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In our third instalment of the DotNetNuke Tips & Tricks, we have come to the Payment Settings of the Host Settings Tab. This section of the settings allows us to define a lot of information for providing hosting services to portal sites within the DNN Framework.

This is very nice if we want to offer these services and make some money off of the hosting of other sites.  With the payment settings we can define a lot of the necessary features that are important to a portal.  Such as the amount of storage that the site can use and the cost of hosting.

Lets go through the payment options that are available:

• Payment Processor: In this drop down are the payment providers that are available to process the payments for your hosting services with the portal software.  A link is provided below the drop down if it is necessary to sign up for an account or to check the status of your account with the processor.
• Processor UserId: This is the user id of the account that you will be processing the payment through.  Very important to make sure it is yours.  Don't want anyone else getting your money.
• Processor Password: This field will hold the password for your processor account.
• Hosting Fee: This is the base fee amount that you will be charging for your hosting services.
• Hosting Currency: This drop down contains the currency type that you will be billing your services in and consists of the following types:
• Canadian Dollars (CAD)
• Euros (EUR)
• Pounds Sterling (GBP)
• U.S. Dollars (USD)
• Yen (JPY)
• Hosting Space (MB): This is the amount of file space on the server that will be allowed for the account.
• Page Quota: This field will allow you to specify the maximum number of pages that can be created within a portal.
• User Quota: This field lets you specify the maximum number of users that can be placed within a portal.
• Demo Period (Days): This is the maximum number of days that a trial account can be used.
• Anonymous Demo Signup: This checkbox determines if you will allow users to sign up for a demo of the portal software to see if they would like to purchase services from you.

Using this makes for a quick and easy way to get paid for hosting peoples sites for them.  As well as giving them the ability to try out the software with the demo signup enabled. 

Our next Tips & Tricks will cover the will cover the Authentication Settings and Friendly URL Settings of the Host Settings Page.

Past DotNetNuke Tips & Tricks related to this post

1. DotNetNuke Tips & Tricks #1 - Host Settings Configuration
2. DotNetNuke Tips & Tricks #2 - Host Settings - Details, Appearance

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