.
1. You do not need to have it pointing at any particular file for this system to work as the system will tell Paypal where to send the IPN to credit your users and notify you of the transaction.
3. You will need to run through the donations settings at the end of the installer and make sure that you have all the required information in there.
4. Please note that this system can be placed into test mode (default setting is ON when system is first installed).
1. This setting tells the system whether to speak with the real Paypal Server for transactions or with Paypal's Sandbox (testing) server. If you wish to test the system before going live you will need to have access to Paypal's Sandbox server, you can sign up for access there at: http://developer.paypal.com.
5. You will need to input your Paypal Account Email into the settings
6. You will need to input the full URL to your donate.php file so that your users can make it back to your site after payment
7. You will need to input the full URL to your ppverify.php file so that Paypal can send your IPNs to you and your system can process the information and give your users credit for the donation
8. You must create a goal(s), then create a button(s) and point your button(s) to the goal(s).

[smoknz28]

Clicking your link takes me to a message about not having donated in 1 month. You appear to have another hack integrated in the paypal hack. Also did you install the paypal easy donate? Something is not right unless you edited, installed another hack conflicting with it or you did not set it up in the admin CP. You must set your preferences in paypal donations through the admin CP.

Yes, I have PayPal Easy Donate installed and running at the time through the link provided on my forums. I've not yet set up on my navbar link for this hack as I want to make sure it's running correctly before I have it linkable by users.


1. You must make sure that you have either a Business or Premiere account with Paypal.

I have a Premiere Acount


2. You must have Paypal's IPN (Instant Payment Notification) turned on in your Paypal Profile.
1. You do not need to have it pointing at any particular file for this system to work as the system will tell Paypal where to send the IPN to credit your users and notify you of the transaction.

K, this I did not have previously set up. I went into my profile and turned it on without using a url.


3. You will need to run through the donations settings at the end of the installer and make sure that you have all the required information in there.

I installed this on vB 3.6.3 and used the information that Andreas provided and ensured I followed his directions.


4. Please note that this system can be placed into test mode (default setting is ON when system is first installed).
1. This setting tells the system whether to speak with the real Paypal Server for transactions or with Paypal's Sandbox (testing) server. If you wish to test the system before going live you will need to have access to Paypal's Sandbox server, you can sign up for access there at: http://developer.paypal.com.

I don't know enough about the PayPal's Sandbox, but I did register for an account with it. I've got more reading I guess to do on that portion....


5. You will need to input your Paypal Account Email into the settings
6. You will need to input the full URL to your donate.php file so that your users can make it back to your site after payment
7. You will need to input the full URL to your ppverify.php file so that Paypal can send your IPNs to you and your system can process the information and give your users credit for the donation

Yes, this was all done on initial install.


8. You must create a goal(s), then create a button(s) and point your button(s) to the goal(s).

This I didn't do on initial install, but what if I don't want to use 'goals'? According to your sentence you are saying that I must. Please let me know...

Thank you so much for an in depth reply about this. Very kind of you to take that kind of time out to help a stranger. ;)

[sinisterpain]

This I didn't do on initial install, but what if I don't want to use 'goals'? According to your sentence you are saying that I must. Please let me know...

Thank you so much for an in depth reply about this. Very kind of you to take that kind of time out to help a stranger.

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No you do not need to use a goal should you not wish. But you do need to create a donation button.

[smoknz28]

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But you do need to create a donation button.

I'll have to do some searching around out there for an already produced PayPal button.

However, once I have a PayPal Donation button, where am I to put this (template)?

Thanks

[sinisterpain]

I'll have to do some searching around out there for an already produced PayPal button.

However, once I have a PayPal Donation button, where am I to put this (template)?

ThanksThe button will be like the one I have on my site. If you wish to use another you can go to your paypal account and go to Merchant services then donations creat a button with the one you wish.

You will need to edit the donation_bits template under paypal donations templates (Admin Cp=>styles&templates=>style manager=>PaypalDonation Templates=>donation_bits).
find:

<if condition="$vboptions['ipn_test'] == 1">
<form name="donate" action="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<else />
<form name="donate" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
</if>
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="$vboptions[notify_url]">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-butcc-donate.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure">

change:
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-butcc-donate.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">

to the new code you get from the paypal script

[puregraf]

i have v3.5.4 did everything, only thing is the donate button is not showing!! help!!!

[Trana]

i have v3.5.4 did everything, only thing is the donate button is not showing!! help!!!

Did you do a search of this thread? The answer has been posted here about 10 times now.

[puregraf]

i already did this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><navgroups product="vbulletin">

and this

In your admincp, there are two options:

Set donations to test only? (set to no)
Donations System Active? (set to yes)

[Trana]

i already did this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><navgroups product="vbulletin">

and this

In your admincp, there are two options:

Set donations to test only? (set to no)
Donations System Active? (set to yes)

This script doesn't install the button for you. You need to link to it by modifying your navbar template via admincp.

[puregraf]

yes i understand, but here http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-space/donate.php

there is no donate button inside the donate page, where do they click to donate then?

thank you

[Trana]

In your admincp\paypal donations you need to create a button.

[puregraf]

nevermind, i found a whole new section for this, i didnt see it before.

sorry to waste your time, thank you

[sinisterpain]

You should have a paypal Donation button on the right side in the admin cp. Where you can add a goal, add a button, add a donor etc. if you do not have this then you did not upload all the PHP files. There should be a donation_admin.php file in your forum/admincp folder on your webserver.
Just looked at your page got your button I see

[puregraf]

yes i did, thank you, i had not seen the link on the side bar at all, i didnt know it had created that, and i was only looking under vbulletin options/paypal donations

thanks!

[smoknz28]

The button will be like the one I have on my site. If you wish to use another you can go to your paypal account and go to Merchant services then donations creat a button with the one you wish.

You will need to edit the donation_bits template under paypal donations templates (Admin Cp=>styles&templates=>style manager=>PaypalDonation Templates=>donation_bits).
find:

<if condition="$vboptions['ipn_test'] == 1">
<form name="donate" action="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<else />
<form name="donate" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
</if>
<input type="hidden" name="notify_url" value="$vboptions[notify_url]">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-butcc-donate.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure">

change:
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-butcc-donate.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!">

to the new code you get from the paypal script

Ahhhh, well actually...it helps to go to the control panel and look harder...I didn't know that this hack added it's own menu with all the config info. Duhhh....argh....

I have the button configured as the generic one that comes with the hack for now and made this hack live to my users. When I have more time, I'll work on creating a button in the way you mentioned.

Thanks for all your help! :)

[smoknz28]

Darn....and I thought I was doing so well...

K, I had a member donate through the hack with PayPal. I got an email from PayPal telling the member sent funds....but when I go to the link as a user to view who has donated....his name does not appear. It seems that the hack is not tracking who has donated. I've gone into the cp and checked to see if maybe his info is sitting in there as pending....but nothing in there in regards to him either.

Ideas as to what may be wrong?

Edited....

I looked on my PayPal information on the "Notification of payment received" and it's sending me all the info I would think the hack needs:

Total Amount: $5.00 USD
Currency: U.S. Dollars
Transaction ID: 21H13075454846620
Quantity: 1
Item/Product Name: Donation To The Hideout
Item/Product Number: 90.186.237.158
Buyer: xxxxxx xxxxxxx

[cddw.ltd]

If they've not had the verification page when clicking on the exit button from Paypal (I.E. they get an error page) it doesn't track it correctly.

[smoknz28]

There have been some thoughts from my members on the issue of showing who has donated and the amounts... Their thoughts are that showing who and how much was donated by the members could cause issues. Where those members think they are above the moderators and can disregard rules, etc. Or, those who have given more than others may tend to think they can get away with more than others who have given less or none at all.

Is there any way we can show just those who have given without the amount donated? Then, is there a way we can show just the amount donated, but without the member's name?

Also, I still can't get mine to display who have paid through PayPal....when a member goes into PayPal and donates....I get an email from PayPal alerting me that someone has donated....but this hack is not grabbing that info.

[sinisterpain]

There have been some thoughts from my members on the issue of showing who has donated and the amounts... Their thoughts are that showing who and how much was donated by the members could cause issues. Where those members think they are above the moderators and can disregard rules, etc. Or, those who have given more than others may tend to think they can get away with more than others who have given less or none at all.

Is there any way we can show just those who have given without the amount donated? Then, is there a way we can show just the amount donated, but without the member's name?

Also, I still can't get mine to display who have paid through PayPal....when a member goes into PayPal and donates....I get an email from PayPal alerting me that someone has donated....but this hack is not grabbing that info.

I know the hack grabs that info because mine works just fine.

Please check in your admin cp=>Paypal Donationsfor the following:
1. View all Valid transactions. Is the name listed there.
2. If yes to the above, check your donation settings and make sure you have show donors selected yes.
3. If the answer is no to the above, make sure in your donation settings that you have the url to the ppverify file. You must also have a paypal business account, have turned on IPN in your Paypal account withe the url to your site.

4. Ensure that you have uploaded all the files for this hack to your webserver and to the correct directories. I believe the alldonors.php file on your webserver outputs to the donation_all_donors and donation_all_donors_bits templates.

Lastly, if you do not wish to show who has donated and how much do not activate the show donors but if you make the required template edits to your postbit and member info templates you can show a donor button in their post and user cp.

[smoknz28]

Please check in your admin cp=>Paypal Donations for the following:
1. View all Valid transactions. Is the name listed there.

No.

2. If yes to the above, check your donation settings and make sure you have show donors selected yes.

I turned it off today as I was testing some other features, but is back on.

3. If the answer is no to the above, make sure in your donation settings that you have the url to the ppverify file. You must also have a paypal business account, have turned on IPN in your Paypal account withe the url to your site.

Yes, the url to ppverify.php is correct. I have a Premiere Account and have IPN turned on...however, you told me previously to not put a url in the setting with PayPal's IPN. So, it already was enabled, but not pointing to a notification URL. If I am to point PayPal's IPN Notification URL to my site...would I use my forums url: http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/forums or does this notification URL need to point elsewhere on my server?

