Setting Up a Page for Online Sales/Orders

For accepting online orders/sales.   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.  

Check out the Demo site for an example of how the software can be set up to accept online orders/sales, then follow the instructions below to set up your own site/page. 

 

To set up a page for online orders/sales:

To set up a page for online orders/sales:

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

1. Turning on Donate Now page will provide access to the page.  A button/link to the form will appear in the Support Us section of your homepage if the page is turned on AND the button is enabled at Admin > Site Settings > Customize Your Site > Homepage.

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

3. Name or Title to appear on the "From" line of 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 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.  

7. The Page header 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 settings before editing emails.

15. Edit email confirmation for both types of payments.

Online Store (Your site's URL/give) Page Appearance:

Online Store (Your site's URL/give) Page Appearance:

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

2.  Items added through the catalog.  Items appear in the order they are created.  First Entered = Top Item etc.

3.  Additional information can be collected from the Buyer by adding custom fields to the form.   

If you have created a new event site, remember to: