Add paypal buttons
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I want to add paypal buttons to the shop page of my site. Paypal offer the buttons for free but you have to paste the coding into the page and I don't know how. Is it as simple as creating an HTML block and pasting the code there?
While I'm at it, is there a good coding tutorial you can recommend?
While I'm at it, is there a good coding tutorial you can recommend?
Hi Wagdi,
Thanks for the info. In regard to coding, I really am just interested in the basics - enough to enable me to make a few changes now and then. I'm intrigued by the options available to someone with a bit of coding knowledge. For instance, I can set up a paypal button easily enough, but a more advanced version which adds the customer's shipping address (something I thought was essential) as well as a facility for customer instructions, requires coding knowledge.
At the moment I don't even know how to view the coding for the various blocks, but maybe that's not a bad thing for now.
H Benagh
Thanks for the info. In regard to coding, I really am just interested in the basics - enough to enable me to make a few changes now and then. I'm intrigued by the options available to someone with a bit of coding knowledge. For instance, I can set up a paypal button easily enough, but a more advanced version which adds the customer's shipping address (something I thought was essential) as well as a facility for customer instructions, requires coding knowledge.
At the moment I don't even know how to view the coding for the various blocks, but maybe that's not a bad thing for now.
H Benagh
As John said, there are add-ons that do this for you.
Another one for the list- http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/forms-with-paypal-payme... - I haven't used it myself but it seems that you can achieve the form functionality you were looking for with this add-on.
If you want to code it in, try having a look at the options available at the 'Paypal Integration Center' -
This is probably what you're looking for- https://cms.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_I...
Here you'll find "HTML Form Basics for Website Payments Standard"- https://cms.paypal.com/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=d...
Hope that helps.
Now if you're looking to test your paypal account, I now accept paypal donations at http://wagdi.co.uk (!) A cheeky plug! ;)
Another one for the list- http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/forms-with-paypal-payme... - I haven't used it myself but it seems that you can achieve the form functionality you were looking for with this add-on.
If you want to code it in, try having a look at the options available at the 'Paypal Integration Center' -
This is probably what you're looking for- https://cms.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_I...
Here you'll find "HTML Form Basics for Website Payments Standard"- https://cms.paypal.com/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=d...
Hope that helps.
Now if you're looking to test your paypal account, I now accept paypal donations at http://wagdi.co.uk (!) A cheeky plug! ;)
As Wagdi said, straightforward. If you want it even easier, there are a couple of addons that do it for you.
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/paypal-cart-buttons/...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/paypal-pro-buttons/...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/paypal-cart-buttons/...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/paypal-pro-buttons/...
1. Add the html block
2. Insert your code to the html block
3. Publish
What kind of coding tutorial do need? What are you trying to accomplish?