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I have gone through the documentation a few times as well as the threads on the forum and I know I must be missing something simple,  but I have gone around and around and don;t seem to be getting anywhere fast.

I have CiviContribute running,  but with out any profile so no info and I must record at least name and address.

My ISP did the install and it appears very very bare bones (did not realize how much I appreciated civiclabs until I had to deal with this ;=}  )   

There were no preexisting profiles listed so I created one from scratch.  Then I associated the profile with CiviCOntribute.  CiviCOntribute was then listed on the profile with a little x.

I then set perms so that anonymous and authenticated users could access it.

Then,  if you attempt to access it you get the following error message:

unrecoverable error
    Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred.
    This profile is not configured for the requested action. Contact the site administrator if you need assistance.

Yeah,  well I gues that's me.....

So what part of this did I get wrong....  the setting in the profile or the setting in CiviContribute...  There are so MANY switches...  Initially it seemed that the CAPCHA was causing grief so I just turned off just about everything in settings in the profile,  but no va.....

And the confusion as far as setting Drupal vs Civicrm can be totally befuddling.....   I would like to simply get something running here.....

So,  what is a down and dirty way to
a) associate a Profile with anonymous access to CiviContribute?
b) import a Profile

The subject campaign has already started and if I have to I am willing to even pay someone to resolve some of these issues......

If want help, please contact a firm from our services listing: http://civicrm.org/professional/

lobo

Access for anonymous users to CiviContribute online contribution pages should only require the following Drupal permissions:
* access all custom data (if you're using one or more custom fields in a profile)
* make online contributions
* profile listings and forms

However,  I would like to know what did the system do with address information it required to make the contribution,  since it does appear to available anywhere?. Now that I have a profile working, will the profile information be in fact retained in civiContribute, CiviMember, Drupal (if account is requested?)

Yes. CiviCRM will create a contact record and put info you collect (other than credit card related info) into that record. If you've configured your page to use a processor (e.g. PayPal Pro) which requires billing address info to be collected on the CiviCRM side - that info will go into a "Billing Address" for the contact. Otherwise it should generally show up as a primary address when viewing the contact record. You can check this contact record on the demo site for an example of both: http://drupal.demo.civicrm.org/civicrm/contact/view?reset=1&cid=102 (log in first of course)

What do you mean by: * All profile fields should belong to "Contact" or "Contact Individual"?  Are you talking about custom drupal fields or civirm fields?  I am not using any portion of the drupal profile setup,  just CIVIRM profile.

This refers to CiviCRM profile configuration. On the demo you can see the listing of fields for the sample Name and Address profile and check the parenthetical record type shown after each field: http://drupal.demo.civicrm.org/civicrm/admin/uf/group/field?reset=1&action=browse&gid=1

Is there any way to move the profile above the contribution amounts? I have selected top of the page vs bottom of the page and the profile still appears eblow the contributions.

You'll have to create a custom copy of the online contribution template to do this...
http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Customizing+CiviCRM+Screens

As proibably in most states we must ensure that campaign law is complied with and I used javascript validation in the past to do that....  Is there a customary or typically accepted or well known way to insert such validation in the process,  other than building a separate content page and placing it in there?

Info required for campaign law can be included in a Profile and set as required.

Can you please reproduce this on our demo server and if so please file an issue with exact instructions on how to reproduce

a contribution could be in multiple states (completed, pending, cancelled etc)

thanx

lobo