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Setup A PayPal 'Make Payment' Button On Your Website
Last updated: Sunday, 01 November 2009

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Applications Used

Joomla 1.5, PayPal

Instructions

1. Login to your PayPal account.

2. Click Merchant Services from the top menu.

3. Under Tools for Existing PayPal Merchants, click the Buy Now button.

paypal_buynow_button

The create Payment button window displays as shown below:

paypal_step1_choosepmt

4. In the Accept payments for dropdown box, select Services.

5. For the question, “Do you want your customers to buy multiple products before they check out?” select “No; create a “Buy Now” button.

Leave Item Name, Item ID and Price empty.

6. Under Customize button, click the triangle beside Customize appearance to view more options as shown below:

paypal_customizebuttom

7. Select the checkbox Display credit card logos.

8. In the Select button text dropdown box, select Pay Now.

9. Skip steps 2 & 3.

10. Click Create Button.

The “You are viewing button code” page displays.

11. Highlight and copy the code.

12. Log in to the Administrator of your Joomla website.

13. Create a new article for your Make A Payment page.

14. Click the Edit HTL Source button in your editor.

15. Paste the code from PayPal in the editor.

16. Click Insert (or Update) to add the code to your article.

The 'Pay Now' PayPal button displays in your article.

17. Click the Save button to save your article.

18. Add the article to a menu so it shows on the frontend of your website.

 


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