4. Ensure that you have uploaded all the files for this hack to your webserver and to the correct directories. I believe the alldonors.php file on your webserver outputs to the donation_all_donors and donation_all_donors_bits templates.

Yes, they are in the correct locations.

[sinisterpain]

Yes, the url to ppverify.php is correct. I have a Premiere Account and have IPN turned on...however, you told me previously to not put a url in the setting with PayPal's IPN. So, it already was enabled, but not pointing to a notification URL. If I am to point PayPal's IPN Notification URL to my site...would I use my forums url: http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/forums or does this notification URL need to point elsewhere on my server?


I believe you misunderstood, you do not have to point to the ppverify file but you need to put the URL of your site ie.. http://www.f-bodyhideout.com.
What I did on our site was point directly to the ppverify.PHP file its not required just what i did. So in that case you could put http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/forums/ppverify.php. Up to you.

[smoknz28]

Yea, I definitely misunderstood you.... I went in to PayPal and set it to ppverify.php just in case.

I'll report back to let you know if it worked this round. ;)

Thanks

[Dead-Meat]

I'm trying to get something to work in PayPal Donations 2.0.2, Paypal Donations For vBulletin 3.5.
I've been looking at the php codes from the alldonators.php and created a new php file which I am showing through an iframe.
http://www.gunnersofwar.com/images/donators.jpg
I want to show all donators from the current month and not as it is doing now, from all months. I'm redoing the php file to get the data from the paypalipn table, because that one inserts a date of transaction which I can use.

What I need is a way to compair the current month with the month that is stored in the payment_date table. The type of the table is varchar instead of datetime and looks like this: 12:00:00 November 25 2006 PST. I managed to bring this date back to the three letters of the month, but I can't figure out how to only show those results that match the current month. Any help is greatly appreciated.

This is the php code that I created now. (There's probably a lot left from the alldonators.php code that isn't needed, but it currently gets half the job done).
<?
/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ################## ||
|| # Paypal Donations for vBulletin 3.5 - Version 2.00 # ||
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # Copyright ?2005 The Noble Pagan, Inc. All Rights Reserved. # ||
|| # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # ||
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # This Addon Contributed by DSBoyce8624 # ||
|| # ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # ||
|| # http://www.vbulletin.com | http://www.vbulletin.com/license.html # ||
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| ################################################## ################## ||
\*================================================ ======================*/



// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
require_once('./global.php');

$month = date("M");

echo "<link href=\"donors.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\">";
echo "<center><table>";
echo "<tr><td colspan=2 align=center><a href=\"forums/alldonors.php\" target=\"_top\">Our Donators</a></td></tr>";

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

// ###### Show All Donors ######
$query = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."donation_paypalipn WHERE userid != '0' AND valid != '0' ORDER BY mc_gross DESC");
$num = $vbulletin->db->num_rows($query);
$pic='';
$i = 1;
$p = 1;
while ($row = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($query)){
$avatar_row = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT user.showdonor, user.username, user.avatarid, user.avatarrevision, avatar.avatarpath, NOT ISNULL(customavatar.filedata) AS hascustomavatar, customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline
FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."user AS user
LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."avatar AS avatar ON(avatar.avatarid = user.avatarid)
LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."customavatar AS customavatar ON(customavatar.userid = user.userid)
WHERE user.userid = '".$row['userid']."'");

if ($avatar_row['avatarid']){
$avatarurl = $avatar_row['avatarpath'];
} else {
if ($avatar_row['hascustomavatar']){
if ($vbulletin->options['usefileavatar']){
$avatarurl = $vbulletin->options['avatarurl']."/avatar".$row['userid']."_".$avatar_row['avatarrevision'].".gif";
} else {
$avatarurl = "image.php?".$session['sessionurl']."u=".$row['userid']."&amp;dateline=".$avatar_row['avatardateline'];
}
} else {
$avatarurl = '';
}
}
$userid = $row['userid'];
$avatar = '<img src="'.$avatarurl.'" border="0">';
$username = stripslashes($avatar_row['username']);
$show_as_donor = $avatar_row['showdonor'];
$total = number_format($row['mc_gross'], 2, '.', ',');
$currency = $row['mc_currency'];
$date = date("M", strtotime($row['payment_date']));



echo "<tr><td><font size=\"1\">$username</font></td><td><font size=\"1\">$total $currency $month $date</font></td></tr>";
}
{
echo "</table></center>";
}
/*================================================= =====================*\
|| ################################################## ################## ||
|| # alldonors -- Fileversion 2.00 # ||
|| # Date Version Finalized -- 03 July 2005 # ||
|| ################################################## ################## ||
\*================================================ ======================*/
?> This is what it outputs now:
http://www.gunnersofwar.com/images/donators2.jpg

[Trana]

php file which I am showing through an iframe.

Avoid iframes at all costs. They will cause you major problems when you try to do anything SEO related. You will find links to the frames themselves in search engines.

[Dead-Meat]

Avoid iframes at all costs. They will cause you major problems when you try to do anything SEO related. You will find links to the frames themselves in search engines.
I'd like to do it through a template, but haven't got an idea how to do that yet. Untill then I use iframes

[smoknz28]

Mmmm.....no go still... I again reverified that the files were in their correct locations, ensured IPN is on and set to ppverify.php.

Instant Payment Notification (IPN): On
Instant Payment Notification (IPN) URL: http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/forums/ppverify.php

Maybe one of my other hacks are preventing this from working.....?

[sinisterpain]

Mmmm.....no go still... I again reverified that the files were in their correct locations, ensured IPN is on and set to ppverify.php.

Instant Payment Notification (IPN): On
Instant Payment Notification (IPN) URL: http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/forums/ppverify.php

Maybe one of my other hacks are preventing this from working.....?

Could be wrong but that paypal reminder should not be comming up when you click the donations link. Also if I click on http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/forums/ppverify.php it also comes to that donation reminder. So some how this may be blocking paypal from reading your donations. I also noticed that you do have members and donations dollars showing on your donations page.

[smoknz28]

The reminder is another hack....but it's working corectly as no other users have complained. I'm not coming up with the donation reminder.... It's only to come up after every 1 month a user is on the site.

As for the members who are on my donation's page...I had to manually add them however, there are another 5-6 after them that the program again never picked up after they donated.

[sinisterpain]

The reminder is another hack....but it's working corectly as no other users have complained. I'm not coming up with the donation reminder.... It's only to come up after every 1 month a user is on the site.
No offense meant, just telling you when I click on your http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/forums/ppverify.php it comes to that donation reminder page. This file is used for communication with Paypal to verify the info from the donator and should not be going to the reminder. Just trying to tell you what happens.

[smoknz28]

No, no offense taken....

K, I've disabled the auto redirect hack....hopefully this will work.

[sinisterpain]

If that does not work the only things I can think of are:
1. Ensure you have Curl capabilities on your site this is required.
2. Make sure that the ppverify file is in your forum root directory and is properly cmoded.
3. the ppverify file has been corrupted or changed from original.

[smoknz28]

If that does not work the only things I can think of are:
1. Ensure you have Curl capabilities on your site this is required.
2. Make sure that the ppverify file is in your forum root directory and is properly cmoded.
3. the ppverify file has been corrupted or changed from original.

I don't know what Curl capabilities are? How can I ensure this is set on my site?

ppverify.php is the proper location and I've reuploaded it twice. If this is to be chmoded, what should it be set to?

[smoknz28]

I also got this error earlier this evening:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.3:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO donation_paypalipn (
`txn_id`, `userid`, `test_ipn`, `notify_version`, `verify_sign`,
`first_name`, `last_name`, `payer_business_name`, `address_name`,
`address_street`, `address_city`, `address_state`, `address_zip`,
`address_country`, `address_status`, `payer_email`, `payer_id`,
`payer_status`, `business`, `receiver_email`, `receiver_id`,
`item_name`, `ip_address`, `quantity`, `invoice`,
`memo`, `tax`, `option_name1`, `option_selection1`, `option_name2`,
`option_selection2`, `payment_date`, `parent_txn_id`, `txn_type`,
`payment_type`, `payment_status`, `pending_reason`, `reason_code`,
`mc_gross`, `mc_fee`, `mc_currency`, `mc_handling`, `mc_shipping`,
`settle_amount`, `settle_currency`, `exchange_rate`, `case_id`,
`case_type`, `case_creation_date`, `valid`
) VALUES (
'', '0', '0', '0', '',
'', '', '', '',
'', '', '', '',
'', '', '', '',
'', '', '', '',
'', '', '0', '',
'', '0', '', '', '',
'', '', '', '',
'', '', '', '',
'0', '0', '', '0', '0',
'0', '', '0', '',
'', '', '0'
);;

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry '' for key 1 Error Number : 1062
Date : Friday, December 8th 2006 @ 08:18:58 PM
Script : http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/forums/ppverify.php
Referrer :
IP Address : xx.xx.xx.xxx.xx
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database

[sinisterpain]

Thats is from someone going to the donation page and testing the paypal donationation button without actually making a donation. It appears that it will work correctly when you get a new donation. Let me know how it turns out.

Also its not a good idea to post someones IP address please edit your post

[smoknz28]

Doh! Edited the ip....thanks.

I'll post up with how things go when I receive another donation.

[chkdgate]

I already have a donate.php file on my forum's root folder as it belongs to my ICash mod. How can I work around this when installing my donate.php file for this paypal hack without overwriting ICash?

[chkdgate]

^^Anyone?

[sinisterpain]

I already have a donate.php file on my forum's root folder as it belongs to my ICash mod. How can I work around this when installing my donate.php file for this paypal hack without overwriting ICash?

I do not know anything about ICash so I can not comment. The paypal hack uses a hook to the donate.php file for WOL uaers on line so you would have to edit the XML file and change it to something else before you installed it.

[chkdgate]

I do not know anything about ICash so I can not comment. The paypal hack uses a hook to the donate.php file for WOL uaers on line so you would have to edit the XML file and change it to something else before you installed it.
Thank you for the reply. How would I get started on this?

[chkdgate]

I want to use this button. Where do I place it?

[chkdgate]

I'm getting these messages in my admin cp:

[sinisterpain]

I want to use this button. Where do I place it?
I already posted here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1131308&postcount=1277) regards to changing buttons.

