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I'm building a site for a non-for profit org and need some kind of component that can securely collect credit card donation information. I am not looking for a paypal type add-on, the org needs to submit the info via the billing company that they work with, ultimately if the program could save the information in an excel or access file that would be great. Is that safe? Or would I need something that splits the card info half to a file and half to and administrator's email.

I've been trying to install civicrm for the past few hours. It's very big and keeps getting stuck in installation and after all I'm not sure if this will do what I need anyway.     

VirtueMart or something around that should work.

VirtueMart does. It's come a long way since I last checked them out (about a year ago).

as above virtuemart, or just get code from paypal and create a small module. Its fairly simple.

You may want to checkout a utility service called CHIP IN - no fees other than PayPal fees!
http://www.chipin.com
http://www.chipin.com/overview
http://blog.chipin.com/fees

I have used it on a non-profit and it works great.

You can see Chip In in use at http://www.GalgoRescue.org


Cheers,
Steve Z

Is there a component or module for Chip in - can't find one in "extensions".  How did you do thison GalgoRescue site

Can Chip in be set up for  currencies other than US$.  Couldn't see that info on Chipin site

Thanks

Norman Martin 

There is no "Chip In" component that I have found.  I just cut and pasted the code the provide into the content section of the module using the "html" view.   Also, I think I had to use the editor "JoomlaFCK" to install the java code, then I switch the editor back to TinyMCE.  If you try to add the code using TinyMCS, be sure that the "clean up code" parameter is set to "off".

Here's a link to another way to add the Chip In widget that I just found... Google is your friend!: http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/56/2/

I am not sure of other than US currency is accepted.  You'll have to contact The Chip In team.


Cheers,
Steve Z

Thanks for the prompt reply
Norman

I might be tempted to work with Google Checkout, you can integrate the buttons on to static pages, and manage the checkout features from the google secure interface. Or work with API and integrate it with a shopping cart.

There is a function that allows you to download your sales information in a CSV format, so you could convert it to an Excel file.

It also eliminates the liability of processing your own credit card sales, and the integration of SSL certificates that would be necessary.

I have used this for a few projects I am working on, and I am pretty happy with it.

Its not open source, but it is free until January 2008, which would give some time to check it out before committing financially.

The difference between this and paypal, is that you have access to customer mailing information and charge the credit card yourself, rather than automatically......

I work with a non-profit and we've done this on our Joomla site using Google Checkout.

Right now, it is free for non-profits so you don't loose a percentage to the card processor (like with paypal).

Once you've registered, use their site to generate the code for a donation button.  You can either incorporate it into an existing page or use a mod_custom modult.

See http://mankato.mncap.org/donate.html for an example incorporating it into an existing Joomla content item.  (Yes, right now you have to use the 'no editor' option because tinymce will strip out important parts of the code, even when try to use tinymce's HTML mode)

Good luck!

I would opt for VirtueMart, too, with it you can also sell SWAG to collect money.  Have you checked out the various extensions?

http://extensions.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=listcats&cat_id=1772&Itemid=35

Hello,

I am trying to add Google Checkout to our Joomla site.  I have my account and have copied the code from Google checkout that needs to be pasted to the html on the page I want my donate button to appear.  However, when I paste the code to the html screen and then save it strips out important parts of the code.  I have gone into global settings and selected no Wysiwig editor, but it still strips out the code.  I see in the respons above that I should select No Editor.  Where exactly do I find that in Joomla Admin?  Can anyone help me figure out how to get the code to "stick?"

Thanks!