With the Payment part, website users can pay for multiple transactions with a single charge. For example, when a user registers for an event, makes a donation, or renews a membership, the program adds the transactions to a payment page. If the user leaves the website without paying, the transactions remain on the payment page. To clear unpaid payment pages that have not been modified within a specified time period, you can set an expiration date.
Note: Anonymous website users can create payment pages. When an anonymous user adds a transaction to a payment page, the page remains after the user leaves the website. To identify anonymous users, the program uses cookies. To access a payment page, an anonymous user must use the same computer used to add the transactions. If multiple anonymous users add transactions from the same computer, the program adds the transactions to the same payment page.
You can use a payment page with the Donation Form, Event Registration Form, and Membership Form parts. To create a payment page, you add a Payment part to a web page. You can then link the payment page to each form part. For information about the Donation Form part, see Donation Form. For information about the event registration form, see Event Registration Form (Classic). For information about the membership form, see Membership Form.
When you add a payment page to a donation form, event registration form, or membership form, the user does not proceed directly to payment. Instead, the program adds items to the payment page. When the user clicks Continue on the form, the payment page appears with the new item. The Payment part determines the available payment methods and the merchant account. To provide a link on your website for users to access payment pages without adding items, use the Payment Summary part. For information about the Payment Summary part, see Payment Summary.
Note: To design, style, and test a part on your website without creating transactions, generating emails, or communicating in any way with Blackbaud Services or The Raiser's Edge, select Test Mode on the Properties tab. For example, you can complete the fields on a Payment form to ensure the confirmation page is styled and working properly. Although you submit the payment and receive a confirmation, a transaction does not appear on the NetCommunity page in The Raiser's Edge. Use Test mode to verify the user’s experience, not to test data processing. Test mode does not validate credit card numbers and merchant accounts. Only users with supervisor rights can view parts in Test mode.