Need a quick 1-2-3 setting up a payment system

[jpweber]

Hello. My OSC is coming along great; I'm a PHP newbie and still, the 4 contributions are installed and working fine. Now it's payment time -- it's why we make these sites, isn't it?

 

Well, does anyone have a quick 1-2-3 on how to do this? Call Paypal and purchase an account with them? Then download the contribution, follow the instructions, and install the module? Then I'm all set to go? What's SSL and API?

 

That's all that needs to be answered. Only read more if you're interested!

 

Thank you!

 

J

 

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Just in case this helps, I'm with a host, on their Linux server, and here's what the host says:

Payment Gateways: PayPal, TrueCommerce, PSiGate, SecPay, iPayment, Authorize.net and 2-Checkout

 

And here's what my host says about "SSL" -- this is ALL Greek to me; no idea what it means:

Shared SSL paths (On our servers)

 

For Linux-hosted web sites:

https://servername.domainnameservers.net/~u...me/filename.htm

 

Your Own SSL Path

Installation and IP Cost: $40 setup and $5.00 per month

These charges do not include the cost for the actual signed key.

You will need to pay the certificate signer directly.

 

How do I get my own?

Contact Buzix Billing at x703 to pay the setup fee.

Buzix will generate the CSR and send it to you via email.

You'll give this to the certificate signer (see below) and they will send you a key. You'll give us the key and we will install it for you.

 

Certificate Signers:

Buzix Customers can order an SSL Certificate for just $49.95 a year.

If you already have a domain purchasing account, click the SSL Certificate tab at the top of the page. Click here to log in now!

 

More SSL options are available from Thawte and VeriSign.

 

 

If you made it this far, thanks for taking the time to read this. Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated! I really just need the simple 1-2-3 and I'll figure the rest out on my own. Thanks!!!!

 

J

[Jack_mcs]

It depends on what payment module you want to use. If you want to use the standard paypal one, then just go to their site and create a Business account (it is free). Then enable the paypal module already in your shop (although it should be updated) and youi are done.

 

SSL is a method that protects your customers data so that others can't use it. $40 is a high price, in my opinion, for installing it but you don't have any choice since that is your hosts policy.

 

API is a set of rules used for coding and setting up, in this case, a payment module. You generally don't need to be concerned with it unless you are going to use Paypal Pro, in which case they will give you some items named API.

 

Jack

[jpweber]

Thank you very much, Jack. You finally set it straight for me. I already ordered the SSL Cert from my host, and Im' going to the Paypal Site right now, and I won't be using Paypal Pro.

 

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to end this confusion for me!

 

Jason