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To Configure FirstData(formerly LinkPoint) as a Payment Gateway, follow these steps:

1. Login to your FirstData Connect Admin Account. 
   
2. Click on Administration > Connect Settings
3. Under the Order Submission Form field, enter the following:
   
   http://www.yourdomain.com/jem_folder/checkout/forward/products/firstdata_connect
   
   Where www.yourdomain.com/jem_folder is the path to your JEM installation URL.
   
   
4. Make sure to click on the 'Url is a CGI Script' checkbox.
   
   
5. For the Confirmation Page ("Thank You" Page) enter the following:
   
    http://www.yourdomain.com/jem_folder/checkout/redirect/products/firstdata_connect
   
   Where www.yourdomain.com/jem_folder is the path to your JEM installation URL.
   
   
6. Make sure to click on the 'Url is a CGI Script' checkbox.
   
   
7. If you are using an https:// URL, make sure to set it as that as well.
8. Save your Connect Settings
9. Click on Settings > Payment Gateways
10. Click on the FirstData Connect link.
11. On the FirstData Payments window, enter the following:
    • Module Name - the name you want customers to see when they select this payment option
    • Store Name - Your FirstData Connect Store Name
      
    • Connect URL - If you need to change the URL, enter it here
    • Transaction Type - The type of transaction you will be using for purchases. valid options are sale, preauth, postauth.
      
    • Mode - Mode can be payplus, fullpay, or payonly.  the default is fullpay
      
    • Enable Debug - Enable the debug mode for FirstData Connect.
    • Enable Debug Email - If you want the system to send you debug emails to your security alert email address, enter the email here.

In order for linkpoint to work you need to have the submission form url. But its not just one because there are 4 submission form urls within JEM.

MEMBERSHIPS
https://www.YOURSITE.com/checkout/forward/membership/firstdata_connect
PRODUCTS
https://www.YOURSITE.com/checkout/forward/products/firstdata_connect

PRODUCT INVOICE - FROM INSIDE MEMBERS AREA
https://www.YOURSITE.com/checkout/forward/product_invoice/firstdata_connect
MEMBERSHIP INVOICE - FROM INSIDE THE MEMBERS AREA
https://www.YOURSITE.com/checkout/forward/membership_invoice/firstdata_connect


You will need to add all of these links in one line to the submission form url field inside of first data connect. All in one line no return only a space between each url.

Example: https://www.YOURSITE.com/checkout/forward/membership/firstdata_connect https://www.YOURSITE.com/checkout/forward/products/firstdata_connect https://www.YOURSITE.com/checkout/forward/product_invoice/firstdata_connect https://www.YOURSITE.com/checkout/forward/membership_invoice/firstdata_connect

This will allow you to accept credit cards for memberships and products.