A payment link opens the payment page with the amount, email address and description already filled in. Put it in an email, a message or an article, for example to ask for payment of an invoice.
Build the link
Start with the address of the payment page menu item, for example https://example.com/pay, and
add these values:
| Value | What it does |
|---|---|
amount |
The amount, with a comma or a period for the decimals |
email |
The email address of the customer |
remark |
The description of the payment; write a space as %20 |
order_number |
Optional. Shown as a read-only field and used as order number of the payment |
silent |
Optional. With silent=1 the form is not shown; the customer goes to the payment provider at once |
For example:
https://example.com/pay?amount=100.50&email=
Without a menu item, use https://example.com/index.php?option=com_ropayments&view=pay and add the
values with &.
When a required value is missing or wrong, the customer sees the form to complete it. For visitors
who are not logged in, silent=1 only works when the site has no captcha, because the captcha
needs to be filled in.
The profile of the link
The link uses the profile of the payment page menu item. Make a payment page for each profile you
want to use, for example https://example.com/donate with the donation profile, and add the values
to it:
https://example.com/donate?amount=25&remark=Donation
A payment link in an article
The Button - RO Payments Payment Link editor button adds a link to an article:
- Edit the article and click Payment Link below the editor
- Enter the Link title, the text of the link
- Fill in the Amount, Email, Remark and Order Number you want in the link
- Set Instant redirect to Yes to send the customer to the payment provider at once
- Click Insert payment link
The button adds a tag such as
RO Payments
The System - RO Payments plugin turns the tag into a link when the page is shown. You can also
type the tag yourself. An old RO Payments ...} tag still works.