This article may be out of date due to changes in the PayPal user interface.
Before You Start
If you don't already have a PayPal account, you'll need to sign up.
When you have an account, log in. You will need to upgrade your account to either a Premier or Business account. It should be fairly easy to find a link to upgrade. If you are unsure if you need to upgrade, try to continue.
Click on the My Account tab, then, in the sub-menu click on Profile.Under the Selling Preferences heading, click on Website Payment Preferences. You should then be able to turn on AutoReturn. If you don't see this option, you will need to upgrade your account first. Once you have selected On for AutoReturn, enter your website for the Return URL, then click the Save button at the bottom of the page.
Now click on the Merchant Services tab, then, in the menu that appears on the left hand side of the page, click on Website Payments Standard. In the menu that then appears below, click on Feature List. From here, you can select either a Buy Now button, or a Subscription button depending one the type of payment you would like to set up. Click the Set it Up link for your choice of button.
AutoReturnmust be set to On in order for jTips to register the user has having paid
Buy Now
Get the PayPal Code
Fill in the details for the Item Details area and select your Button Style.
Select No for Button Encryption.
Click the Create Button Now button to continue.
On the next page, select the code in the HTML Code for Websites area and copy it to the clipboard (Edit > Copy, or CTRL+C).
Setting Up jTips
Log in the to Adminstrator area of your Joomla! system and navigate to the jTips Configuration page.
On the General tab, set Payments to PayPal.
Now, click on the PayPal tab.
Set Use PayPal Subscriptions to No and paste your PayPal code into the PayPal Code field.
Subscriptions and Recurring Payments
Fill in the details for the Subscription Details area.
Skip the Trial Periods section, then enter your preferred billing period in the Regular Billing Cycle area, then select your Button Style.
Select No for Button Encryption.
Click the Add More Options button.
On the next page, scroll down and chose an Unsubscribe Button Style, then click Create Button Now at the bottom of the page.
On the next page, select the code in the HTML Code for Websites area and copy it to the clipboard (Edit > Copy, or CTRL+C).
Leave this page/window open.
Setting Up jTips
Open a new window/tab in your web browser and log in the to Adminstrator area of your Joomla! system and navigate to the jTips Configuration page.
On the General tab, set Payments to PayPal.
Now, click on the PayPal tab.
Set Use PayPal Subscriptions to Yes and paste your PayPal code into the PayPal Code field.
Flick back to the PayPal page and select the code in the second box under Copy 'Cancel Subscriptions' Button HTML (the code inside this box should start with 'https', not ' Copy, or CTRL+C).
Now flick back to the jTips Configuration page and, paste the code into the PayPal Unsubscription Code.
Fine Tuning
Finally, before you save, click inside the PayPal Code field and scroll to the bottom. The very last line should be:
Double Your PointsWith the DoubleUP feature, you can double your score for a selected round! Simply tick the DoubleUP box and your score for that round will be doubled! Be careful though, you only get one DoubleUP per competition.
The jTips Demo Site is now available for you to check out the intricacies of the jTips system. The Demo Site is loosley based on the Australian NRL competition. However, the demo data is completely refreshed and randomized every 12 hours! Not everything can be randomized however, so the Comments and BadWords features have been disabled. You can log in to the Demo Site in both the front end and administration areas to really get a feel for how the system works.
