How to Create a Donation Page in vBulletin

Installing The vBulletin PayPal Add-On Donation Page
1. Navigate to the vBulletin website. Sign into the site using your valid username and password combination.
2. Go to the PayPal Donations add-on page.
3. Click on the link located in the 'Download Now' section towards the bottom of the page. Save the file to your desktop. The download process will take approximately one minute to complete. You will be notified by your browser that the file has saved to your computer.
4. Upload the program files you have downloaded to your server, keeping the folder hierarchy intact. The file will take approximately one minute to upload. For example, if your forum is on the main domain, the add-on file will be uploaded to:http://www.yourdomain.com/admincp/donations_install.phpIf you have your forum set up in a '/forum' folder, you would upload the install file to:http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/admincp/donations_install.php
5. Direct your browser to the 'donations_install.php' file. Load the page to begin the installation process.
6. Follow the installation directions exactly as they appear once the page is loaded. During installation, you will need to provide your PayPal email address, the location of the donate.php file that was uploaded in step four and the location of your ppverify.php file along with several site specific options, which vary based on your personal setup. The steps will be self-explanatory based on your own information.Typically, your files will be found at the following URL if you used a forum folder:http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/admincp/They may also be found at the following URL if forum files are located in the main site directory:http://www.yourdomain.com/admincp/
Setting Up PayPal For vBulletin Donations
7. Turn off 'Test mode' within your PayPal account to begin accepting donations. To do this, visit the PayPal Sandbox developer website and click on the 'Sandbox' tab followed by 'Disable' under the 'Test mode' section.
8. Turn on PayPal Instant Payment Notification by visiting the PayPal IPN page and then entering the pass through domain used for notifications. When asked to enter the 'notification URL,' you will enter the location on your server where you saved the ppverify.php file during the donation page upload.For example:http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/admincp/ppverify.phporhttp://www.yourdomain.com/admincp/ppverify.php
9. Choose the IPN option that says 'Receive IPN messages (Enabled).' Click 'Save.'