is a database program written in PHP. It requires PHP and mySQL on your webserver. Don't worry, most webservers do. If you run WordPress or any other kind of blog or content management system on your server, you have what it takes to run . Please have the database connection details handy so that you can complete setup.
The standard plugin version can be downloaded and installed from within the admin interface of your blog. Search for Easy PayPal and hit "Install Now."
You can use your blog admin interface to install the Pro version of the plugin as well. Use the Upload page to locate and install the downloaded zip archive.
Congratulations! Your installation is now complete.
Unlike the WordPress version, the standalone version needs to know your database connection details. It also needs you to set up an admin user name and password for security. In the WordPress version, these entities are already defined in your blog, and reusese them.
ezpapal.zip
or
ezpaypal-pro.zip
) to your sever.rm ezppCfg.php
) and recreate it
following the instructions in the previous step.
intentionally makes it difficult to recover from errors because error
recovery interfaces are also security holes.Here are the descriptions of the various fields on the installation
screen. In keeping with the philosophy of providing help
where it most matters, these descriptions are available to you on the
installation screen itself, by hovering over the icon next to the field.
ezpp_
is a decent one, but to enhance your security, you
may want to choose a different one.localhost
as your database server.username_dbname
. If you
have limits on the number of databases you can create on your server,
you can reuse an existing database. If not, it is best to create a
dedicated one for your PayPal activities.admin.php
. However,
if the DB cannot be connected to, the support email ID stored in the DB
cannot be accessed, and diagnostic messages cannot be sent. So, this is
the only email Id the program will have access to. If you do not want
emails about DB errors, please give a fake email ID like
nobody@nowhere.com
Important: Be careful about the admin username and password. Since takes security very seriously, it wouldn't let you retrieve a lost password. Resetting the password will require database operations.
is designed to be extensible. You can enhance the functionality of the Pro Standalone version by purchasing and installing optional modules. Their installation is even easier than the simple installation of described above. The array of modules available and under development are listed and described in greater detail in subsequent chapters.