Payment methods¶
This section describes the shipping methods management of LFS.
Overview¶
- You can add as many payment methods you want.
- All valid payment methods are displayed for selection to the shop customer.
- A payment method is true if all criteria of the payment method are true.
- Payment methods can have many prices which are dependent of criteria. The first price which is valid (all criteria are true) is the current price for the for the payment method. If no price is valid the default price is taken (from data tab).
Data¶
- Name
- The name of the payment method, which is displayed to the shop customer.
- Description
- A short description of the payment method, which is also displayed to the customer.
- Note
- A note of the payment method, which is displayed on the confirmation mail after the shop customer has been checked out.
- Priority
- The first valid payment method with the highest priority (smaller number) method is displayed to the customer.
- Image
- An image for the payment method, which is displayed to the shop customer.
- Tax
- The included tax of the payment method’s price
- Price
- The default price of the payment method. This can be overwritten within the price tab (see below).
- Module
- The dotted name of the external package which processes the payment (this is for developers only).
- Type
The type of the payment method. Dependent on that additional fields for input (within the checkout process) will be displayed. There are three types at the moment:
- Plain No additional fields are displayed.
- Bank Fields for a bank account are displayed.
- Credit Card Fields for a credit card are displayed.
Criteria¶
Optional you can add some criteria to the payment method. Only when all criteria are true the payment method is displayed to the shop customer. See Criteria for more.
To add criterion proceed as following:
- Click on the Add criteria-button (adds a criterion on first position) or on the plus button beside a criterion (adds a criterion below)
- Select the criteria type you want, e.g. Weight (this is the weight of all cart items).
- Select the operator, e.g. Less than equal to.
- Enter the value, e.g. 50.
- Altogether this means the payment method is valid if the weight of all cart items is less than or equal to 50 units.
- You can add as many criteria you want.
- Click on Save criteria.
To update criteria proceed as following:
- Change the values of the criteria to your needs.
- Click on Save criteria
To delete a criterion proceed as following:
- Click on the minus button beside the criterion.
- Click on Save criteria.
Prices¶
Optional you can add many prices to the payment method and restrict them with criteria.
To add a price proceed as following:
- To manage prices go to the Prices tab.
- To add a new price enter the value into the text field and click Add price.
- To add/edit criteria for that price click on Edit criteria link. A popup will open.
- Click on Add criteria and change the criteria type, the operator and the value to your needs.
To update/delete a price proceed as following:
- To update the prices change the priority and/or the value of the price and click on Update prices.
- To delete the prices select the checkboxes of the prices you want delete and click on Delete prices.
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