MamboCHARGE-PLUS Version 1.3.0 has been released and is now available for download. A new manual is also available in the download area.

Upgrade instructions are the same for version 1.3.0 as for prior versions and are documented in the Support Forum as well as the Webmaster's Manual. As always, be sure to back up your site, and especially make copies of any scripts you have modified or customized, including your language files.

While we have not yet completed the integration of additional payment gateways in this release we have made some structural changes in the program that will pave the way to add these in a modular fashion in the future. That will be the top priority for the next development cycle.

Version 1.3.0 does include some important and long-awaited enhancements.

• Idev Affiliate integration - IDev Affiliate integration is achieved now by selecting a checkbox in the MamboCharge configuration console. The code will be inserted for you automatically on the return page
• Handling products with a price of zero - If you enable the checkbox in the configuration console the program will immediately activate any purchase where the price resolves to zero either because the product is set up that way or because a coupon reduced the price to zero. Note well: The preferred way of giving customers a free trial is by using the free trial period in your product configuration.
  
• Site subscription "purchase" handler - a new handler has been integrated to set up site subscriptions based on a one-time purchase, rather than  using the recurring subscription mechanism. Subscriptions set up this way have a fixed expiration date, and will expire when that date passes rather than by the receipt of an IPN message from PayPal. If you offer free subscriptions you should set them up as "purchase" type transactions and use this handler.
• Western Union and pay-by-check integration - these options are now enabled or disabled by a checkbox on the configuration console. The contact information for Western Union and pay-by-check are also maintained now via the configuration console. You can even switch off PayPal now using an option on the configuration page.
• PayPal configuration has been simplified. Variables that should not change are now protected from being changed from the admin console.
  
• Additional configurable text messages on the Payment Options page - these are enabled by the include/payment_options_pretext_english.php and include/payment_options_posttext_english.php files. If they exist and have content in them, these files will be displayed above and below (respectively) the payment options pages. You can put whatever messages you wish in these files. If your language is other than english you should create the file in language of your site (payment_options_pretext_french.php for example).
• Extensive management reports are now available. To access the reports select "Reports" under the MamboCharge configuration menu. The first page gives a list of users which you can filter. When the listing comes up, click on the "details" link for detailed tabular reports listing the member's details, all MamboCharge transactions whether completed or not, subscription status, IPN's and pay-per-click transactions.
• Manual subscription creation and editing - The subscription report tab has an option to manually add or update the
  member's subscription.