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Pay to Post Administration

The idea behind this module is to allow you to charge your members to post in areas of your site. Currently Pay to Post works with MarketPlace, MarketPlace High Volume, Gallery, News, Tesimonials, Events, Forum, Links, FAQ, Articles, Classifieds Lite (discontinued), Comments, Site Mail and the Booking Calender. Click on "Pay to Post Administration" in "Admin Suite" and you will be directed to the window shown below.

Pay to Post Payment Class List

From this window you can add or modify a payment class. To add a new payment class click on "Define a new Payment Class". A new window will be shown with a pull-down list labeled "Seciton", which allows you to specify which section this new payment class will be for. When you have chosen the section you wish to charge for, click on "Next->". The next window asks you to choose a category, from another pull down list, to charge for (if applicable); click "Next->" when you have chosen. Finally, you will be given an empty text field labeled "Price" in which you want to put the price per post for this payment class (must be numeric and do not include a $). Once you have entered your price, click "Finish". This will take you to a window that confirms the payment class has been created; click "Admin Payment Class" to return to the class list.

The other thing you can do from this menu is modify the pricing of an existing payment method. To do this just change the numeric value in the text field for the appropriate payment class and click "Update". If you no longer need one of your payment classes, you can click the "Delete" button to the far right of the class. When you are finished adding and modifying payment classes, click on "Pay to Post" to return to the main pay to post administration menu.

Administrate Posting Payment Methods

This window allows you to specify which payment methods you would like to accept for Pay to Post. The "Description" field is a short lead-in to the payment method (as shown) and the "Fulfillment" is the message dispalyed to the user after they have completed the payment transaction (if you select cheques, this is where you would put who to make the cheque out to). For every payment method there is a checkbox in the "Active" column, which allows you to specify if you want this payment method available on your web site. When you are finished making changes to any of the payment methods, click on the appropriate "Update" button. If you are finished editing payment methods, click "Pay to Post" in the top left of the window.

Pay to Post Administration

From this window you can administrate posts that are pending payment (important if your payment process is not automatic). The first option in the window is a pair of pull-down lists that allow you to specify the messages displayed, the first allowing you to choose a payment status and the second allowing you to choose how many entries shown per page. Next is a list of payments that fit the specification you have made. "ID" is the ID number of the member who made the payment and "Member Name" is the name associated with this member ID. "Amount Owed" is the original charge for the post and "Amount Recieved" is the amount that has been paid so far. "Item Name" is the post for which the payment is pending on. The "Paid" column contains a highlighed x-mark if the item has been not been paid for and a highlighed checkmark if it has been paid.

Finally, you can get more details about the payment if you click on the "Edit" button, which will take you to the window shown below.

This window shows more details about this particular payment as well as any credit card information given by the member. You can also change the paid amount from this window by changing the numeric value contained in the "Amount Received" text field. If you make any changes to this value, don't forget to click "Submit"!!!

Click on "Admin Payment" to review more payments or if you are done, click on "Pay to Post".

Administrate Pages

The idea behind this window is to make changes to the format of the pay to post pages. If you need to make any changes, click on the appropriate "Edit" button, which will take you to the window shown below.

The two options (page name and title image) are for naming your page and you should choose one of them.

If you prefer to have an image for the title instead of the text for the page, you can click on the "Browse" button and choose an image from your hard drive.

Note that a title image replaces the "Page Name" in the page content, but not on the window title.

Next you need to type your "Meta tags".

What is a Meta Tag?

When you entered all your information, don't forget to click submit!!!!!

Once you are done changing the page setup click on "Admin Suite".