I am using buy it now buttons to make payments online through paypal.
When it is time for renewal they are being sent these buttons/links by email. If they renew and the IPN is set-up on my paypal account, will this add these members again, fail, or will it update the status 1 year from payment date? I am trying to think ahead.
Thanks for your help.
Hi there,
The buttons in the e-mail they're sent, or clicked from a page if the item name / number matches up with
your paypal config file settings their account would be extended "x" number of days that you have set
in the config file from their current exp date.
So if they still had "2" days left, it would in your case add a 365 days + 2 = 367. So they would not lose
out on any time for re-registering early.
Thanks that is great.
In this case can I use the registration form to sign people up and add a buy now button on the next page with the IPN url or will this add an additional 365 days to their membership?
If i'm following:
You could have people signup. They would be a member say after they clicked on the verification linkn
in the e-mail.
You could then put in the /interface/registered.php section where they are verified a buy now button. If
they purchase you could have them added to a sub/user group which you could use to only get to certain areas of your site.
If that is what you're looking to do. Just giving an example.
This would be great if it could be added to the make_payments page. but I am assuming that the paypal IPN is not set-up to look in the pending payments table correct?
pbsahost,
You are correct. Not just yet. We're exploring that option.
If you do not need any custom fields filled in you can always just bypass the register.php page and have
them click on the paypal button. Their account would be instantly created once payment was made
via paypal.
There are many ways to go about getting your desired output so if you want let us know your desired
way to do things and I can respond back with the best way to go about it.
Overall how do you feel about the software ?
If I edit register.php to show the link to paypal, will this add an additional 365 days on the account as stated in your original post when they make a payment at paypal?
If I edit register.php to show the link to paypal, will this add an additional 365 days on the account as stated in your original post when they make a payment at paypal?
The paypal button / payment option would need to be on the "registered.php" template.
In the correct section based on your new account options. (instant or verify link).
You could have the account created for "1" day initially.
If they clicked on the paypal button wherever you put it and made a payment - you could then have the system add them for "x" number of more days.
I need about 34 fields entered in when a member registers so I need to use a form first. Some of these fields of course include the normal email username and password, but would need several others as well. I would like paypal to use IPN to confirm/activate the account. And the payment logs would be great as well.
Can I copy the info in the paypal config so I can use several upgrade item names and initial item names when using paypal?