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#215597 - 07/18/08 10:30 PM Paypal Subscription
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Hi all,

I updated my forum to 7.3.1 prior to my move to a new server in the USA and since then people making subscriptions are not showing up as active only pending.

Yet in my paypal account the payment has been approved. Usually the process only takes around 15 minutes to go through and be active on the forum.

If anyone has any information on how to correct this it would be appreciated.
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#215637 - 07/20/08 12:04 PM Re: Paypal Subscription [Re: Outdoorking]
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It could be that you haven't activated IPN on the paypal side. Here's the steps you need to follow:

In order to use PayPal for automated subscriptions you must perform the following steps:

1. Log in to your Business or Premier account in Paypal.
2. Click the Profile subtab.
3. In the Selling Preferences column, click the Instant Payment Notification Preferences
link.
4. Click the Edit button.
5. Select the checkbox to activate IPN.
6. In the Notification URL text box, you can either leave this blank or enter the url to the paypal-ipn script, ie. http://www.ubbcentral.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=paypal-ipn
7. Click the Save button.
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#215643 - 07/20/08 05:44 PM Re: Paypal Subscription [Re: Rick]
Outdoorking Offline
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Thanks Rick for you help it is greatly appreciated.
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#215645 - 07/20/08 06:37 PM Re: Paypal Subscription [Re: Outdoorking]
JAISP Offline
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I set it up, now I hope my members send me some money to help pay for the new server I'm putting it on, lol.
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#215648 - 07/20/08 07:44 PM Re: Paypal Subscription [Re: JAISP]
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In actuality, you don't need to activate it in paypal and here is the reason why i haven't done so.

i have multiple IPN locations and paypal IPN activation sets you up for one site address.

it also doesn't let you just activate it and leave the site blank, sooo you're kinda screwed there.

you'd be ok, if you're receiving all the goods from one URL however..

i leave it 'deactivated', but paypal plays nice with ubbthreads and responds to the proper URL, because Ricks interface tells it where to respond to.. this has been tested to work fine on 5 7.3.1 sites i am involved with..

just my :2c:
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#215650 - 07/21/08 12:06 AM Re: Paypal Subscription [Re: SD]
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Thanks Rick and guys for your help, I will be testing today to see if all is ok.

I did not realise that the site move would cause so many different issues but it is a learning curve and thank god all the members here are so helpful with good advice. smile
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#215803 - 07/24/08 06:21 AM Re: Paypal Subscription [Re: Rick]
Outdoorking Offline
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Loc: Sydney, Australia
Originally Posted By: Rick
It could be that you haven't activated IPN on the paypal side. Here's the steps you need to follow:

In order to use PayPal for automated subscriptions you must perform the following steps:

1. Log in to your Business or Premier account in Paypal.
2. Click the Profile subtab.
3. In the Selling Preferences column, click the Instant Payment Notification Preferences
link.
4. Click the Edit button.
5. Select the checkbox to activate IPN.
6. In the Notification URL text box, you can either leave this blank or enter the url to the paypal-ipn script, ie. http://www.ubbcentral.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=paypal-ipn
7. Click the Save button.


Rick,

Here is the information regarding my paypal which is on a Linux server:

Instant Payment Notification (IPN) On
Instant Payment Notification (IPN) URL: http://www.outdoorking.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=paypal-ipn

The members are not being activated just sit as pending.

Do I need to change any other files for it to work as it all worked great on a windows server prior to the shift.

Any help would be appreciated as it is getting really frustrating.
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#215814 - 07/24/08 03:29 PM Re: Paypal Subscription [Re: Outdoorking]
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The script name is actually wrong, my fault, but not exactly sure that's the issue, because we send them the URL to notify when a request is made. However, since it's declared there it might be overriding it.

The script name should be paypal_ipn instead of paypal-ipn.

Other than that, the only thing that could be preventing this is if your php configuration doesn't allow an fsockopen call (you might want to check with your host on that).
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#215822 - 07/24/08 06:38 PM Re: Paypal Subscription [Re: Rick]
Outdoorking Offline
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Posts: 265
Loc: Sydney, Australia
Rick,

I have changed the link with paypal and will check with my host today regarding the fsockopen.

Thanks for your assistance again.
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Bruce
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#215823 - 07/24/08 09:10 PM Re: Paypal Subscription [Re: Outdoorking]
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Loc: Portland, OR; USA
Your host is likely blocking fsockopen; i've seen a lot doing this for "security"
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