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Simple Commerce – PayPal Settings¶
Control Panel Location:
PayPal Account Email¶
Specify the primary email address associated with the PayPal account processing payments for store purchases.
Encryption Settings¶
Encrypt PayPal Buttons and Links?¶
Enable encryption for PayPal purchase links and buttons created by Simple Commerce.
Important
Enabling this requires that your server have OpenSSL support compiled in PHP. Ask your server administrator for this information.
Note
Enabling this requires that you use a public certificate and private key. Please read the section on Encrypted Website Payments for full details. To be the most effective, you should set your PayPal account settings to only accept encrypted payments.
Public Certification ID¶
Specify the unique ID that is supplied by PayPal after providing them with a public certificate.
Public Certificate Path¶
Specify the path to the public certificate file. Please read the section on Encrypted Website Payments for full details.
Note
ExpressionEngine must have read access to this directory, but for security we highly recommended you use a location above web root so that the certificate and key files are not accessible via the web.
Private Key Path¶
Specify the path to the private key file. Please read the section on Encrypted Website Payments for full details.
Note
ExpressionEngine must have read access to this directory, but for security we highly recommended you use a location above web root so that the certificate and key files are not accessible via the web.
PayPal Certificate Path¶
Specify the path to the PayPal-provided certificate file. Please read the section on Encrypted Website Payments for full details.
Note
ExpressionEngine must have read access to this directory, but for security we highly recommended you use a location above web root so that the certificate and key files are not accessible via the web.
Temporary Encrypted Files Path¶
Specify the path to the temporarily stored encrypted files. Please read the section on Encrypted Website Payments for full details.
Note
ExpressionEngine must have read access to this directory, but for security we highly recommended you use a location above web root so that the certificate and key files are not accessible via the web.