Integration Guide

Website Payments Standard Integration Guide September 2008 137
Recurring Payments – Subscribe Buttons
Advanced Features of Subscribe Buttons
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2. Click the Create Button Now button.
The Add a Subscribe button to your website page opens.
3. For a payment button, follow the procedure for “Copying and Pasting the HTML Code for
the Subscribe Button With JavaScript Disabled” on page 162 to copy and paste everything
in the HTML code for Websites text box onto your webpage. Then, add the following
code.
Do one of the following between the <form> and </form> tags in the pasted code:
– To let subscribers modify their active subscriptions or sign up for new, additional
subscriptions, insert the following line of code:
<input type="hidden" name="modify" value="1">
If a subscriber has an active subscription, PayPal displays a page during checkout for
accepting the new terms and pricing, with a link to a page to sign up for a new,
additional subscription with the new terms and pricing.
If a subscriber has a prior subscription that ended or was canceled, PayPal lets the
subscriber sign up for a new subscription with the modified terms and prices.
– To let subscribers modify existing subscriptions only, insert the following line of code:
<input type="hidden" name="modify" value="2">
If a a subscriber has an active subscription, PayPal displays a page during checkout for
accepting the new terms and pricing. The page does not allow subscribers to sign up for
new subscriptions.
4. For an email payment link, follow the procedure for “Copying and Pasting the Code for the
Subscribe Email Payment Link WIth JavaScript Disabled” on page 163 to copy and paste
everything in the Link for Emails text box into your email. Then, add the following code.
Do one of the following at the end of the pasted URL:
– To let subscribers modify their active subscriptions or sign up for new, additional
subscriptions, add the following variable and value:
modify=1
– To let subscribers modify existing subscriptions only, add the following variable and
value:
modify=2
For more information, see “Sample HTML Code for a Modify Subscription Button” on
page 170.
Working With Unsubscribe Buttons
Let subscribers cancel their active subscriptions by adding Unsubscribe buttons to your
website.