The Silent Post URL feature allows the Smith Registration module to receive notification messages from the Authorize.Net payment gateway regarding Automated Recurring Billing (ARB) transaction status. Note: The silent post URL feature is only supported with the Authorize.Net payment gateway.
When you click the “Silent Post URL” button from the Admin Menu you are redirected to a blank page. This is a hidden page that the registration module created for the sole purpose of receiving silent posts from Authorize.Net. Cut and paste the URL from the browser and save it. Then go to the Authorize.Net website and login using your userid and password.
To add or edit a silent post URL at Authorize.Net:
1. Log into the Merchant Interface at https://secure.authorize.net
2. Click Settings under Account in the main menu on the left
3. Click Silent Post URL in the Transaction Format Settings section
4. Enter the secondary URL to which you would like the payment gateway to copy the transaction response
5. Click Submit
If an ARB credit card transaction for one of your portal members declines for any reason (NSF, card expired, etc.) a silent post message will be sent from Authorize.Net to your portal and received by the registration module. The transaction details regarding the declined transaction will be stored to the database and the user will be removed from the DNN role they were added to when they registered.
Authorize.Net also has this feature documented in their user's guide on their website if you need for information.
-Scott