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--- admin_menu:payments:payment_gateways:paypal:start [2009/01/19 16:15]
jonyo
+++ admin_menu:payments:payment_gateways:paypal:start [2014/09/25 16:55]
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   - Log in to your Business or Premier PayPal account. You must have a Business or Premier account with PayPal to accept payments through PayPal.
   - Go to the 'Profile' subtab.
-  - Click on the 'Instant Payment Notification Preferences' link in the 'Selling Preferences' column.
+  - Click on the 'My selling tools' in the left column.
-  - Click Edit.
+  - Click on the 'Update' link next 'instant payment notification'..
-  - Check the box and enter the URL for your site.  The URL set here is used as the "default" URL to receive the //IPN Signal//.  It needs to be filled in, but it is actually not used by the Geo software, because the software tells Paypal a specific IPN Url to use that over-writes this //default// setting.  You do need to make sure that the field is not left blank, however.
+  - Click the 'edit settings' button.
-  - Click Save
+  - You should now be in a page to configure this setting.  Check the 'Receive IPN messages (Enabled)' choice and enter the URL for your site into the 'Notification URL' box.  The URL set here is used as the "default" URL to receive the //IPN Signal//.  The URL should end with **transaction_process.php?gateway=paypal**, for instance if the software was installed on example.com, the URL would be <nowiki>http://example.com</nowiki>/**transaction_process.php?gateway=paypal**((Note that previously, the actual URL entered did not matter as long as the IPN URL setting was not blank.  Now however, apparently due to recent changes with the Paypal's policies, if the URL is //invalid// then IPN signals will be disabled.))
+  - Click the 'Save' button
   - In your Geo admin panel, enable the gateway, and click "configure" to make sure the settings are set correctly (see below for the explanation of each setting)
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 These settings are set by clicking **configure** next to Paypal in the Geo admin panel, on the page  [[admin_menu/payments/payment_gateways/start|Payments > Payment Gateways]]
+Also make sure the following settings within the admin tool are correct for your site.  View the suggestions/help concerning those settings for more.  If these are incorrect the IPN return signal will go to the wrong url:
+  SITE SETUP > GENERAL SETTINGS > SITE URL
+  SITE SETUP > GENERAL SETTINGS > "Base File Name"
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