Can someone please do a stepbystep explanation how i can check if my payments are working? Im really new, and not a coder. Please keep that in mind.
you should signup for developer account at http://developer.paypal.com Then configure your sandbox account the same way as live account: http://manual.amember.com/PayPal_Standard_Plugin_Configuration In aMember CP -> Setup -> Paypal specify your sandbox email address and enable testing. Then try to signup using buyer account from your sandbox.
Do i have to put my sandbox paypal account as merchant id? Ok, i think i managed to test it. But there is a problem: After pushing signup, i get directed to the paypal page (i guess in the test environment). I fill in the details of my testaccount (from sandbox) and it says payment was done etc. Then it stops. It has a button that says "Go back to -myemailadress-" instead of redirecting it to the membership area. When i click that button however it does send me back to my membership site, but to the page from amember that says "You dont have a subscription". Is this because of testing? I checked the user i made in the amember admin, but it says "pending". What am i doing wrong? Another question popped up: When someone gets directed to the paypal payment page, it has the "paypal option" unfolded, and the creditcard option closed, is there a way to have them both unfolded so people with a creditcard actually notice the option to pay with it instead of paypal?
You use the seller and buyer accounts you create in sandbox to test with. Sounds like you havent integrated properly... After setting up the buyer login under the buyer and set up the ipn etc.. like you would normally do for amember. David
Check aMember CP -> Error /Debug log there should be info about IPN message sent from paypal. If there were any error it will be in Error/Debug log