Working with Inventory Control - Wish List/Gift Registry - Gift Certificates or Order Tracking
If you want to use the inventory control module, wish list/gift registry, gift certificates or order tracking, you will need to change a setting in your Mals cart.
Keep in mind that this revolves around the HTTP Call feature of Mals. Some payment systems, such as LinkPoint, Mirapay, Netbanx, Nochex, PayByCheck and PSIGate (see Mals-E for a list), do not utilize the HTTP call feature and therefore will not work with ShoppeGenie's inventory maintenance system. PayPal users will require a few extra steps.
If your payment system is supported, you will first need to add your ShoppeGenie finish script to your Mals-E site as described below:
- Log in to your Mals-E account.
- Select "Cart Set-Up".
- Select "Remote Calls".
- Add the page yoursite/go/finish.php, where you replace "yoursite" with your actual site name. ie.) If your site is windywillows.com, use www.windywillows.com/go/finish.php.
- Select POST as the The method used to call your script.
- Do NOT add http:// to the beginning of the URL.
- Do NOT select "Debug mode".
- Save your configuration.
- IMPORTANT: If you use PayPal on this site, you must follow the following PayPal setup instructions to make sure a customer is taken back to the cart after an order.
- Create a Thank You Page
- Create a web site page called "thankyou.php" (hint: use the add page feature in the site builder administration area if desired.
- On this page, type out the following text:
Thank you for your payment. Your transaction has been completed, and a receipt for your purchase has been emailed to you. You may log into your account at https://www.paypal.com to view details of this transaction.
- Save this page to your web site.
- Update Your PayPal Account
- Access your PayPal account and select the My Account tab.
- Click the Profile subtab.
- Click the Website Payment Preferences link in the Selling Preferences column on the right.
- Click the Auto Return On radio button to turn on Auto Return
- In the "Return URL", enter the web site of the page you created in step #1. (Note: Mals does not require you to enter a thank you page here - but if you plan to use PayPal outside Mals, you will need to add this page.)
- Save the auto return variables.
- Update Your Mals-E Account
- In your Mals-E account, select the "Cart Setup" link.
- Select the "PayPal" link under "Payments".
- Enter your PayPal email address under the account ID.
- Select the currency if needed.
- Under Thank you page, select "return the customer back to the cart. See the notes below...".
- Put a check in the box next to IPN - Instant payment notification
- Under PRODUCT DESCRIPTION check : Try to push all the products into the description. It will be cut off at 127 chars.
- Go to the bottom of the page and click UPDATE PAYPAL SETTINGS
Please make sure that you do not add the "http://" part in the finish page listing at Mals, and be sure to add the page as described in your return message from ShoppeGenie. Note that there is about a 5 minute or so delay between the time that an order is placed and the updating of your inventory quantities.
* Note: If you are receiving errors and your orders are not coming through, you may want to use the direct IP address of your site, instead of the domain name.