on-line donations

[Dhaasa]

I work for a rescue mission in Bakersfield Ca. and they have requested that I set us up to be able to receive online donations. I have almost no knowledge in this area. I will be using PHP and MySql (both available on our server) and utilizing Authorize.net. We have already purchased and had installed an SSL Cert. I guess what I really need to know is what scripts would I need to write and what would be involved. Any information would be helpful (I have a feeling this will be an ongoing thread :-) ) Thank you

[Klyve1]

Hi,
This really depends upon how involved you want to make the 'checkout' be.

A simple way would just be a drop down box with your 'suggested' donations amounts or you could make it a text box but would then need to clean it up upon submission to make sure it is purely numerals and not text and numerals (i.e. 5.00 not $5.00).

Authorise.net has info for integration at http://www.authorizenet.com/support/guides.php and this would be a great place to start.
I would think this is the one:
http://www.authorizenet.com/support/SIM_guide.pdf