Configuring Payment Plugins for SocialAds (Depreciated Method)

Please note that this documentation is now depreciated. SocialAds has adopted the common payments API from version 2.7.6. Please refer the new documentation here. 

Here is how you can configure the payment plugins of your choice for SocialAds.


Configuring the Paypal Payment Plugin

Parameters to be configured.
Paypal Email: Enter your Paypal Email ID here. If you do not provide this, users would not be able to use Paypal to buy ads.
Paypal Currency: The currency in which you want the transaction for example (EUR/GBP/USD).
Paypal Secure Post: Enable this to use https(more secure).
Paypal Sandbox: Sandbox is for testing Paypal using Paypal's Sandbox.
Paypal Sandbox Email: Enter your Paypal Sandbox URL here.
Plugin Name: This will be shown to the user as the gateway name.

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Authorize.Net Payment Plugin:

Enable Testmode?(SandBox): Enable this, if you are testing AuthorizeDotNet.
Plugin Name: This is the name of the plugin you want to see in the payment select box in the front end.
AuthorizeDotNet Login ID: It is the API Login ID provided by Authorize.Net
AuthorizeDotNet Transaction Key: It is the Transaction Key provided by Authorize.Net
AuthorizeDotNet Sandbox Login ID: It is the Login ID for sandbox.
AuthorizeDotNet Sandbox Transaction Key: It is the Transaction Key for sandbox.

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JomSocial Points Payment Plugin:

Conversion Amount: This is the number of JomSocial points equal to one currency unit. It is used for converting amount in currency into points.
Plugin Name: This is the name of the plugin you want to see in the payment select box in the front end.

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Alpha Points Payment Plugin
(Ver.2.6 Onwards):

Conversion Amount: This is the number of Alpha points equal to one currency unit. It is used for converting amount in currency into points.
Plugin Name: This is the name of the plugin you want to see in the payment select box in the front end.
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AUP Rule for SocialAds: Download the AUP rule file by clicking on the link "Click to download file", extract the 'socialads_aup.xml' file from the downloaded file and install the rule using the Alpha Points rule installer. And publish the rule from the Alpha Points rule manager.

AUP install