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Released: 06-02-2003
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Well, after searching and searching for a donation system that works, I've come to the realization that although there are a few good contribution / donation hacks out there, none of them are compatible with Paypal's IPN feature. That being the case I went experimenting, and got the IPN to work properly with VB.
So now I'm dealing with options and features that you all want to see in this type of hack. I am willing to put forth the effort to get this hack to be the best one there is on the market for this. After I get all the coding and stuff done with paypal and the "look & feel" of the hack for the rest of your VB site, I'll work on integrating it with Authorize.net as well. But for now, since the IPN is working, I need your input on what you would like to see included with this hack.
So far, I'm looking at a notification on the memberlist, one in the postbit for members of the top ten donators club, possible rewards for certain levels of donations, the option to show total amount collected, and exactly where the $$$ is going to (this is needed for me personally since my site is not-for-profit, so may be helpful to you as well), with the main donations page showing all the above with an information page for explanations of where the $$$ goes, etc.
The IPN backend is running via Paypal's recommended procedures and should any suspicious activities be seen by either the script or Paypal's server, the script will not add the information into the main database, but into a separate table for further investigation by the admin.
One thing that I am missing that I need help on is verifying Paypal's Verisign Digital Signature, When it comes to that, I'm dumber than Jim Carrey on LSD. If I could get help on that one, we will all be appreciative as this will increase the security of the system.
Please, let me know your ideas for this hack, and I will get them on my "ToDo" list. Please be understanding and patient though, as I am about to have a second child born into the world within the next few weeks, so may drop off working on this one for abit, but I will continue to code for it during my free time.
Until then, Enjoy!
)O( Cloudrunner )O(
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yes, but it is for subscription based transactions only as far as I can tell. Correct me if I'm wrong of course...but after going through the code, I don't think it will do what I'm trying to do, which is recognizing contributors and also requesting donations. I'll probably be using bits and pieces of the paypal code already built into vb3 so I don't have to take as much time to do this hack for it, but for the most part this is a setup for donations and recognizing those donators to your site.
I'll be waiting until Tuesday (21 June 2003) for any more Alpha suggestions and bugs. On Tuesday if there are no major fixes needed, Paypal Donations will go public Beta.
Thank you to everyone who has helped me with this hack. I could not have gotten this far without the inspiration and help from you all.
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06-15-2003, 04:47 AM