As far as the modifyoptions, all you need to do is compare the new with the old template add the paypal info to the updated modify options template.

[chkdgate]

I already posted here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1131308&postcount=1277) regards to changing buttons.

As far as the modifyoptions, all you need to do is compare the new with the old template add the paypal info to the updated modify options template.
Thank you for the button mod help. It worked well and I appreciate it. Unfortunately I'm a little lost on the modify options template and I'm quite unsure on what I should edit.

[sinisterpain]

All you need to do is compare the new with the old template, copy the paypal hack edits from the old file to the new file or revert the template and add in the changes made by the paypal hack.

[chkdgate]

I think I just did it right. So far no problems. Thank you sinisterpain! Booyakasha..respek.:cool:

[ldwebtech]

Anyone Have This Paypal Hack for VB 3.6.4

[sinisterpain]

yes, but if you do not read through the threads you will not install this properly as you do not use the authors install.

[Ranger187]

Anyone get this error when you click on the ppverify.php?

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry '' for key 1 Error Number : 1062
Date : Friday, December 29th 2006 @ 04:25:48 PM
Script :

[sinisterpain]

Anyone get this error when you click on the ppverify.php?

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry '' for key 1 Error Number : 1062
Date : Friday, December 29th 2006 @ 04:25:48 PM
Script :

Why are you clicking on ppverify, it is only used for a check by Paypal to verify a member's donation with your website.

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

running this on 3.6.4 and for some reason it only shows the last person that donated versus the top 10? Any ideas?

[sinisterpain]

running this on 3.6.4 and for some reason it only shows the last person that donated versus the top 10? Any ideas?

In your donationation settings in Admincp, make sure that you have selected Show Donors "yes", How Many Donors To Show On Donations Page set to "10" , Show Top Donors, or Last Donors? "yes"

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

In your donationation settings in Admincp, make sure that you have selected Show Donors "yes", How Many Donors To Show On Donations Page set to "10" , Show Top Donors, or Last Donors? "yes"

Yup... with it set yes - yes - 10

I currently only see the last 3 people who donated, not the last 10. There are a current total of 5 donors -- before there were only 3 and it only showed 1 on the page (again failing to sort by $ value).

Now bear in mind I'm adding donors manually through the CP as we don't use paypal.

[sinisterpain]

Yup... with it set yes - yes - 10

I currently only see the last 3 people who donated, not the last 10. There are a current total of 5 donors -- before there were only 3 and it only showed 1 on the page (again failing to sort by $ value).

Now bear in mind I'm adding donors manually through the CP as we don't use paypal.

If you look at my site you will see that it does add the donors, I just changed mine from three to twenty and it updated to show the amount. Also tested with adding a donor. Do you have a link on the page to all donors, if so do they show up there. ie...www.yoursite.com/forum/alldonors.php

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

If you look at my site you will see that it does add the donors, I just changed mine from three to twenty and it updated to show the amount. Also tested with adding a donor. Do you have a link on the page to all donors, if so do they show up there. ie...www.yoursite.com/forum/alldonors.php


Nope... same thing... it only seems to be showing the last 3 instead of all the donors.

[KristerSwe]

I have read alot here but didnt find what i was looking for.

Have someone make a cmps 2.2.1 block and can share it here with us
for this wonderful donation mod ... Hat off to the gentlemens created this

it Rocks ...

Please share the block if you have make one

Best regards Krister

[sinisterpain]

I have read alot here but didnt find what i was looking for.

Have someone make a cmps 2.2.1 block and can share it here with us
for this wonderful donation mod ... Hat off to the gentlemens created this

it Rocks ...

Please share the block if you have make one

Best regards Krister

Look on vbadvanced site I believe you will find it also Gear Triper put it together its listed here http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13222

[sinisterpain]

Nope... same thing... it only seems to be showing the last 3 instead of all the donors.

I have to asked this even though you code, check all the file uploads to your server make sure that you chmoded properly. It should work, I posted the donationation zip here from Andreas did you use that or the authors. Did you edit any code? Could also try reinstalling.

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

figured it out - for some reason admin/mods are set =0 for show donations...

Changed an if statement and we're all good now.

[sinisterpain]

figured it out - for some reason admin/mods are set =0 for show donations...

Changed an if statement and we're all good now.
not sure why you needed to change the code, but if its good thats great

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

I don't see an option anywhere to "show staff donations". A quick search of the code showed that it was pulling all the user #s from the database but only actually outputting 3 of 5 lines to the table with donors.

A quick search of the template showed it checks showdonor=1 and a quick check of the user table showed everyone is set to 1 except admin / staff.

[sinisterpain]

In all the documentation I read I do not believe their was an option. Maybe he was going to do one or it was code from the older version of the hack. I did not experience the problem you had so I never looked any further into it. I am an admin on our site and did not have any issues with this when I made a donation, but then again we do use paypal and utilize the call back from paypal to our site.

[Ahsin1]

Thanks a lot

[Ahsin1]

Dosnt work with 3.6.x any ideas

i saw some some sites using this hack with 3.6.x

[sinisterpain]

Dosnt work with 3.6.x any ideas

i saw some some sites using this hack with 3.6.x

What doesnt work? Installing certain functions???

[Ahsin1]

What doesnt work? Installing certain functions???


Yeh i mm getting mysql error



Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 @ 01:51:42 AM
Script : http://www.mydomain.com/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
Referrer : http://www.mydomain.com/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
IP Address : **************
Username : Admin


any ideas?
Classname : vb_database

[Ahsin1]

Thanks for ur reply this hack is runnig perfect with my VB verion 3.6.4

using this thing https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1126881&postcount=1268

Thanks for such a nice hack

Ahsin

[sinisterpain]

Yeh i mm getting mysql error



Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 @ 01:51:42 AM
Script : http://www.mydomain.com/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
Referrer : http://www.mydomain.com/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
IP Address : **************
Username : Admin


any ideas?
Classname : vb_database

Glad you got it working, you must have originally installed this with the authors file. The install from his file will not work and it will give the above SQL error if your running 3.6

[puregraf]

hi i installed the hack and it works great. i received my first donation today from a member and he is listed on the doners page.

My question is, isnt there some king of icon that also appears on every post the user makes that lests everyone else know he is a doner? because its not showing/working on mine.

thanks

[da420]

Then you either did not do the template edits, or upload the photo...

[puregraf]

do you have a screen shot of what this icon looks like and where it appears so i can get an idea of where to look? ill go over the templete edits to see if i missed any.

edit: cant seem to find what template i did not edit, it seems i have followed all directions and edited all required templates. checked images, all uploaded , theirs no Xed out image displayed, so i dont think its an image not being uploaded problem.

thanks

p.s. am i supposed to delete the donations_install folder after im done installing? i never deleted it and im wondering if i should.

Also, I have vbulletin, photopost and vba intergrated, maybe that is why? What template do I need to edit and what code do I need to add for the DONER image button to show under the usersname (or wherever its supposed to show) onevery post the user makes such as the vbulletin forum posts or maybe the photopost gallery posts?

Thank You!!

[sinisterpain]

do you have a screen shot of what this icon looks like and where it appears so i can get an idea of where to look? ill go over the templete edits to see if i missed any.


edit: cant seem to find what template i did not edit, it seems i have followed all directions and edited all required templates. checked images, all uploaded , theirs no Xed out image displayed, so i dont think its an image not being uploaded problem.

thanks

p.s. am i supposed to delete the donations_install folder after im done installing? i never deleted it and im wondering if i should.

Also, I have vbulletin, photopost and vba intergrated, maybe that is why? What template do I need to edit and what code do I need to add for the DONER image button to show under the usersname (or wherever its supposed to show) onevery post the user makes such as the vbulletin forum posts or maybe the photopost gallery posts?

Thank You!!

First, the donor buton shows if you select it to show. If you look in your usercp you should see a block to check to show the doner button, second yes you do not need the install folder

[puregraf]

First, the donor buton shows if you select it to show. If you look in your usercp you should see a block to check to show the doner button, second yes you do not need the install folder



i dont see a block to check to show the doner button. this is all that i have:


Set Donations to Test Only!
If set to yes then we will be playing in the PayPal Sandbox for testing purposes, if set to no, we will be live and running on the actual PayPal system. Yes No
Your Currency
Set to one of the following three letter country codes for your currency that you accept paypal payments in:
United States Dollar
Australian Dollar
Canadian Dollar
European Union (Euro)
Great Britain Pound Sterling
Japanese Yen USD
AUD
CAD
EUR
GBP
JPY

Is The Donations System Active?
Is the donations system active?
This will activate or deactivate the link in your navbar Yes No
Donations Inactive Explanation
Place your reasons for the donations being inactive here. The Donations are currently unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please check back later.
Increase Size Decrease Size
Show Donation Goals?
Shall we show your Donation Goals on your Donations page? Yes No
Show Cumulative Total?
Should we show your Cumulative Total in the Goals Block? Yes No
Show The PayPal Verification Seal?
Should we show the PayPal Verification Seal on your donations page? Yes No
Show Donors?
Shall we show your donors on your Donations Page? Yes No
Show Top Donors, or Last Donors?
Choose "yes" to use Top Donors on your site donors listing, or "no" to use Last Donors. Yes No
How Many Donors To Show On Donations Page
How many Top Donors should we show on your Donations page?
This is only in effect if the above option is selected "yes".
Non-Profit Registered?
Are you registered as a Non-profit Organization, making all donations tax-deductible for the donor? Yes No
Tax-ID
If you are non-profit registered, enter your Tax-ID here for your donors to use to claim their deduction.
Your PayPal Email
This is used to provide the script with the correct email for payments and verification
Full Donation URL
Full URL Location of your donate.php file:
i.e. http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/donate.php
Notification URL
Place the full URL to your ppverify.php file:
i.e. http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/ppverify.php
Show Currency Selector?
Should we show the currency selector? This does NOT automatically change the amount, it stays the same for all currencies, be sure you want to give user this option before you select yes. Yes No
Start Date For Your Donations
Enter a start date (no required standard for input, can be anything) here.
vBadvanced Percent Bar Border Color
Hex color codes only, DO NOT USE A # SIGN!
vBadvanced Percent Bar Fill Color
Hex color codes only, DO NOT USE A # SIGN!
vBadvanced Percent Bar Background Color
Hex color codes only, DO NOT USE A # SIGN!
vBadvanced Percent Bar Width
This number will determine how wide your percentage bar in the module will be. (size is in pixels)
vBadvanced Percent Bar Height

[sinisterpain]

In your usercp on your website, members have to select this in their profiles to show the donor banner not admincp.

