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**This is an addon for the Donation Manager addon if installed as below.**

I've been waiting for something that will be an all-in-one donation system such as the Cyb Paypal Donate for vBulletin 4 but can't wait any longer. I really needed a donation goal monitor as it encourages people to donate who otherwise do not.

I like the features of the Donation Manager addon and decided I would search for some sort of script that would enable me to display donation progress. I found this free script: http://www.arkie.net/~scripts/thermometer/

I have implemented a basic method to display donation progress through both of these scripts. It is a manual process to update donation progress but the Cyb Donate plugin was as well.

DEMO: You can see my implementation in action at http://www.puritanboard.com/forum.php

Instructions
1. Download thermometer.php and upload that into your forum root.
2. Create a new Forum Block

a. AdminCP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Blocks Manager
b. Click Add Block
c. Block Title: Donate (or Support Us)
d. Active: Yes
e. Content Type: HTML
f. Content

PHP Code:


			
<img hspace="10" align="left" border="0" src="thermometer.php?Current=0&Goal=250&Width=100&Height=100&Font=2">

<br><br>

<form action="donate.php" method="post"> 

<input type="submit" value="Donate" class="newcontent_textcontrol"> <br /> <br> 

</form>

g. BEFORE YOU SAVE, you must configure the thermometer in the Content block. All the settings are within the img attributes and you don't need to touch the thermometer.php file. Notice that img has the following src value:

thermometer.php?Current=0&Goal=100&Width=50&Height=100&Font=2

(1) Current=current donations received
(2) Goal=donation goal
(3) Width=width of the thermometer
(4) Height=height of thermometer
(5) Font=size of font from 1...whatever
(You can experiment with these settings but I found a width of 50 and Height of 100 with a font size of 2 makes my thermometer about right)

Once you save the Forum Block you can position it in your Block order. When you receive donations you simply edit the forum block and update the Current= value. It's not perfect but it's better than having no goal meter. When the user clicks on the Support Us link he is taken to the Donation System which allows him to donate.

ALTERNATIVE IMPLEMENTATION

You can set up the forum block to allow the user to select pulldown dollar amounts. I don't know how to pass the variables that the donation system uses or I would use them in my block. This block requires a bit more editing to get it working for your site.

Follow the same instructions as above but in the Content Block replace all with:

PHP Code:


			
<img hspace="10" align="left" border="0" src="thermometer.php?Current=6&Goal=400&Width=50&Height=100&Font=2">

<br>

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> 

<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> 

<input type="hidden" name="business" value="email@doman.com">

<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> 

<select name="amount"> 

<option value="10">$10</option> 

<option value="20">$20</option> 

<option value="50">$50</option> 

<option value="100">$100</option> 

<option value="500">$500</option> 

</select> 

<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"> 

<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> 

<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US"> 

<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-BuyNowBF"> 

<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Forum Donation"> 

<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.forumdomain.com/donate.php?do=fail"> 

<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.forumdomain.com/donate.php?do=success"> 

<input type="hidden" name="rm" value="2"> <br /><br /> 

<input type="submit" value="Donate" class="newcontent_textcontrol"> <br /> <br> 

</form>

Set:
- Thermometer values as before
- email@domain.com to your paypal e-mail address
- value="USD" to a different currency if you want to accept by another currency
- option values to the amounts you want to donate and set the values between the option tags to the currency you want
- value="US" to your country
- value="Forum Donation" to what you want displayed in the paypal cart when the user donates
- forumdomain.com to your forum domain (there are two and they are the success and fail pages of the Donation System plugin)

durdan1 · #22 01-29-2010, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marv

Thanks for the mod, Rich. True, it?s not matching my forums style but life is imperfect. Even the light fifty isn?t a beauty and for sure not a lightweighted one but it?s pretty darn effective, so who cares ?

Does anyone have CYB?s old plugin ? Would love to see the code he was using in it. Guess it shouldn?t be to hard to rewrite this one for the 4.x series. Has anyone get in contact with CYB already ?

Here is the attached file for cybpals donate system version 4.8.2

If you get to work in 4.0 please give me a copy

SemperFideles · #23 01-30-2010, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by movslow

Obvious easy mod for the forum block, but I can't get anything to load there.

It only shows where an image should be, w/nothing other than Support us underneath it.

I uploaded the thermometer.php to the forum root, and still nothing.

?

Please advise.

Thanks
:up:

/edit

I tried the 2nd code, and it shows a donate button, and the drop down box, but NO image.

??

Is thermometer.php loaded in your forum root?

Also, if you look at the page where I got the thermometer.php script it states the following:

Quote:

This script requires access to a web server that supports PHP and that has the "GD" graphic library installed.

Your web server may not have the GD graphic library installed.

SemperFideles · #24 01-30-2010, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marv

Thanks for the mod, Rich. True, it?s not matching my forums style but life is imperfect. Even the light fifty isn?t a beauty and for sure not a lightweighted one but it?s pretty darn effective, so who cares ?

Does anyone have CYB?s old plugin ? Would love to see the code he was using in it. Guess it shouldn?t be to hard to rewrite this one for the 4.x series. Has anyone get in contact with CYB already ?

You can always Modify the colors of the thermometer as others have done.

You know what's interesting? Donations are much higher than when I had the Cyb bar in the old plugin. I went to zero for almost a month when I had no donation status and then, Bingo, this thermometer started generating donations at a rate higher than when I had the Cyb plugin.

I've been working with websites for some 16 years now and I believe aesthetics are important but they aren't everything. I think there's a reason why many charities use the thermometer thing. I plan on keeping it in place. I'll probably figure out a way to modify somebody else's code just to make it autoupdate.

tobe12 · #25 01-30-2010, 01:37 AM

I installed it, but can see the Thermometer BLOCK anywhere on my forum

Ranger375 · #26 01-30-2010, 03:32 PM

nm, fixed

steven s · #27 01-31-2010, 07:18 PM

Be cool to have this tied in with paid subscriptions.

movslow · #28 02-01-2010, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

Is thermometer.php loaded in your forum root?

Also, if you look at the page where I got the thermometer.php script it states the following:

Your web server may not have the GD graphic library installed.

This could be the case, would it be possible for you to attach the image, so we don't have to rely on our web host?

Thanks.

movslow · #29 02-09-2010, 06:15 PM

Hello?

Videx · #30 02-09-2010, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by movslow

This could be the case, would it be possible for you to attach the image, so we don't have to rely on our web host?

Thanks.

Hello? There is no image, it's drawn by the php script. You can check AdminCP>Maintenance>View PHP Info and you should have a GD section showing it as enabled. If you're on a shared server you may need to contect your host.

movslow · #31 02-12-2010, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Videx

Hello? There is no image, it's drawn by the php script. You can check AdminCP>Maintenance>View PHP Info and you should have a GD section showing it as enabled. If you're on a shared server you may need to contect your host.

Copied directly from my PHP info.

Quote:

GD Support enabled
GD Version bundled (2.0.34 compatible)
FreeType Support enabled
FreeType Linkage with freetype
FreeType Version 2.1.7
GIF Read Support enabled
GIF Create Support enabled
JPG Support enabled
PNG Support enabled
WBMP Support enabled
XBM Support enabled

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