MercadoPago payment plugin for VirtueMart 2

This plugin integrates MercadoPago payment gateway with VirtueMart 2. This plugin, automatically integrates to your VirtueMart store in a way that the store administrator simply installs the plugin and after several simple configuration steps, gets a full fledged payment gateway. With MercadoPago in your store, you can provide lots of payments methods to your customers.

This plugin automatically converts currencies for stores that need different currencies for their products. Take a look at our currency plugins, click here

MercadoPago supports the following countries:

• Argentina
• Brasil
• México
• Venezuela
• Colombia
• Chile

Install Instructions:

1. Install the plugin using Joomla! extensions installer
2. Enable plugin on Joomla! plugin manager
3. Create and configure a new VirtueMart payment method (Components->VirtueMart->Payment Methods->New)
4. Write down the new payment method name
5. Select "Yes" on "Published"
6. Select "VMPayment - Mercadopago Payment Plugin With IPN 2.0 And Checkout API" in "Payment Method" field
   
7. Click "Save" to enable "Configuration" tab
8. Click "Configuration" tab
9. Set the "Client ID" and "Client Secret" provided by MercadoPago. You can get your credentials through this link http://developers.mercadopago.com/documentacion/autenticacion and then, click on the button "Obtener credenciales", finally, you may select the correct country according to your MercadoPago account and it will display your credentials
10. Set the other options as you like

IPN Instructions:

To be able to use the IPN functionality, you need to configure the notificacion URL in MercadoPago, to do so, follow this simple steps:

• Check if your Joomla installation is in the web root of your domain or in a subfolder
• Check if you are using Joomla 1.5 or Joomla 2.5

If you have Joomla 1.5 in root folder, your URL may be http://www.yoursite.com/plugins/vmpayment/mercadopago20_ipn_notification.php

If you have Joomla 1.5 in sub folder, your URL may be http://www.yoursite.com/your_joomla_subfolder/plugins/vmpayment/mercadopago20_ipn_notification.php

If you have Joomla 2.5 in root folder, your URL may be http://www.yoursite.com/plugins/vmpayment/mercadopago20/mercadopago20_ipn_notification.php

If you have Joomla 2.5 in sub folder, your URL may be http://www.yoursite.com/your_joomla_subfolder/plugins/vmpayment/mercadopago20/mercadopago20_ipn_notification.php

After determining the correct IPN notification URL, you should visit this link http://developers.mercadopago.com/documentacion/notificaciones-de-pago and click "Configura la URL para recibir las notificaciones" button, to be able to paste the IPN notifications URL

Changelog:

• Ver 2.0.6:
  
  • Notification handling improvements
  • Auto redirect on successful payment
  • Correct response code of IPN entry point
  • Exception handling improvements
• Ver 2.0.5:
  • Compatibility with MercadoEnvíos shipping plugin
• Ver 2.0.4:
  • Upgraded MercadoPago SDK
• Ver 2.0.3:
  • Added support for MercadoPago Chile!
  • Upgraded MercadoPago SDK
  • Created a little debug tool to provide better support
  • Updated MercadoPago logos