[puregraf]

In your usercp on your website, members have to select this in their profiles to show the donor banner not admincp.



THANK YOU!

[lifesourcerec]

This still works with 3.6.x, but I'm losing data little by little from the donation list. Usernames keep disappearing.

[Stifler]

Is there a way to show/hide content from donators.. since there isnt a hack to put em in a specific usergroup is there an <if condition> check i can do to hide and show them ads and whatnot?

[sinisterpain]

This still works with 3.6.x, but I'm losing data little by little from the donation list. Usernames keep disappearing.

Not sure why you would lose data check your admincp and look at valid transactions are thoses members who donated there?

[sinisterpain]

Is there a way to show/hide content from donators.. since there isnt a hack to put em in a specific usergroup is there an <if condition> check i can do to hide and show them ads and whatnot?
Im sure there you could but you would have to do some re-write of the code.
If some one made a donation I do not know why you would want to throw ads at them since they should be considered premium members with special forum rights, just my opinion.

[interfx]

Lots of posts on this mod... Does it work from the original download with 3.6.4? or do I need to use all of the different suggestions throughout the 51 pages?

Thanks in advance.

[Trana]

You should be using the product version of this hack (I think there was a link to it in the last 5 pages). It works fine with 3.6.4.

[sinisterpain]

QUOTE=interfx;1160279]Lots of posts on this mod... Does it work from the original download with 3.6.4? or do I need to use all of the different suggestions throughout the 51 pages?

Thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]

Look here https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91567&page=83[

[SuperDank]

Ok guys for those of you that have been having issues with installing this mod on 3.6.2 vba 2.2.1:

I so far have got it working from a clean install, also using the vBA module on my home page. The supplied installer creates a phrasetypeid SQL error when you use the supplied installer. I used a XML file I had downloaded not sure who wrote it, and I take no credit for it. I think it was from the original hack not sure. In the zip file there is no name so I do not know who created it, but it installs perfectly at least for me it did.
Proceedure I followed is as follows:
1. Upload the files to your webserver as described by the orig installation instructions.
2. Go to your Plugin&Products in Admin cp =>Manage products=>Add/Import Product. Install the attached XML file. This will add the phrases,templates ect... "Do not use the supplied installer, donationtions_install.php". The XML file will install everything required.
3. If all went ok you should have the paypal donations added to your Admin cp. Just continue with original instructions

Ok missed the thread above the origination of the file is from Andreas https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91567&page=8
Sorry guys I uploaded my edited XML with phrase changes I made the attached file is now the original sorry for that.



w00t thanks!

works like a charm!

[Mr Chad]

this is one of the best mods... I installed this last night and have already received 33$ in donations.

[K2_02]

What am I doing wrong? I used the instructions in the post above and everything installed okay - and I have Paypal Donations in the Admin CP. BUT, I can't find a module to use for vBa on my homepage. If I go under vBa CMPS > Edit Modules --- there is no donate module there?

Thanks in advance!

[sinisterpain]

What am I doing wrong? I used the instructions in the post above and everything installed okay - and I have Paypal Donations in the Admin CP. BUT, I can't find a module to use for vBa on my homepage. If I go under vBa CMPS > Edit Modules --- there is no donate module there?

Thanks in advance!

You can get it at vbadvance it was mad by Geartriper http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13222&highlight=paypal+donations
make sure you read through the threads for the latest updated one.:)

[K2_02]

Thank you for the info and for such a quick response!

[masons]

What do I do wrong?



Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Tuesday, January 30th 2007 @ 10:25:46 AM
Script : http://novusordosaeculorum.com/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
Referrer : http://novusordosaeculorum.com/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
IP Address : 221.191.137.72
Username : admin
Classname : vb_database

[da420]

Which version did you install? The one in the first post or the product version?

[masons]

Yes the one in this thread! PaypalDonations-2.02b1

[da420]

Try the product version posted by Andreas.

[masons]

please give me the url

[masons]

can someone please explain this line

Direct File Edits To vB Resident Files: 1 (needed to group templates in AdminCP)

[sinisterpain]

can someone please explain this line

Direct File Edits To vB Resident Files: 1 (needed to group templates in AdminCP)

Its not necessary when using the XML file by andreas

[Ranger187]

My donations are not showing anymore. People will donate, yet it will not add them to the donators list. And everything is enabled. Nothing has changed. Seems this hack is buggy regardless.

[Ranger187]

This still works with 3.6.x, but I'm losing data little by little from the donation list. Usernames keep disappearing.

Ditto. And nothing has changed.

[willisbryan]

Any help with this error: Ive used this mod before on various boards, but having trouble with the install this time..

Heres the Error

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Wednesday, February 7th 2007 @ 08:00:25 PM
Script : http://www.mygamingforums.com/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
Referrer : http://www.mygamingforums.com/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
IP Address : 24.38.84.86
Username : Webmaster
Classname : vb_database</textarea></form>

</body>
</html>

Wont complete the install. Ive deleted all the donation tables out of the sql, as well as checked to see if i could uninstall if from VB.. No luck

[sinisterpain]

Any help with this error: Ive used this mod before on various boards, but having trouble with the install this time..

Heres the Error

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Wednesday, February 7th 2007 @ 08:00:25 PM
Script : http://www.mygamingforums.com/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
Referrer : http://www.mygamingforums.com/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
IP Address : 24.38.84.86
Username : Webmaster
Classname : vb_database</textarea></form>

</body>
</html>

Wont complete the install. Ive deleted all the donation tables out of the sql, as well as checked to see if i could uninstall if from VB.. No luck

You can not use the install from the author if your using 3.6.4, look a few threads back for a donation zip with a XML file to import the phrases.

[jarosciak]

Any idea guys if there is a donation system similar to this one I could be using in 3.6.4?
I've been using this script for a while, but now, after an upgrade it has some glitches and won't show some members in the list even that they have donated...
Anything similar to this one?

[scan-pa]

With the new Product version of this program, it works great in vB 3.6.4

I have it on my board and it works great.

peter
centralpafire.com
http://www.centralpafire.com/

[Ranger187]

Any idea guys if there is a donation system similar to this one I could be using in 3.6.4?
I've been using this script for a while, but now, after an upgrade it has some glitches and won't show some members in the list even that they have donated...
Anything similar to this one?

Ditto!

[redtailboa]

Same thing started happening to me. New donations don't show up on the page

[scan-pa]

Perhaps the new donor has it set not to show to the public?

setting is located in the userCP under edit options:

My Donor Status

Shall We Show Your Donor Status To The Public?

Show My Donor Status To The Public

--------------------------------------------------------------------

The Board Supper Admin will have to look under the Donation menu in the adminCP to see the new donor ect.

[Martin F]

All installed and working fine on 3.6.4 :up:


There's a small "cosmetic" problem. I tried a sandbox donation and everything worked fine. The donation was made in euro (standart currency). On the redirect-page, it says: "Your donation of $0.00 is greatly appreciated! Thank you again for your continued support."

The currency is stated in $ and the amount is 0, which is both wrong. Might confuse the users a bit :)


However I also have this issue as we are using GBP ?, and I can't find where to change this currency to GBP.

Doesn't matter what currency settings I put on the Donations settings page, this completion message always comes back with $

Anybody managed to sort this one?

[sinisterpain]

All installed and working fine on 3.6.4 :up:




However I also have this issue as we are using GBP ?, and I can't find where to change this currency to GBP.

Doesn't matter what currency settings I put on the Donations settings page, this completion message always comes back with $

Anybody managed to sort this one?

Look at the donation_bits template you may need to add the hidden input for GBP for the paypal button the currency exchange is run in the cron make sure it is running.

[Martin F]

Look at the donation_bits template you may need to add the hidden input for GBP for the paypal button the currency exchange is run in the cron make sure it is running.

Thanks for your help, but unfortunately i'm none the wiser (think i've gone beyond the limit of my IT skills).

Looking at the donation_bits template as best I can tell everything looks to be correct.

How can i check the cron jobs?

[sinisterpain]

Thanks for your help, but unfortunately i'm none the wiser (think i've gone beyond the limit of my IT skills).

Looking at the donation_bits template as best I can tell everything looks to be correct.

How can i check the cron jobs?

Admincp->schedualed task
this will tell you what jopbs are schedualed to run and when

Make sure of your settings in your paypal account you have to allow IPN.
You may need to mak your own button for GBP in paypal and add the code to you donation_bits template.

[Martin F]

Admincp->schedualed task
this will tell you what jopbs are schedualed to run and when


Ahh, ok this makes sense and no its not running. How often would you recommend it runs, daily?

IPN is all set and working OK.

[sinisterpain]

Ahh, ok this makes sense and no its not running. How often would you recommend it runs, daily?

IPN is all set and working OK.
by default it should be set up to run every 15 min but Im not sure how often the rates are actually updated realtime by the banks

[Trana]

Hmmm, all of the sudden my donations stopped updating in the database. I.E. a user donates but it is never recognized by the site, no donation is credited in the donor table.

Any ideas what I should check?

Thanks.

[sinisterpain]

I am not having the issue I see posted here with disappearing donators. Do you use the goals and if so are you adding the goal to the button. I do know however there seems to have been problems with paypal. Make sure of all your of all your settings and that no files have been deleted on your server. Paypal checks the ppverify file. the only other thing I can think of is a problem with the link to the donate page is not getting either the user ip or the user id when they donate. The other problem could be is that they are not getting directed to your paypal page when clicking on the donate button. If they are logging into paypal and putting in your email the website will not log the donation. So check that the link actually goes to your donation page at paypal.

