Miscellaneous Hacks - VSa - PayPal Donate

Info:
-Advanced PayPal Donate system for vBulletin.

Features:
-Allow users to donate suggested or custom amounts, or both
-Set minimum amount accepted
-Set currency
-Block usergroups from using Donate system
-Donation listing
-Subscriptions (for Business/Premier PayPal Accounts)
-Donation bar
-Confirmed/Unconfirm/Delete donations
-Move or add confirmed donors to your VIP/Donor usergroup
-Donate stats (total donations, total amount, number of confirmed/unconfirmed donations)
-Block usergroups from viewing Donations or statistics details
-Add/Edit donations
-PM reports

View screenshots for more details...

Installation:
-Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]


To set options:
-Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > VSa - PayPal Donate

Versions:
v1.0 - Oct 13. 2005.
-First Release
v4.8.2 - Dec 29. 2008.
-Latest vB 3.x version
v5.0 - Feb 21. 2010.
-Updated for vBulletin 4
-Fixed known bugs
v5.0.1 - May 22. 2012.
-Quick fix for vBulletin 4.2 compatibility
v5.0.2 - Jun 09. 2012.
-Compatible with vB 4.2.1
-Fixed several style issues
-Fixed some permission bugs
v5.0.3 - Jun 10. 2012.
-Added back option to change Donate link color

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by PreciseDemise

Well, the alternative to this is to use the built-in Subscription service which goes through CCBill which takes 19% of the money and holds on to another 5% for 20 odd days ...

Hmmmm ...

I've been using the regular built in PayPal subscription service for years and never had those kinds of amounts being taken off either end?

Regards,
Badger

[BadgerDog]

Where does one set the userid's or username's that are permitted to CONFIRM donations once the PayPal account has been checked and the transaction has been approved by them?

Is it only site Admins that can do this, or is there some setting in this mod that permits me to assign that task to someone else, such as the Treasurer of the donations fund?

Thanks for any feedback ..

Regards,
Badger

[DaPro]

Originally Posted by PreciseDemise

Well, the alternative to this is to use the built-in Subscription service which goes through CCBill which takes 19% of the money and holds on to another 5% for 20 odd days ... PayPal take 2% and money is in there as soon as the payment clears. You can set it up to PM you when a payment is made, and check PayPal yourself, it's not ideal, but then neither is only getting 75% of the donation.

Did I mention that CCBill makes you register to Visa before they'll process Visa Payments?

Didn't mention CCBill at all from my knowledge, so I'm unsure as to where this comment came from. What I believe we are looking for is to have this donation system communicate with PayPal IPN so that when donations are made, this plugin can automatically confirm the money is in there and automatically take care of what you need it to do (wether that be giving people a new Usergroup or whatever).

[bandare]

the older version I used to use, had the ability to change the amount in the donation bar. We have members that pay directly and not through the system and it was great you could add or change the amount in the bar.

For some reason when someone does donate, it's not adding them to the donator usergroup I've set to their secondary usergroups.

[BadgerDog]

What a freakin mess ...

I should have read more of the posts here and based upon those, tested more thoroughly before we installed this as a basis for a live charitable donations project for a 13,000+ membership due to start tomorrow ...

For example ....

Usergroup/Membership Change (Optional)

Your Donor/VIP usergroup ID .... 17

Move or Add confirmed donor to your VIP/Donor usergroup? ... "Add User to VIP/Donar Group"

Also change user's "Display Usergroup" to VIP/Donor usergroup ... NO

Set up as above and when Admin CONFIRMS payment, nothing happens. The user is NOT added to the secondary usergroup 17 and when you check his user name in the Admin CP, no checkmark appears for him to be a member of that user group.

Of course, I can go into the AdminCP and manually ADD every user to group 17 who donates, but what was the point of putting into the mod an option that doesn't work, or am I missing something else that needs to be set also?

Running vb4.04pl1 ...

Regards,
Badger

Edit update: Tried the "Add to Donar Group" drop down box option and it puts the checkmark in the usergroup 17 when viewed under AdminCP, but the user rank associated with that user group never appears. If you hit SAVE for that user in AdminCP while the checkmark put there by this mod is showing, the user is now shown as belonging to that group and the banner for that group appears. Bizarre stuff ...

[PossumX]

"Donate" Links is showing twice below the nav tabs. This is also happening for VSa Advanced Registrations for the "Invite Friends" link. When I have either enabled, it shows 2 in a row, and when I have both enabled, it alternates. For example:

Donate Invite Friends Donate Invite Friends

I have had to disable both, as I cannot figure out where this is coming from.

I have uninstalled one at a time, both in total, and upon re-installation, the issue is still in place.

Please help.

[Valter]

Enure that navbar hooks are not doubled in your style.

[PossumX]

Originally Posted by Valter

Enure that navbar hooks are not doubled in your style.

I can do that. Which hooks would I be looking for in the navbar template?, or where should I specifically be looking for the hook duplication? I am using the Default vB 4.x Style (on 4.0.8)

[tiamattia]

Originally Posted by PossumX

I can do that. Which hooks would I be looking for in the navbar template?, or where should I specifically be looking for the hook duplication? I am using the Default vB 4.x Style (on 4.0.8)

I've your same problem

[marshal_ramdev]

thanks man !