xDonations 1.96 BETA 1

xDonations is a XOOPS 2 module that allows a site to accept donations from Paypal and track donations using the Paypal IPN notification.

Features:

• Manual entry of 'offline' donations to keep the Treasury in sync
• Search / Display Transaction History
• Display / Clear IPN History
• Allows the administrator to set the default currency
• Selectable donation amounts (and default) configurable through Admin
• 3 XOOPS blocks
  • Accept donations
  • Display donors
  • Display recent donations
• Ability to use custom donation button
• Let donors Show / Hide their name (give anonymously)
• Ability to automatically add donors to XOOPS group
• Ability to automatically give donors a specific XOOPS ranking
• Provide users with a 'landing' page for Thank You or Cancelled transactions
• Set Weekly / Monthly / Quarterly goals
• Language string define can be translated using XOOPS language files. BETA release includes English and French.
• Test features:
  • IPN connection test
  • Track various levels of Information (Info, Errors only, etc)
  • Log file to track history
  • Test configuration using Paypal Sandbox account

New in this release:

See INSTALL.TXT for a more complete change log.

• Added:
  • Australian Dollar as a default currency option
  • Language constants to improve translation capability
  • New constants to enhance error tracking capability
  • Ability to display/clear IPN log in Admin
  • Ability to search/display by Transaction ID in Admin
  • Variable sanitation in various places
  • Support for xdonations_ipn.log file in XOOPS upload directory
• Changed:
• 'edit' and 'delete' icons in Admin to use Crystal graphics
• Html code to improve W3C compliance and readability
• Date entry in Admin Treasury to use XOOPS javascript calendar
• Mysql file to use 'ENGINE' instead of 'TYPE'
• Mysql to add table indexes to improve performance
• Mysql queries in various places to reduce number of db calls
• Removed:
  • requirement for FormSolution class, removed file

Important Notices:

Please read the INSTALL.TXT file for installation and configuration information. You MUST change configuration settings (Paypal URL, Receiver Email, etc) before using this module.

This is a BETA release. Backup your existing site before installing this module. This release is not recommended for a production site. Read the BETA.TXT file included in the release archive."

Please test this module and report any issues to https://code.google.com/p/zyspec/issues/list. We'd also like to know if 'it works', so please send a PM to ZySpec so we know that it's been tested.