[X-Files]

I am not having the issue I see posted here with disappearing donators. Do you use the goals and if so are you adding the goal to the button. I do know however there seems to have been problems with paypal. Make sure of all your of all your settings and that no files have been deleted on your server. Paypal checks the ppverify file. the only other thing I can think of is a problem with the link to the donate page is not getting either the user ip or the user id when they donate. The other problem could be is that they are not getting directed to your paypal page when clicking on the donate button. If they are logging into paypal and putting in your email the website will not log the donation. So check that the link actually goes to your donation page at paypal.This is happening to us all of the sudden also.

[sinisterpain]

I uninstalled and reinstalled, due to the only problem the donate button was not going to the buisness paypal page directly. Instead when clicking on the button it would bring up paypal login. If this is the case then the users will not show up in the donors page. As I said paypal has made some changes with their site, and I sent them a message regarding my issue. The php verification file for paypal has not changed as I checked that info to be sure this was not the problem.

[Trana]

Please let us know when you hear back from Paypal and if you figure out the solution, I assume this is happening to a lot of people using this hack.

Thanks!

[sinisterpain]

Please let us know when you hear back from Paypal and if you figure out the solution, I assume this is happening to a lot of people using this hack.

Thanks!
Can you confirm if you are having the problem with your link to paypal from your site.

[Trana]

When I click on one of my donate buttons it puts me on a Paypal page with the item, price, IP address, total, etc. At the bottom of the page is my userID for Paypal and a blank password field.

Based on what you said, this SHOULD work (i.e. link my donation to my user account in VB), but based on recent donations that is not the case, none of my recent donors have received credit within the VB DB.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[dip1232001]

i want to show the donation goal barand top donors in the index page can any one help please....

[sinisterpain]

i want to show the donation goal barand top donors in the index page can any one help please....
If you have vbadvanced go here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1164529&postcount=1357

[X-Files]

It looks like all my donations are in the db. Where does the donors/top donors come from?

[sinisterpain]

It looks like all my donations are in the db. Where does the donors/top donors come from?
it uses alldonors.php
If your servers uses strict PHP rules please review the paypal files uploaded to your server and change the <? to <?php this has caused problems in the past with some users of the hack.

[dip1232001]

i dont want vbadvanced i just want to add the goal bar in the right side of my forum i have added donors ...only i cant apply the goal bar thing irts showing the bar but not the progress and percentage any help... heres my forum http://desidhamal.com/index.php check it out...

[sinisterpain]

i dont want vbadvanced i just want to add the goal bar in the right side of my forum i have added donors ...only i cant apply the goal bar thing irts showing the bar but not the progress and percentage any help... heres my forum http://desidhamal.com/index.php check it out...
looks like your using vbadvanced. There is another hack to just show the bar using the paypal hack but you have to search for it.

[xLYNZx]

i get an install error on the Installing Settings (page 3) of the install...what am i doing wrong??

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.2:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO vb_phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Wednesday, February 28th 2007 @ 07:14:16 PM
Script : http://www.mydomainname.com/forums/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
Referrer : http://www.ukforcesgirls.co.uk/forums/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
IP Address : #######
Username : xxx
Classname : vb_database

[da420]

Early on in this thread there's a plug in version. I'd give that a try.

[dbirosel]

I got CMPS, but i don't like it and will uninstall it soon. How can i have the left side donating goodies with this mod:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=117988


Thanks for the help!!!

[dbirosel]

When they sent payment, they got a notice saying thank you for donating $0. Whats going on?

[dbirosel]

What's the user of add a new donor if you can't add them to a specific goal?

[SCRIPT3R]

What am I doing wrong? I used the instructions in the post above and everything installed okay - and I have Paypal Donations in the Admin CP. BUT, I can't find a module to use for vBa on my homepage. If I go under vBa CMPS > Edit Modules --- there is no donate module there?

Thanks in advance!

You can get it at vbadvance it was mad by Geartriper http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13222&highlight=paypal+donations
make sure you read through the threads for the latest updated one.:)

now available here too; vBadvanced CMPS Donations Module Add-On (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=140826) ;)

[sinisterpain]

I got CMPS, but i don't like it and will uninstall it soon. How can i have the left side donating goodies with this mod:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=117988


Thanks for the help!!!
check your PMs but this is more for your header than the left side

[MTVSlick]

can I run this module ( vBAdvanced Donations Module ) in vportal and vbulletin??

Mark,

[X-Files]

This hack has been ported over to 3.6 please go here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=140856) for further support.
I could get to this forum this morning now I can not.

[RidinHighSpeeds]

For some reason, anytime someone donates, in the mySQL user table, showdonor has a value of 0 and not 1.

[da420]

I could get to this forum this morning now I can not.

Very unfortunate, but it's been removed by the author.

[X-Files]

Very unfortunate, but it's been removed by the author.

By the author or vbulletin.org? I really do not understand why the author would remove it.

[Quantnet]

Anyone know how I would add the donations I already received by another paypal mod to this one ? Instead of starting at 0, I need to start at say $100 I already got before?

thanks

[nogerorob]

By the author or vbulletin.org? I really do not understand why the author would remove it.
I hope that it was taken down because it was not ready for a beta rather than the thread author getting bummed out about how people were reporting the problems.

This hack is really good. I used it in the prior version of vB and it is incredible. I would probably pay for it if someone had a commercial version for 3.6 at this point.

I PM'd the thread author and offered to do alpha/pre public release testing on the thing but haven't heard back.

As a policy issue, I would suggest to vbulletin.org that they come up with a new way of handling threads being taken down. If a thread is taken down at the request of the author, it would be nice to have a short sentence as to why. This way, the link isn't simply dead (reports a permission problem) and it also gives people an idea of what is going on with the modification.

edit: If the thread was removed because it violated some terms of service on these forums, I would understand not giving any message. But otherwise it might be nice to have threads that are taken down 'fail gracefully.'
rob

[sinisterpain]

If the thread was removed because it violated some terms of service on these forums, I would understand not giving any message. But otherwise it might be nice to have threads that are taken down 'fail gracefully
There was no admin intervention in pulling the threads due to policy. We were waiting on determination from the admins regards to the GPL which was on the 3.5 hack. But due to the many PM complaints and flaming it was decided to just pull the 3.6 thread and discontinue the effort. Maintain the Harmony in the community if you will.

This is all that will be said regards to the matter as it is a closed issue in our minds.
Sincerely,
Sinisterpain

[porscheman170]

If I try to install this in 3.6 it won't work?

[sinisterpain]

If I try to install this in 3.6 it won't work?
if you read through the threads you will see that I have mentioned many times the authors file will not work. There is a zip file back in the threads with a XML file to import the hack for later versions plus the the other required files.

[ruger]

if you read through the threads you will see that I have mentioned many times the authors file will not work. There is a zip file back in the threads with a XML file to import the hack for later versions plus the the other required files.

Like he said...I read through every page on here and was able to get it working on 3.6.5 with vbportal. Look for that zip file!;)

[sinisterpain]

Like he said...I read through every page on here and was able to get it working on 3.6.5 with vbportal. Look for that zip file!;)
people can look here https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1126881&postcount=1268

[sinisterpain]

Anyone know how I would add the donations I already received by another paypal mod to this one ? Instead of starting at 0, I need to start at say $100 I already got before?

thanks
In this paypal hack you can add donnors manually but you will need to update the goal amount to reflect the total donated by each member.

[richab]

how can i set a goal. i dont see where

[sinisterpain]

how can i set a goal. i dont see where
In the admincp->donation setting->add new goal
After you add the goal you must edit your created button in the donations settings and add the goal to the button.

[Neo_obs]

OK OK this has stopped working for me. I am willing to pay up to 20 dollars for someone to make this work for 3.6.5 and/or make one that is similar for 3.6.5

We want something that can be used globally also so on any page we can put up the link to donate instead of a link to the donate page.

If you can do this please contact me at neo.obs@gmail.com so we can work out the details thank you.

[killugood9000]

Hello,
Ok I know this hack has issues so I have made every attempt to rectify my issues before this post.
I am using vb 3.6.5 and have downloaded the donations.zip you posted a few back.
The donate.php and alldonors.php seem to be working fine. I have tested in sandbox and in live mode. Both work properly untill I get to the goal bar. It seems none of my donations are posting too my database. So I have been updating it manually. I would love to get this done automatically. Could anyone tell me where to look? I am getting to know all files well though I am not a coder. All seems well.
I do have Paypal IPN on for my account. I also have the url to my ppverify.php in my cp settings.
I am recieving payment and the donations are coming out of payers account. The only thing not working is the bar. Its not updating my goals or giving my donators credit. My database has no Paypal IPN or Donators entries. If you need anything ie... my web address let me know. I would GREATLY appreciate any help as I and my friend have been working on this for about 1.5 months.
Thank You

Edit= I noticed that when I go to donate the item# shows as my web site registered name.
On other sites like mine running the same mod it showes your IP. Mabey that has something to do with it?

[SlackerAPM]

When they sent payment, they got a notice saying thank you for donating $0. Whats going on?I'm having this problem too, a few other problems too. It's a shame because this hack was perfect.

[sinisterpain]

I will look at the code but no promises, I have been extremely busy as of late and not had time to do much.
Question though do any of you use icash or seo program to rewrite URLs

[killugood9000]

No. Thanks for taking a look. I'm kind of at wits end.

[Neo_obs]

I am having the same problems. I know I talked to sinisterpain about this on MSN and he didnt know what it was exactly either.

I have done everything to try and fix the problem but it just doesnt want to work anymore. The funny thing is on my developer forum it works but on our live forum it doesn't

BTW just wondering what is the addy like for your forums

mine is just www.xxx.com/ppverify.php
while my test forum is www.xxx.com/test/ppverify.php

could it be that we cant use our root directory?

[sinisterpain]

I am having the same problems. I know I talked to sinisterpain about this on MSN and he didnt know what it was exactly either.

I have done everything to try and fix the problem but it just doesnt want to work anymore. The funny thing is on my developer forum it works but on our live forum it doesn't

BTW just wondering what is the addy like for your forums

mine is just www.xxx.com/ppverify.php
while my test forum is www.xxx.com/test/ppverify.php

could it be that we cant use our root directory?

