Paypal Purchase Button
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Using Paypal is very easy. First, make sure you have an active account with them so you can access their merchant tools.
On http://www.paypal.com - log in (skip past any advertisements, Go To My Account) then click on Merchant Services
Once you click on Merchant Services, Click on "Buy Now Button":
Once you've clicked on that link, you'll be presented with Paypal's Button maker, which looks like this:
From here, you can set several aspects of the button, such as a drop down menu for several items for sale, flavor text, etc. You can see the resulting button to the right; that's a preview for the button. Refer to Paypal's documentation on how to adjust its appearance.
Once you have your button constructed, click on Create Button at the bottom to get the embed code you'll need for your site!
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You can either click on the "Select Code" button to select it all, or click in the box itself. Once it's all highlighted, copy it! You can right click on the highlighted text and select Copy, or you can press CTRL + C in order to copy. Now that you have the code needed to make your button, it's time to put it back on your site!
- log into the Dashboard
- Now you need to decide to either paste the button on a page, or in a widget
Pasting Into a Page
To paste a link like this into a page, like your home page, you'll want to:
- Click on Manage Pages
- Click Edit under the page you want to use; we'll use the Home page in this example
- Click on the HTML button to open the HTML Source Editor
- Paste in your code in the new window that appears, and click on Update
- You should see your buttons render into the preview, which will then show up on your site when published.
Pasting Into a Widget
To paste a link like this into a widget, you'll want to:
- Click on Widgets
- Make use of a Code Widget
- Paste in your widget code here, insert a title, and save!
- The buttons won't render in this preview, but they will show up on your site within the widget
If it doesn't work
Check out this document about what you can do if your paypal button isn't behaving as expected HERE
