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Payments now has this much better progress bar on the bottom of the payments screen for stepping through the steps to make a payment. These are not available on payments for events for some reason, that I don't particularly understand. For me, Events should just be the first one or two screens before payments, and the Payments screen should be page 4, and the progress bar should start on page 1 of the Events screen. The end users should NOT know that Payments are separate from the Events Registration.
Events has two pages - the first page that has the "who are you and what are you purchasing" and the second page that has the "tell us who is attending" then optionally you go to payments (if it's not a free event). The Confirmation page will be shown if there is not a Success URL on the Payment Form.
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Note: "The recommended option is to use the URL Tokens and NOT the URL Parameters option" from the user guide.
Step 1
The Standard Credit Card Button on the Payment Form that shows the Payment Form as the external users sees it uses the following URL Parameters
- payMSetting - the Merchant Facility
- payMType - the Payment Form
- cmid - the Campaign
This is the very basic details to show Page 1.
The other things that control what is shown on page 1 is
- Payment Form
- Sidebar Width
- Event Form Layout Options (new setting), that can hide the Sidebar, the Contact US or the Event Details
- Merchant Facility
- Form Width
- Theme
- Custom Resource Name
- Background Colour
- Mobile Responsive
The following two are not shown on Page 1 of the Events form. But I would an option for them to be shown, to ensure corporate identity is consistent throughout. This way you could set up a new MF for each State or Division and they can have their own look and feel for their events.
- Payment Overview
- Payment Note
OK, so they are the standard options, now let's look at the URL Parameters that can change Page 1 - well there are none, because URL Parameters ONLY affect Payment Forms, not Events pages. (There are URL Parameters for the Upcoming Events Widget though if you are using that).
Step 2
OK, so let's try the exact same thing as above but using a URL Token rather than the URL Parameters.
I set up a URL Token with a link to the Payment Form (and therefore MF), and add a link to the Campaign. I either set any other options as being exactly the same as the Payment form, or not set them, so there is NOTHING on the URL Token that should change the look or behaviour of the events or payment forms.