I use the forum root www.yourdomain.com/forum/ppverify.php
If paypal does not find the confirmation script or is not allowed access it will not write the member information to the database, but you will see the payment going through your paypal account since the first step in the process for members is going to your paypal account to complete the transaction.
I have had the hack running on my site for a year with only one problem which was due to my playing with the confirmation scripts to try adding subscriptions.
I know the Paypal hack works less a few functions that require fixing, and everyone has different server configurations as well as hacks. In your case it does not make any sense to me why it would work on your test server and not on your live server since they both share the same database. This can only lead me to believe that some configuration is different between the two and it could be the link to the ppverify file and how it is called in the donation settup or on the paypal site.

[badboyz]

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054

someone help me please

[sinisterpain]

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054


someone help me please
You can not use the authors install files there is an post for a donations.zip in the threads. It has the xml file to do the import of the hack.

[killugood9000]

Ok after loads of time I have figured it out. I must pay my respects to sinister for his help. These are my findings so listen up. first you must use the .xml and NOT the install script to upload this hack on your system. second when creating sandbox accounts make sure you create two. One to donate with and one for accepting the donations. Which ever sandbox account you use to accept payments with MUST be preimer or business account and MUST be verified and confirmed. Also your server files must be set up correctly. If you use CMPS as your homepage put the index.php for it in your public_html directory. Then you must have a forum directory in your public_html directory for your vbulletin board files. If your like me you will have to put any styles you have in both diectories. Your ppverify.php MUST be in your forum root, in the forum directory along with your donate.php. Then ensure all settings are correct in the admin cp for the donations. Especially your URL's. Remember to add your forum directory to your URL's.
Ok now that we covered that lets mention the module. I continually got a white page when my module was active. If this happens to you try turrning off GZIP HTML Output. Go to admin cp-->vboptions-->Cookies and HTTP Header Options-->GZIP HTML Output. If this fixes the problem your service provider likely allready runs this for you.
Thanks to Sinisterpain for his help in troubleshooting this addon. Its a great addon. Our members wher asking for donor recognition and this is a great start.

[Trana]

Has anyone figured out why the donor table is no longer being updated? Someone mentioned that Paypal made a change to their verification script, is anyone else having this problem? I have been manually putting in my donations for some time.

Thanks!

[sinisterpain]

Has anyone figured out why the donor table is no longer being updated? Someone mentioned that Paypal made a change to their verification script, is anyone else having this problem? I have been manually putting in my donations for some time.

Thanks!

What type of paypal account do you have? What version of vb are you running? Have you tryed creating a sandbox account to test your donations. Is your ppverify file in the correct location and cmodded 755? Is your paypal IPN on and pointing to the correct directory?

[sinisterpain]

Ok after loads of time I have figured it out. I must pay my respects to sinister for his help. These are my findings so listen up. first you must use the .xml and NOT the install script to upload this hack on your system. second when creating sandbox accounts make sure you create two. One to donate with and one for accepting the donations. Which ever sandbox account you use to accept payments with MUST be preimer or business account and MUST be verified and confirmed. Also your server files must be set up correctly. If you use CMPS as your homepage put the index.php for it in your public_html directory. Then you must have a forum directory in your public_html directory for your vbulletin board files. If your like me you will have to put any styles you have in both diectories. Your ppverify.php MUST be in your forum root, in the forum directory along with your donate.php. Then ensure all settings are correct in the admin cp for the donations. Especially your URL's. Remember to add your forum directory to your URL's.
Ok now that we covered that lets mention the module. I continually got a white page when my module was active. If this happens to you try turrning off GZIP HTML Output. Go to admin cp-->vboptions-->Cookies and HTTP Header Options-->GZIP HTML Output. If this fixes the problem your service provider likely allready runs this for you.
Thanks to Sinisterpain for his help in troubleshooting this addon. Its a great addon. Our members wher asking for donor recognition and this is a great start.

Your extremely welcome

[Trana]

What type of paypal account do you have? What version of vb are you running? Have you tryed creating a sandbox account to test your donations. Is your ppverify file in the correct location and cmodded 755? Is your paypal IPN on and pointing to the correct directory?

I have a Paypal Premier account, VB 3.6.4.

Everything was working with the 2.x donation release for the last YEAR, and all of the sudden the donations are not being credited properly (i.e. I get a donation, but it is not being recorded in the donor table).

Someone mentioned several pages back that Paypal had changed their format for notices, and that it broke the VB side of the exchange.

Any help would be appreciated.

[sinisterpain]

I have a Paypal Premier account, VB 3.6.4.

Everything was working with the 2.x donation release for the last YEAR, and all of the sudden the donations are not being credited properly (i.e. I get a donation, but it is not being recorded in the donor table).

Someone mentioned several pages back that Paypal had changed their format for notices, and that it broke the VB side of the exchange.

Any help would be appreciated.
I believe if you set up a business account in sandbox and test it will work. I believe you need a business account to use the IPN function.

[richab]

hi, i was wondering if theres a ways to have the vbadvanced module block for this mod to work with a website thats separate from vb?

[richab]

anyone have any ideas?

[AllenMead]

I have had enough, I'm taking this crap off my system.:down:

On my installation paypal doesn't talk with it properly so you have to manually add users who have donated.:down:

It doesn't update the user list for different members of if the same member donates more than once.:down:

It doesn't link the users avatar properly.:down:

There's no option to change $ signs to ? signs in the text you cannot alter 'back office'.:down:

Had to manualy alter the modifyoptions template.:down:

I've searched through over 30 pages of this 'hack' it and still cannot get it to work properly.:down:

Whilst I appreciate this 'hack' is no longer supported by the coder, it's no longer supported by me. It's a shame as what has been started is very good, just needs finishing properly to be a proper plug-in for the latest version of vbulletin.:down:

[Mikecp421]

works for me, I don't know why it doesn't for you

[sinisterpain]

I have had enough, I'm taking this crap off my system.:down:

On my installation paypal doesn't talk with it properly so you have to manually add users who have donated.:down:

It doesn't update the user list for different members of if the same member donates more than once.:down:

It doesn't link the users avatar properly.:down:

There's no option to change $ signs to ? signs in the text you cannot alter 'back office'.:down:

Had to manualy alter the modifyoptions template.:down:

I've searched through over 30 pages of this 'hack' it and still cannot get it to work properly.:down:

Whilst I appreciate this 'hack' is no longer supported by the coder, it's no longer supported by me. It's a shame as what has been started is very good, just needs finishing properly to be a proper plug-in for the latest version of vbulletin.:down:

Everything you said it does not due, it does. I have been using this hack for over a year and it works just fine. As far as changing the $ to ? that is an option in the admincp under donations. I do not understand why you are trying to alter the modifyoptions template that will accomplish nothing.
It might work if you ask people to help you instead of posting that the hack doesnt work.
While it is true it may not work depending on your particular boards configuration and what hacks you already have installed. But there are many users that do have it working and its the best paypal hack out yet IMO. If you wish me to help you out PM me.

[ruger]

I have had enough, I'm taking this crap off my system.:down:

On my installation paypal doesn't talk with it properly so you have to manually add users who have donated.:down:

It doesn't update the user list for different members of if the same member donates more than once.:down:

It doesn't link the users avatar properly.:down:

There's no option to change $ signs to ? signs in the text you cannot alter 'back office'.:down:

Had to manualy alter the modifyoptions template.:down:

I've searched through over 30 pages of this 'hack' it and still cannot get it to work properly.:down:

Whilst I appreciate this 'hack' is no longer supported by the coder, it's no longer supported by me. It's a shame as what has been started is very good, just needs finishing properly to be a proper plug-in for the latest version of vbulletin.:down:
Got it working perfect for me..and im using vb 3.6.5 with vbportal 3.6.3 and even the block works for it.:up:

I wouldnt be so negative if you are not going to read all the thread. Silverspoons are not freely available here!:cool::up:

And sinisterpain has helped alot of people as far as getting it working on vb...he did me!:up:

[AllenMead]

Everything you said it does not due, it does. I have been using this hack for over a year and it works just fine. As far as changing the $ to ? that is an option in the admincp under donations. I do not understand why you are trying to alter the modifyoptions template that will accomplish nothing.
It might work if you ask people to help you instead of posting that the hack doesnt work.
While it is true it may not work depending on your particular boards configuration and what hacks you already have installed. But there are many users that do have it working and its the best paypal hack out yet IMO. If you wish me to help you out PM me.

Yes and no to what it does and does not do. I have read several posts where this hack has been cleany installed and it still doesn't work properly.

I have read through the first 30 pages on this hack and started to loose the will to live. The answers to my problems may be further down the line, but 96 pages worth?!?

I followed the installation routine as detailed in the donations.zip file which I found iirc on page 10 having read what problems people were having.

The problem I have with the $ sign is that when I donate in GBP, you get the follow message: "Your donation of $0.50 is greatly appreciated! Thank you again for your continued support. "

I didn't think I donated $0.50 - that $ sign is not editable 'back office'

I am curently running:

Vbulletin 3.6.5
CMPS 3.2.1

I have a number of other mods including;

iTrader
HS - External Signature Image Size Limiter
Imageshack Image Uploader
Inactive User Reminder e-mails
nCode Image resizer
Rules page
Links directory

Everything seems fine on my installation except;

when a member donates, the system fails to update on the donations page on my site. I can add that person manually, but then even though they have an avatar, the donate system says they don't.

If anyone else donates, they again have to be added manually. Then if someone who has already donated, donate again, the system doesn't update this either.

My papal account IPN setting is pointing to http://www.worldrallyforum.com/forum

This is where ppvarify.php and donate.php are located.

I don't expect a silver spoon and doen't expect every 'hack' to work seemlessly with everything else. I can change things around to suit if necessary but I'm not a coder.

However, I would be grateful for the assistance. I had siad in my 'ranting' post, I do think that is a good hack, it just needs refining / proper support.

Thanks

Meady.

[sinisterpain]

Yes and no to what it does and does not do. I have read several posts where this hack has been cleany installed and it still doesn't work properly.

I have read through the first 30 pages on this hack and started to loose the will to live. The answers to my problems may be further down the line, but 96 pages worth?!?

I followed the installation routine as detailed in the donations.zip file which I found iirc on page 10 having read what problems people were having.

