PPDonate

Summary: Create links to accept donations via PayPal
Version: 20221029
Prerequisites:
Status: Beta
Maintainer: Petko
License: GPLv3+
Users: +1 (view / edit)
Discussion: PPDonate-Talk?

Description

Create links to accept donations via PayPal.

The recipe was written for PmWiki.org to make it easy for recipe authors to accept donations via PayPal.

The recipe enables a new page action ?action=ppdonate. The link is redirected to a PayPal page where the Author or Maintainer of the recipe accepts donations.

A person can donate to the maintainer without being member of PayPal.

The recipe is currently enabled on pmwiki.org.

Installation

  • Place the file ppdonate.phpΔ into your pmwiki/cookbook directory.
  • Add to config.php such a line:
      if($action=='ppdonate') include_once('cookbook/ppdonate.php');
    

Configuration - Internationalization

You can translate the following message in XLPage:

  "Thank you for your support!" => "Merci pour votre soutien !",

Usage

On a recipe page, in the "recipe info" block near the top of the page, at the "Maintainer:" line there is a link to the Maintainer's profile page.

On his/her profile page, the Maintainer adds a PageTextVariable with his/her PayPal identifier. The recipe will read it in order to construct a URL address to the donation page on PayPal:

(:PPDonate: business=user@example.org currency_code=EUR:)

The PageTextVariable is "PPDonate".

You need to have one among these parameters (not both):

  • "business" parameter: contains the alphanumerical PayPal account ID of the Maintainer like "ABC123XYZ".
  • "hosted_button_id" parameter contains an identifier among your saved buttons.

The "currency_code" parameter contains the currency code, eg. EUR or GBP (default currency code: USD).

On the recipe page, the maintainer adds a link to the (same) page with the action "ppdonate" :

You can support the development of this module by [[{$Name}?action=ppdonate|donating]].

You can support the development of this module by donating.

If a visitor follows the link, the browser will be redirected to the PayPal donation page.

  • The "description" of the donation will appear as "WikiTitle (Group.Name)", that's how the Maintainer will know which recipe was helpful to the user.
  • If the visitor makes a donation, the browser should return to the recipe page and a message "Thank you for your donation" should appear.
  • If the visitor doesn't make a donation, the browser should return to the recipe page.

Notes

  • The recipe was really written for the current configuration of the PmWiki.org Cookbook, and is enabled here.
  • Maintainers may password-protect their profiles from editing to prevent errors (the profile pages should be readable without a password).

Change log / Release notes

  • 20221029 update for recent PayPal configurations; allow for hosted buttons.
  • 20170811 better i18n integration.
  • 20150807 the "ppdonate" action now works also from the Profiles group.
  • 20150805 initial release.

See also

Cookbook /
PayPalButtons  Creating neat markup for otherwise sloppy PayPal button forms (stable)
PayPalButtons2  A flexible PayPal "Buy Now" button markup (Works for contributor's account)
PayPalCart  Provides markup for PayPal shopping cart buttons. (in active use)

Contributors

  • Recipe written and maintained by Petko (5ko [snail] 5ko [period] fr).
  • If this recipe helps you or saves you time, you can help support its continued development by .

Comments

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