Adding a donation link in a post

[Prosperous]

Title says it all. I've created a donation button in PayPal, which is generated in HTML. When I add it to my post, all of the HTML code is displayed rather then actually showing the button and linking it to the donation page provided by PayPal.

How can I fix this issue? To my knowledge HTML is enabled in my administrator control panel.

[Matthew K.]

Can you post the HTML you're trying to post please?

Thanks,
Labradoodle-360

[searchgr]

use the

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[html]yourlink[/html]tags.

[hadesflames]

also, why do you have to use a paypal donation button? You can just use SMF's Subscription system after enabling it in Admin > Configuration > Core Features go to Admin > Members > Paid Subscriptions

Then just link your members to their profile where they can create a subscription (recurring or none recurring) with paypal

[Prosperous]

Can you post the HTML you're trying to post please?

Thanks,
Labradoodle-360

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<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="10062817">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_AU/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online.">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_AU/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>


I tried that as well searchgr, didn't work for some reason. hadesflames, I am only using it as a donation, not as a subscription or anything. It is specifically so I can get the image that's all. I have other plans for the subscription features offered with SMF.

[Sirius]

as to me , the button show well, but there is a  showing before and after the button

[Prosperous]

The button shows up for you sirius?

It doesn't for me for some reason...

[Sirius]

i got it working in a better way now ( in RC2)...

put this in your signature and substitute the YOUR-ID with the number of the paypal ID button from the "e-mail" code , (not the website form, <form action=)    ex:  hxxps://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=10111111

make sure that URL and IMG bbc codes are allowed in the signatures  .. and of course check if the infos about "en_US" are the same as given to you by paypal e-mail button creator

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[url=https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YOUR-ID][img]https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donate_SM.gif[/img][/url]

[Sirius]

I have yet to figure out how to put this under my avatar instead of the signature,  this would be done in the profile field/  Custom Profile Fields ,  but I only got a text link in 1 forum  and a mess in the other one..
You might think: do the same thing in both forum,   well it's not so easy,  an upgraded forum doesn't act exactly like a fresh installation. 

[Prosperous]

Awesome, however I really wanted to maintain the code that PayPal provided, it allows for security and what not. Is there a possibility to do that or am I just gonna have to deal with using the code you provided?

[Sirius]

the code I provided is almost the same as the code given to you by paypal...  when you create a button in paypal/ merchant services,  there are 2 type of codes .
They will give you a WebSite <form action=  and the other is the e-mail hxxps://www.paypal.c ..........number
Use the e-mail code and it will give you the button anyway, If you look well at the line of code I gave you, that same line from YOUR paypal e-mail code is there except for your private number ..  That line of code up there is only to make a IMG link to be able to see the button , nothing more



Post edited up there to make it more comprehensible ( being French , it's not easy to make sens in English )

[Prosperous]

Alright fair enough. I'll post the code you gave me and see how it works. Thanks for the help sirius! Your English is pretty much spot on and I understand everything you post.

[Matthew K.]

If this topic is resolved, please mark it so. (bottom left, green button.)

Thanks,
Labradoodle-360

[Prosperous]

It did work! Everything is functioning normally and I am linking correctly after clicking on the PayPal image. Thanks a lot for the help everyone! It is much appreciated. I will mark the topic as solved now.

[jerseyjoe]

Admin > Configuration > Core Features go to Admin > Members > Paid Subscriptions

I feel very dumb when this happens, but I am in my admin open right in front of me here, looing at the menu under Configuration and I do not see "> Core Features go to Admin"

Where is it or what is its correct name, please?

[Prosperous]

You can do it in two ways:

• Admin > Configuration > Core Features > Paid Subscriptions
• Admin > Members > Paid Subscriptions...

Hope this helped.

[jerseyjoe]

Thank you for the reply. I must be looking at at something other than the Admin Panel.

Here's what I see in the left side menu:

Main

Administration Center
-Support and Credits
-News and newsletters
-Packages

Configuration
-Features and Options
-Server Settings
-Current Theme
-Themes and Layout

Configuration is not clickable so I do not understand the ">"

In the above menu there is no such thing as "Core Features"." Where is there a link to "Core Features?"

Same problem under Members. Here's what that menu offers:

Members
-Members
-Membergroups
-Permissions
-Registration
-Ban List

What am I not seeing? There's no "Paid Subscriptions" This is really weird. Is this thread about some other version of SMF? As I said, I'm feeling really dumb.

[Prosperous]

Don't feel dumb. You are just using the older version (or technically the latest) of SMF. Are you using SMF 1.1.11 or SMF 2.0 RC2?

[jerseyjoe]

I am using 1.1.1.

I gather from your answer that this is a feature in 2.

[Prosperous]

I don't think it's available in version 1.1.11 and earlier, only in 2.0 RC2. There's nothing said on the official list of features either, so that's what I got my answer from in case you were wondering. Of course it would be great for a member of staff to clarify this (saves me installing a fresh 1.1.11 to answer the question).

[jerseyjoe]

I have my own server so it was no biggie to install both. It's only in 2.0.

Meanwhile I have a strange little question.  When using the installer for 2.0, I was too quick to accept the default forum name "My Community." I do not see any Admin screen that will let me edit that.

I was able to download a copy of "settings.php", then edit and overwrite it. So the desired title is now there. But isn't it strange that Admin has no access to edit that?

[Prosperous]

You are indeed able to edit the forum title... In RC2, go to:

• Admin > Configuration > Server Settings... > General

Then all you have to do is edit the 'Forum Title' field.