The problem I have with the $ sign is that when I donate in GBP, you get the follow message: "Your donation of $0.50 is greatly appreciated! Thank you again for your continued support. "

I didn't think I donated $0.50 - that $ sign is not editable 'back office'

I am curently running:

Vbulletin 3.6.5
CMPS 3.2.1

I have a number of other mods including;

iTrader
HS - External Signature Image Size Limiter
Imageshack Image Uploader
Inactive User Reminder e-mails
nCode Image resizer
Rules page
Links directory

Everything seems fine on my installation except;

when a member donates, the system fails to update on the donations page on my site. I can add that person manually, but then even though they have an avatar, the donate system says they don't.

If anyone else donates, they again have to be added manually. Then if someone who has already donated, donate again, the system doesn't update this either.

My papal account IPN setting is pointing to http://www.worldrallyforum.com/forum

This is where ppvarify.php and donate.php are located.

I don't expect a silver spoon and doen't expect every 'hack' to work seemlessly with everything else. I can change things around to suit if necessary but I'm not a coder.

However, I would be grateful for the assistance. I had siad in my 'ranting' post, I do think that is a good hack, it just needs refining / proper support.

Thanks

Meady.
make the link point directly to the ppverify.php file in the donation admincp and in your paypal IPN ie..www.worldrallyforum.com/forum/ppverify.php. Then make sure the ppverify.php file is cmoded 755. Also do your have a business account at paypal as thats is important. The dollar sign $ problem is a phrase an will require looking at the code.

[AllenMead]

Thanks for your help sinisterpain.

I haved made the changes you have identified but it's still no different. :(

[sinisterpain]

Check your PMs Allen

[AllenMead]

I don't see an option anywhere to "show staff donations". A quick search of the code showed that it was pulling all the user #s from the database but only actually outputting 3 of 5 lines to the table with donors.

A quick search of the template showed it checks showdonor=1 and a quick check of the user table showed everyone is set to 1 except admin / staff.


I'm just wondering if this is the issue I'm suffering with as I've not tested it with normal users......

[AllenMead]

Nope, that doesn't make any difference either....

[AllenMead]

It's working now!?!

It is listing who donated what and their total donations if they have donated more than once! Good stuff.:p :cool: :cool: So, it obviously updated, but I'm not sure how long it too, certianly over night as it definately wasn't instant nor within a few minutes which is what I would like.

There are a couple of things that still need to be sorted, the avatars aren't being picked up and, I noticed that I don't have the currency updater thing in the cron jobs, how do I get this sorted?

Thanks!

[sinisterpain]

It's working now!?!

It is listing who donated what and their total donations if they have donated more than once! Good stuff.:p :cool: :cool: So, it obviously updated, but I'm not sure how long it too, certianly over night as it definately wasn't instant nor within a few minutes which is what I would like.

There are a couple of things that still need to be sorted, the avatars aren't being picked up and, I noticed that I don't have the currency updater thing in the cron jobs, how do I get this sorted?

Thanks!
Looks like your using a modified postbit and postbitlegacy and avatars coming from attachments either linked from someplace other than your site or uploaded to a different directory other than the standard avatar directory for your users this would be why they are not showing. The cron should be located in your schedual tasks in admincp as donation currency exchange.

[AllenMead]

Ahh, that would explain, I am using a custom uploaded avatar. So I assume the system will only pic up avatars that I have loaded via the admincp?

[AllenMead]

donation currency exchange is definately not listed in the cron jobs

[sinisterpain]

donation currency exchange is definately not listed in the cron jobs
Allen check your PMs

[AllenMead]

sinisterpain is the man! Very patient and helpful person. Sorted out the problems I had and it all works like a charm!

[Big_J]

I get the following error

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054

[sinisterpain]

I get the following error

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054

You can not use the author's installer for this see this thread for install (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=762511&postcount=119)

[Big_J]

In vBulletin where are the templates located to be modified?

Template modifyoptions
Template postbit and postbit_legacy
Template MEMBERINFO

[sinisterpain]

In vBulletin where are the templates located to be modified?

Template modifyoptions
Template postbit and postbit_legacy
Template MEMBERINFO
Admincp->styles/templates->edit templates

[Dead-Meat]

After upgrading my vBulletin to version 3.6.7PL, Paypal Donations doesn't show up under vBulletin settings anymore. It is in the control panel with these options:

Donation Settings <-- doesnt work anymore
Donations Summary Page
View All Valid Transactions
View All Invalid Transactions
View All Pending Transactions
View All Member Donors
View All Guest Donors
View All Active Goals
View All Inactive Goals
View All Active Buttons
View All Inactive Buttons
Add A New Goal
Add A New Donation Button
Add A New Donor

Any idea how I can get it back to see the settings?

[sinisterpain]

After upgrading my vBulletin to version 3.6.7PL, Paypal Donations doesn't show up under vBulletin settings anymore. It is in the control panel with these options:

Donation Settings <-- doesnt work anymore
Donations Summary Page
View All Valid Transactions
View All Invalid Transactions
View All Pending Transactions
View All Member Donors
View All Guest Donors
View All Active Goals
View All Inactive Goals
View All Active Buttons
View All Inactive Buttons
Add A New Goal
Add A New Donation Button
Add A New Donor

Any idea how I can get it back to see the settings?

I have updated a test board to 3.6.7PL1 and both the admincp and vbulletin options shows Paypal Donations and both work. Make sure that under Manage products its not disabled.

[Dead-Meat]

It was enabled. Uninstalling and reinstalling got it back into admin panel, but now the donations don't add to the goal. I get redirected to Paypal, can make a donation, but it doesnt show towards the goal.

[sinisterpain]

It was enabled. Uninstalling and reinstalling got it back into admin panel, but now the donations don't add to the goal. I get redirected to Paypal, can make a donation, but it doesnt show towards the goal.
Check to make sure that the goal is assigned to your donation button

[Trickle]

Hey Sinisterpain.

Looks like you've taken over the role of supporting this hack. So I'll ask for your assistance.

I just updated my forums from 3.5.2 to 3.6.7 PL. Yes I know I was long over due. Even updated my CMPS from 2 to 3. Everything worked fine except this paypal mod. Any thoughts as to why it just goes to a blank white page when clicking on the link?

Thanks
Trickle

[EnIgMa1234]

its a 3.5 mod and doesnt seem to work with 3.6 :(

maybe it'll be ported one day

[sinisterpain]

Hey Sinisterpain.

Looks like you've taken over the role of supporting this hack. So I'll ask for your assistance.

I just updated my forums from 3.5.2 to 3.6.7 PL. Yes I know I was long over due. Even updated my CMPS from 2 to 3. Everything worked fine except this paypal mod. Any thoughts as to why it just goes to a blank white page when clicking on the link?

Thanks
Trickle
I would check the donations.zip file. Go through all the "php" files only and make sure they begin with <?php and not <? . Let me know if that fixes your problem:)

[sinisterpain]

its a 3.5 mod and doesnt seem to work with 3.6 :(

maybe it'll be ported one day

It does work for 3.6

[Juansito]

Doesn't seem to work with 3.6.7

[sinisterpain]

Doesn't seem to work with 3.6.7

What does not work???
What files did you install??
I have this running on a test board with the latest version of vb

[xLYNZx]

edit: never mind!

[evesve]

Hi!
After upgrade to VB 3.6.7 the donate.php show a white page.
I made a new upload and a import of the product, made the settings in AdminCP
and...
It works!
Took 5 minutes to get it back again.

So, my suggest...
Why can´t you make a new topic for 3.6 mod?
Make sinisterpain to a "co-author" so we can get a new startpage?
98 pages is too much for the same questions all the time.
Wouldn´t Cloudrunner accept that?

[da420]

So, my suggest...
Why can?t you make a new topic for 3.6 mod?
Make sinisterpain to a "co-author" so we can get a new startpage?
98 pages is too much for the same questions all the time.
Wouldn?t Cloudrunner accept that?

Something similar to this was attempted, but unfortunately it was removed.

[imk]

When i tried to install on the latest vb software it got as far as this

Setting group found, removing to avoid errors...
Added Setting Group...
Removing Strays...
Strays removed, Continuing on...
Adding Setting Phrases...


then nothing happens and i get an erroe page underneath

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Thursday, May 31st 2007 @ 12:44:52 PM
Script : http://www.whoyoureppin.com/forum/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
Referrer : http://www.whoyoureppin.com/forum/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
IP Address : 82.32.144.37
Username : K
Classname : vB_Database



any ideas what im doing wrong?

[imk]

and whats this about groups before?

[Trickle]

When i tried to install on the latest vb software it got as far as this

Setting group found, removing to avoid errors...
Added Setting Group...
Removing Strays...
Strays removed, Continuing on...
Adding Setting Phrases...


then nothing happens and i get an erroe page underneath

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO phrase (`phraseid`, `languageid`, `varname`, `text`, `phrasetypeid`) VALUES ('', '-1', 'settinggroup_donations', 'PayPal Donations', '5000');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasetypeid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Thursday, May 31st 2007 @ 12:44:52 PM
Script : http://www.whoyoureppin.com/forum/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
Referrer : http://www.whoyoureppin.com/forum/admincp/donations_install.php?do=install
IP Address : 82.32.144.37
Username : K
Classname : vB_Database



any ideas what im doing wrong?


I get the same error and now I get this :

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: print_form_header() in /home/hotadult/public_html/internetcheaters/forums/admincp/donation_install/donation_uninstall.php on line 14

when I try to uninstall this POS. Any thoughts?

[sinisterpain]

I get the same error and now I get this :

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: print_form_header() in /home/hotadult/public_html/internetcheaters/forums/admincp/donation_install/donation_uninstall.php on line 14

when I try to uninstall this POS. Any thoughts?

Both of you have the same problem, you can not install this to 3.6 using the authors files, I have just recently posted a link to the donations.zip file a few threads back that you need to use to install this.

[Trickle]

Both of you have the same problem, you can not install this to 3.6 using the authors files, I have just recently posted a link to the donations.zip file a few threads back that you need to use to install this.


Thanks for your help, I just manually deleted everything instead. A hack or add-on should not be this complicated IMHO.

