Integration Guide

The PayPal Shopping Cart – Add to Cart and View Cart Buttons
Getting Started With The PayPal Shopping Cart
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186 September 2008 Website Payments Standard Integration Guide
Creating a View Cart Button With JavaScript Disabled. Each time you create an Add to
Cart button, PayPal gives you a chance to create a View Cart button. You can use the generated
HTML code for any of these View Cart buttons – the code is identical. Paste the same HTML
button code onto your webpages for as many View Cart buttons as you need.
To add a View Cart button to your website with JavaScript disabled:
1. Log in to your PayPal account at
https://www.paypal.com.
The My Account Overview page opens.
2. Click the Profile subtab.
The Profile Summary page opens.
3. Under the Selling Preferences heading, click the Create new button link.
The Create PayPal payment button page opens.
4. Click the Add to Cart link.
The PayPal Shopping Cart page opens.
5. Enter the details of your item.
– Item name/service – Enter a name.
– Price – Enter a price.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the Create Button Now button.
The Add a shopping cart to your site page displays the generated code.
7. Click the “View Cart” button code text box to select all of the generated HTML code.
8. Copy the text that you selected to the clipboard, by:
– pressing Ctrl+C.
– or –
– right-clicking your mouse, and selecting Copy.
9. In your web editing tool, open the webpage where you want the button to be seen.
IMPORTANT: Be sure that your tool is ready for you to paste HTML code, such as by
switching to an HTML view from a design view of your webpage.