Recording a Member's Contribution Payment

Payments are recorded per member

Contribution payments are entered one member at a time, rather than in bulk, you select the member and the contribution, then enter what they're paying.

Automatic validation

Whatever amount you enter is validated against that specific contribution's own rules, if the contribution requires full payment, a partial amount won't be accepted, if partial payments are allowed, smaller amounts go through and add up toward the total.

For recurring contributions

If the contribution is recurring, the payment is recorded against the current period by default, the current week, month, or year, so the who's-paid view for that period updates right away.

Best practice

Record payments as they come in rather than batching them up at the end of the week, the current-period paid list is only useful for following up with members who haven't paid yet if it's kept up to date in real time.