[sinisterpain]

Thanks for your help, I just manually deleted everything instead. A hack or add-on should not be this complicated IMHO.
If you read the authors notes above you would see that this hack was abandoned a while ago. I have been helping members that need assistance with installing and using the hack for 3.5 and 3.6.

[imk]

exactly the same hapend again...what am i doing wrong? do i need to do somthing before besieds uploading? it get stuck on adding phrases.

[sinisterpain]

exactly the same hapend again...what am i doing wrong? do i need to do somthing before besieds uploading? it get stuck on adding phrases.
Did you read my post (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1258589&postcount=1469)?
Go to to this thread (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1249720&postcount=1450)
Please read some of the threads back before posting I have answered this question many times.

[pbmansion]

How can I COMPLETELY uninstall this?

[Trana]

It's working now!?!

It is listing who donated what and their total donations if they have donated more than once! Good stuff.:p :cool: :cool: So, it obviously updated, but I'm not sure how long it too, certianly over night as it definately wasn't instant nor within a few minutes which is what I would like.

There are a couple of things that still need to be sorted, the avatars aren't being picked up and, I noticed that I don't have the currency updater thing in the cron jobs, how do I get this sorted?

Thanks!

What did you do? My donor table is still not being updated.

My ppverify and donate are in the /forum/ folder. Both are essentially a 777 (I am on Windows 2003). My admincp directories point to the right files. I have a Paypal business account.

I'm not sure what to check next.

Thanks.

[sinisterpain]

How can I COMPLETELY uninstall this?
Go to admincp=>manage products =>Paypal Donations=>Uninstall then delete the Paypal Donation PHP files from your forum folder.

[sinisterpain]

What did you do? My donor table is still not being updated.

My ppverify and donate are in the /forum/ folder. Both are essentially a 777 (I am on Windows 2003). My admincp directories point to the right files. I have a Paypal business account.

I'm not sure what to check next.

Thanks.
Does your host have fsock open on port 80 as this is what Paypal uses to communicate with your site. Also have you tryed testing in the Paypal sandbox.

[pbmansion]

Go to admincp=>manage products =>Paypal Donations=>Uninstall then delete the Paypal Donation PHP files from your forum folder.

I did all of this but i have signs that it is still installed.

Can you name exactly all of the files that it uses?


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2007/06/25.jpg

above season is where it used to be and there is still a slot there. And also i cant have user rank images anymore and i think its because of this mod.

[svtsnake01]

I need help uninstalling. Thanks

[sinisterpain]

If you have the donations.zip file all the files and folder structure is in there for removal of the PHP files.
just make sure you delete the cron job "Paypal Doantions 3.5"
templates used are:
DONATIONS
donations_bits
donations_top_donor_bits
donations_goal_bits
donations_inactive
donations_cancelled
donations_complete

This hack has nothing to do with the ranks images and would not cause problems in that area. All it does is query the avatars to load them for each user on the doner's page.

[sinisterpain]

I need help uninstalling. Thanks

Did you read my above post on uninstalling

[txsbmw]

Just installed on 3.6.7 installed just fine and set up just fine. I had another one up but deactivated it and added this one because of the goals and listing the donors. Now I am not sure it if will actually work but I will see as soon as I get another donation, lol.

My questions are....
1. Is there anyway instead of having just the donate button, a field could be there with a preset amount that they could easily change and then it would transfer it to paypal? (This is what was done on the other one and I like that much better).
2. Also is there a way to create a field so the donator can leave a comment that will get sent with the payment (not show up on the donation list but just sent with the payment notice that I get in my e-mail) Paypal buttons have different options you can add for that but I could never figure it out on the other mod.
3. When this sends the donation does it also include the username of the donator in the e-mail when payment notification is received?
4. I had to add some donors that had donated from the other mod, they show up fine and all but is there a way to get that amount that was donated added to the donation goal I set up?

Thanks for any help you can give! It's working great (that I know of, lol). I did try searching but it's late here and my eyes are crossing from sitting too long at the computer!

[sinisterpain]

1. When you create your button you can set the amount you wish if you leave the button at 0.00 the donor can donate what they wish for an amount. All you need to do is create more than one button for various amounts.
2. If you set up your paypal account you can add the feature to allow members to put notes. When the donation is made any notes can be viewed in the admin CP=>Donations=>valid transaction info.
3. No it does not. It uses the user's email address and their ip to grabe the data from the user table.
4. All you have to do is make sure that each button that is created is assigned to the goal. This is done through the admin cp create the goal then go to your button and assign it.

Hope that helps

[txsbmw]

1. Yes that is what I have done, but I was wondering if it is possible instead of having them fill it out at Paypal, if it could be inputed on the donation form before it is sent to paypal, like the other one does.
2. My paypal account has been set up for several years now. Never saw an option to do that. By any chance do you know where that would be done at? I thought it had to actually be put in the paypal button code (at least that is what it says on paypal).
3. Well crap, LOL!
4. Yes I have that set up, but I am talking about donors that donated before this was ever installed. I had to manually add them via add donor with the amount but it did not reflect it within the goal amount.

Thanks for helping me!

[csavern]

Does any one have a donation module addon for VBADVANCED CMPS v3.0 RC1
i tried the addons at the top of this page but they dont work on 3.6.7pl

[txsbmw]

I use both of those as well, and just now installed the vBadvanced CMPS Donations Module Add-On from above and it installed and works just fine. What was it doing or not doing for you to say that it does not work?

[csavern]

it dont show nothing
just got the bar that says donations
www.rotormadness.com

[txsbmw]

Ok go to admincp >>> vba CMPS >>> Edit Modules >>> Donations, Edit

Check the option for clean file output. Is it on or off? If it is on turn it off. If it is off turn it on. Check with both. Reason I say is some (alot of threads) back were saying that they had to turn it on to show. However, when I turn it off it shows and if I turn it on it doesn't. However, I just noticed this with the add on module for vbadvanced:

Ok after I added the vbadvanced addon module, it all works fine, however, when you are viewing the forums index and click on the title of one of the latest posts, I get this:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/usmchan/public_html/msg/modules/donate.php:47) in /includes/functions.php on line 2785

Any idea what I can do to fix this

That is how I know that if I turn on clean file output it won't show because after I got this error I searched threads and it said to turn it on. I did, and I stopped getting the above but then I had the same problem you do, lol.

Maybe someone can help with the above error as well....?

[csavern]

Works thank you much
1 other thing if you dont mind how can i change the back ground color
it is white the rest of forum is grey

[txsbmw]

I think it is going to be in your adv_portal_donate template but I am not for sure on that, you may also have to edit the 2 additional templates it calls for. I am not really sure as I have not played around with that part yet. But I would copy those templates before editing that way if you do mess up, you can copy the original content back into it.

[csavern]

Ok after I added the vbadvanced addon module, it all works fine, however, when you are viewing the forums index and click on the title of one of the latest posts, I get this:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/usmchan/public_html/msg/modules/donate.php:47) in /includes/functions.php on line 2785

I dont seem to have that problem
I have just clicked all over the forum and have no problems that i can see

[txsbmw]

I think I know why you don't have it and I do. I integrated the forums in with vbadvanced so I can show some modules on those pages as well (see here):
http://www.usmchangout.com/msg

I may just have to remove it from the forums part for now and leave it up on the vbadvanced index page until I can figure out how to fix it.

[txsbmw]

Nevermind, had to remove it from the forums pages. If you viewed as a guess another error message would come up when trying to click on one of the forums saying cookies alread sent or something to that nature, so I just left it on the vbadvanced index page (like you have it).

[sinisterpain]

1. Yes that is what I have done, but I was wondering if it is possible instead of having them fill it out at Paypal, if it could be inputed on the donation form before it is sent to paypal, like the other one does.
2. My paypal account has been set up for several years now. Never saw an option to do that. By any chance do you know where that would be done at? I thought it had to actually be put in the paypal button code (at least that is what it says on paypal).
3. Well crap, LOL!
4. Yes I have that set up, but I am talking about donors that donated before this was ever installed. I had to manually add them via add donor with the amount but it did not reflect it within the goal amount.

Thanks for helping me!

1. Why would you want to do that as the idea is for your donors to enter confidential info through the security of the Paypal site. But to answer your question it probably is possible but I would not do that.
2. You are correct, if you go to your paypal account and go through the options for creating a button it gives the code for allowing notes to be added. You would need to edit the template donations_bits and add the following <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0"> check the info at paypal but I believe thats it.

[sinisterpain]

Works thank you much
1 other thing if you dont mind how can i change the back ground color
it is white the rest of forum is grey

You need to edit the template without looking at your styles I would try this in the adv_portal_donation template<td class="" align="center"><span class="smallfont"> There are two instances of this in the template so you need to change both too
<td class="alt1" align="center"><span class="smallfont">

[txsbmw]

Ok just had someone make a donation, it got added to the goals like it is suppose to (this was also a previous donor that I did manually add) however instead of it showing as a member transaction adding to his amount that he has donated, it added it as a guest transaction. Any ideas? I think also he did it right before I set the IPN notification to yes with the url pointing to my ppverify.php could that be the reason?

Also, how do I add the amount that he just donated to his previous donation so it shows the total amount he has donated now? And how to get those manual donors I added to show the amounts within the goal. For instance I added 3 donors ($10, $10, $50) because they donated before I got this mod installed. But the goal amount received is $0 (well it shows $41 now because of the donation just received) I would like it to add the amounts from the previous donations, but not sure how.

And thank you for your other help. Reason I wanted the amount form on my site is it made it easier for donors to do everything there instead of at paypal (at least that is what they preferred). I think I will play around with that and the comments and see what I can come up with. Even though I have had paypal for years I never really looked at all the options they have.

[txsbmw]

LMAO I just figured out how to get the prior donations I added to show up! Click View Goals Edit goals and add the amount there! Geeze!

[sinisterpain]

If the same donor makes another donation it will add to his total, so if you did not have the ipn set yes that would do it. Yes that is how you update adding a manual donor must update the goal. I believe paypal has a function to allow use of your own page but there are conditions for using it.

[DieselMinded]

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[DieselMinded]

My Installation didnt complete So it wouldnt let me uninstall using the uninstaller Im scared of this thing , I removed all my uploads

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