Newbie - payment and documents

[portoman]

Hi

I am trying to create a facility where people can pay (via Paypal) and simultaneously upload a Word document for me to look at. So when they click on "continue" the file will be sent to me and they will be taken to Paypai site. Is it possible to do this or do I need 2 separate pages : one for upload and another for payment ?

 

[John Blakeman]

This depends on which system you're thinking of using.
There are plugins already freely available for content management systems (CMS) such as WordPress (wp-file-upload), Joomla (simple-file-upload) and Drupal (File management modules). However this may be a little trickier if you're using a fully managed solution such as Wix or 1and1.

However, this should be pretty easy for a web developer to knock up in PHP using the PayPal developer documentation and a file upload script.

 

[arnydnxluk]

It can be done in a single script/page, separate is fine too.

As above, what platform is your website on?
Do you want the document emailed to you or saved somewhere?

 

[Nochexman]

I am trying to create a facility where people can pay (via Paypal) and simultaneously upload a Word document for me to look at. So when they click on "continue" the file will be sent to me and they will be taken to Paypai site.

Welcome to the forum portoman.

What sort of Word document is it? What sort of information does it contain?

 

[portoman]

Hi

Thanks for replies (I'm unsure how to reply individually so this will come out as a group reply).

Basically, I don't know which platform it is on - I am paying someone to develop the site for me (I can ask which platform of course) - does the platform significantly alter things ?

Regarding the Word doc, I want it to be emailed to me i.e. the customer does not see my email address but it will be sent directly to my address.

 

[portoman]

Update - it is on PHP

 

[John Blakeman]

PHP is a server side website scripting language.

If your web developer is building the website from scratch using PHP, rather than using a CMS system such as WordPress, then they may be able to create a single page that submits a document to you via email as well as take payment via PayPal IPN.

However, you're giving me the impression your web developer is charging you per page.
They may also have restrictions on what content they put on a single page. Writing a PHP script to do what you want may be outside their area of expertise or they might charge more for this requirement.

 

[Nochexman]

Regarding the Word doc, I want it to be emailed to me i.e. the customer does not see my email address but it will be sent directly to my address.

Hi, I'm just curious what is on the word document, since there may be other ways to get the same result.

 

[arnydnxluk]

The platform doesn't matter if you have a developer on hand, I was just thinking along the lines of alternative solutions. Your PHP developer should have no problem doing this.