Easy Payments in Joomla with Convert Forms & Smile Pack with Marc Dechèvre - 👀 WMW 311

Written by: Shahbaz Latif Created: 17 September 2025

Category: Watch Me Work Live Streams

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Learn how to set up a simple, reliable payment flow in Joomla using Smile Pack and Convert Forms—perfect for donations, invoices, rentals, and quick product payments. In this live demo, Marc Dechèvre builds a PayPal module with custom styling, then shows how to pass form data from Convert Forms to Smile Pack via URL parameters for dynamic amounts and details.
We also cover safe testing, geolocation-aware payment options (e.g., Bancontact in Belgium, iDEAL in the Netherlands), and practical deployment tips. What you’ll learn Configure Smile Pack for PayPal, credit cards, and regional methods (Bancontact, iDEAL), including currency, tax, and shipping. Style a PayPal button/module and embed it in a Joomla article to trigger plugins and keep things portable. Use Convert Forms to capture user info and redirect with URL parameters so Smile Pack auto-fills payment details (dynamic amounts, names, etc.).

00:00:00 - Intro, Sponsors & Guest Marc Dechèvre
00:05:48 - Project: Simple Payments with Convert Forms & Smile Pack
00:14:35 - Configuring the Smile Pack PayPal Module
00:25:48 - Live Demo: Connecting Convert Forms to PayPal
00:42:07 - Advanced Setup: Menus, Feedback & Best Practices
00:53:13 - Bonus: Form Automation with n8n & Joomla 5 News
01:31:20 - New Tools: UserBack for Joomla & Wrap-Up

Summary 

1. Introductions & Guest –
   Tim Davis opens with sponsor MySites.guru, welcomes returning guest Mark Dechèvre, and greets the live chat.

2. Use Case: Simple Payments –
   Mark explains the challenge: sometimes you need easy payments (like for rentals) without a full e-commerce shop.

3. Tools of Choice –
   He demonstrates using Convert Forms (trusted for years) together with Smile Pack (PayPal module from Tassos).

4. Demo Setup –
   Shows how to configure Smile Pack’s PayPal module, blur sensitive data, and combine it with Convert Forms for dynamic payment details.

5. Sandbox Testing & Redirects –
   Walks through test payments, passing data via URL, configuring Convert Forms to redirect (better via menu item), and Smile Pack to read dynamic fields.

6. Tips & Flexibility –
   Covers module display in page builders, menu/article setup, local payment method support, and handling payment feedback.

7. Extra Demos –
   Bonus examples include Convert Forms + N8N automation, and front-end article submission via Convert Forms.

8. Joomla Roadmap Discussion –
   Talks about Joomla 4 end-of-life, testing Joomla 5 compatibility, and looking forward to Joomla 6 features like auto-updates.

9. Pro Tips & Community News –
   Notes Convert Forms caching improvements, showcases Janice Christulu’s new site, and Tim shares his AI-developed Joomla extensions plus a UserBack feedback tool demo.

10. Wrap-Up –
    Thanks guest Mark Dechèvre, acknowledges viewers, and closes the livestream.

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