Question

[griffinzx10]

I want to set up a paypal donate button on my site, and I have read thru some of the threads here. What I was wondering about is this though:

I want to offer some things in return to my members who donate to the site, and one thing being a contributor banner under the username on the site, so if they want people can see that they have donated to the site. First, how do I find that little banner for under the user's name ( I have seen it on several sites) and secondly, how do I add it to a person Id/ Profile?

Thanks,
Griffin

[Jake Bunce]

You should use the paid subscription system for this. Setup your payment options:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Paid Subscriptions

Test the communication:

Admin CP -> Subscriptions -> Test Communication

Create a new subscription that adds users to some secondary usergroup that represents donator status:

Admin CP -> Subscriptions -> Add New Subscription

Then edit your postbit:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Postbit Templates -> postbit or postbit_legacy (depending on which layout you are using)

Use code like this in that template to display a banner image for donators:

<if condition="is_member_of($post, [color=red]X[/color])">
	<img src="[color=red]path/to/banner.gif[/color]" alt="" border="0" />
</if>

Where X is the usergroupid of the donator group.

This is how I do it on my forum and it works fine.

[griffinzx10]

Thank you Jake, I appreciate it. So I need to find/ or create that little banner myself??

[Jake Bunce]

Yes, you need the banner image.

[griffinzx10]

Ok cool thanks Jake. I found one.

[PcosKat]

Is there a size limit (or recommendation) for the 'I'm a site supporter' graphic?

[Jake Bunce]

There is no absolute limit, but you should probably keep it to a size that doesn't stretch your postbit.