Setting Up a Online Cash Donation Page: "Donate Now" Page

Enabling your site's Donate Now page activates an online form: [your site url] /give which allows your supporters to donate money and/or purchase items without attending an event.   The Donate Now page can also be used in Pledge Mode to collect pledges (with a vaulted credit card for processing after the pledge event has concluded). 

To configure Donate Now page settings:

To configure Donate Now page settings:

Go to:  Admin > Site Settings > Online Donation Forms > Donate Cash and Online Store

1. Turning on Donate Now page will make the page accessible.  A button/link to the form will appear in the Support Us section of your homepage when a) the page is turned on and b) the button is enabled in your homepage settings.

2. Email address to receive notification when a donation or purchase is made from this form.

3. Name or Title to appear on the "From" line of the autogenerated  email thank you/confirmation message.

4. Email that will be appear in the "From" line of the autogenerated  email thank you/confirmation message.

5. If checked, this increases the chances that system generated email will go into recipients' spam folders because the stated from address and the actual from address do not match.

6. Text you want displayed on the button/link that appears on the homepage.  "Give" is the default text.  

7. The page header to appear at the top of the form.

8. Text appears directly above the dropdown menu of dollar amounts .

9. Enter the values you would like displayed in the donation drop down menu. Enter the numbers separated by spaces without a dollar sign.

10. Check to allow guests to enter a specific dollar amount to donate rather than choosing from the chosen values in the dropdown.

11.  Edit the default text for the donation amount field, if desired.

12. Choose payment method options from dropdown.  (Setup "Custom Payment at Admin > Site Settings > Payments/Credit Cards > Custom Payment Instructions)

13. Pledge mode

  • Credit Cards are stored for later processing
  • No Payment Is made until manually processed by Adding Payments to individual orders by Managing Orders from Order Screen.

14.  Save changes to your settings before editing emails.

15.  Edit email confirmations for each type of payment.

Donate Now (Your site's URL/give) Page Appearance:

1.  Instructions/Images can be added using the Edit icon and html tool editor.

2.  Items can also be offered for sale on this form.  

Additional Tasks (if not already completed):

1. Set up Guest/Sales Receipts

2. Activate Credit card  - Establish a new account or Migrate an existing account from another site

3. Homepage promotional message with a link explaining purpose of request for donations can supplement the preprogrammed link

4. Create Custom Fields to collect extra data from the Donor ("Buyer" = Donor)