Payfast Payment plugin

This plugin integrates PayFast payment gateway with J2Store.

Installation You can install the plugin through the standard Joomla installer.

Configuration

Payment Option title Enter a name that will be shown in the payment methods selection during the checkout process. Default - Payfast

Merchant ID Your PayFast Merchant ID

Merchant Key The Merchant Key provided by PayFast

Pass Phrase (Md5 Secret) The secret word set up in your Payfast Merchant Account. To set up the secret word please log in to your Payfast account and click the EDIT button under Settings → Salt Pass Pharse.

Surcharge percentage This is an optional field. Use this field if you require. Otherwise leave it empty. If you want to charge a percentage of Total Order Value as additional fee to the customers who choose this payment method, then you can enter the fee here. Enter only a numeric value. DO NOT enter % or any other symbols.

Surcharge Fixed This is optional field. Use this field if you require. Otherwise leave empty. If you want to charge a Fixed amount as additional fee to the customers who choose this payment method, then you can enter the fee here. Enter only a numeric value. DO NOT enter % or any other symbols.

Order Description You can enter a text here, which will be sent as a description for the order.

Use Sandbox Setting this yes will make the plugin to use the Payfast sandbox server.

NEVER EVER set this to YES, when your site is live.

Enable Payfast Email Notifications Set this to Yes, if you want Payfast to send you notifications after a customer makes payment.

Restrict this payment method to selected geozones Leave this to All geozones if you dont know what you are doing.If you want to restrict showing Payfast only to a region, then you can create a geozone and choose it here. Customers from that region alone will see the Payfast as payment methodin the checkout steps.

Article ID for custom thank you message You can create an Article ID with a message enter its ID here to show it to the customer after completion of the purchase.

Display text on selection The text entered here will be displayed when customer selects this payment method. You can enter a language constant as a value here if you are using a multi-lingual site and then write a language override. Refer the tips below

Tip - ONLY FOR MULTI-LINGUAL SITES

For example, enter a language constant:

J2STORE_TEXT_TO_DISPLAY_ON_SELECTION.

Now you can go to Joomla admin-> Language Manager->Overrides and create overrides for the language constant in all your languages.

Display text before payment The text entered here will be displayed to the customer at the order summary screen before he makes the payment. You can enter a language constant as a value here if you are using a multi-lingual site and then write a language override. Refer the Display text on selection parameter.

Display text after payment/order The text entered here will be displayed to the customer after he makes the payment. You can enter a language constant as a value here if you are using a multi-lingual site and then write a language override. Refer the Display text on selection parameter.

Display text on error in payment The text entered here will be displayed to the customer when there is an error in the payment process. You can enter a language constant as a value here if you are using a multi-lingual site and then write a language override. Refer the Display text on selection parameter.

Display text on cancel payment The text entered here will be displayed to the customer when he cancels the payment at the gateway (NOT in your site). You can enter a language constant as a value here if you are using a multi-lingual site and then write a language override. Refer the Display text on selection parameter.

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