Initial fundraising configuration
Two components in CiviCRM are addressed solely to fundraising matters: CiviContribute, which handles donations, and CiviPledge, which is designed for pre-authorized payments or promises to make future payments. This section describes how to configure them.
As CiviContribute supports the financial aspects of the CiviEvent and CiviMember components, you will need to configure it to record or accept payments for event registrations, memberships, and subscriptions, even if your organization does not accept pure contributions but only payments in exchange for such things.
Configuring CiviContribute
The first task in configuring CiviContribute is to turn on the component if it is not yet enabled:
Click on Administer | Configure | Global Settings | Enable CiviCRM Components.
If CiviContribute appears in the left column, highlight it, and then click on Enable.
Click on Save.
Next, make sure that information about contributions is displayed in appropriate places throughout...
