topic Re: Custom Field in Integration and Testing

Custom Field

MrsS — Wed, 14 May 2014 23:22:57 GMT

We are running a donation campaign and would like various alumni to be acknowledged for the funds that

come in through them. Ideally I would create a customized link for each alumnus which will pass a "FundraiserID"

to the payment gateway, so that when we see our report of transactions for the day this FundraiserID shows up.

I am not clear if a custom field can be created and added to html to substitute for the button we currently use.

If you can tell me how to do this, I will be very grateful.

Plan B is to ask the donor to fill in a field labeled "REFERRED BY", which they may or may not do.

(I can't make the field required because not everyone is referred.)

However, this code that I was given is not even doing that:

Does not change the "Description" label at all. Since I am really illiterate in HTML, I would greatly appreciate

if someone can help me correct my syntax.

RaynorC1emen7 — Wed, 14 May 2014 23:38:04 GMT

are you using simple checkout? or other API?

As far as I know, you can't pass anything extra for simple checkout.

But if it SIM, I tried it and it work, where did you add the <input /> ?

MrsS — Thu, 15 May 2014 02:25:35 GMT

I am using Simple Checkout.

Using the code Authorize.net gives me, I created a button to link to Simple Checkout

by pasting the following html on the web page:

According to this help page that they gave me,

I can modify the code by adding:

It doesn't generate any error, but clearly I am missing a bracket or something.

As I said, I can look at HTML& guess what it's doing, but I sure don't know how to speak it correctly!

MrsS — Thu, 15 May 2014 03:00:49 GMT

I also tried

that doesn't work either.

MrsS — Thu, 15 May 2014 03:41:32 GMT

And how about the merchant-defined field in Simple Checkout? I tried searching for that & all I got was broken links.

And a page saying you CAN'T rename a field, you have to collect the info yourself & pass it with a merchant defined field.

RaynorC1emen7 — Thu, 15 May 2014 12:18:20 GMT

As far as I know you can't add or modify anything for simple checkout. it is what it is. You can add it but it will NOT take it.

The rename fields thing is new(er), but it only for SIM.