Integration Guide

PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide June 2012 239
Recurring Payments – Installment Plan Buttons
Creating Advanced Installment Plan Buttons on the PayPal Website
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name="page_style" value="myPageStyle">. In the text box instead, enter the
variables using the shortened, name/value-pair format, page_style=myPageStyle.
For more information, see “HTML Form Basics for PayPal Payments Standard” on
page 407.
6. Do one of the following:
– If you specified all the features for your button, click the Create Button button.
Follow the instructions for “Copying and Pasting the Installment Plan Code” on
page 239.
– If you want to adjust the basic features of your button, scroll to the top of the page and
click the Step 1 bar.
Follow the instructions for Step 1 – Specifying Basic Features of Your Installment Plan
Button .
– If you want PayPal to track inventory for the item your button sells or if you do not want
to save your button in your PayPal account, scroll to the top of the page and then click
the Step 2 bar.
Follow the instructions for “Step 2 – Tracking Inventory for Your Installment Plan
Button” on page 235.
Copying and Pasting the Installment Plan Code
After you click the Create Button button, PayPal displays the You are viewing your button
code page. The page contains tabs with button code for specific situations:
 Website – Copy and paste the HTML button code on this tab onto the pages of your
website.
 Email – Copy and paste the URL email payment link code on this tab into email templates
and messages. In addition, your web editing tool or your service provider might not let you
paste HTML code onto your webpages. If they do not, try pasting the URL code for email
payment links onto your webpages instead.
Copy and paste the code that PayPal generates onto your webpages and into your email, even
if you save the button in your PayPal account.
Copying and Pasting the HTML Code for Your Installment Plan Button
The Website tab on the You are viewing your button code page contains the generated
HTML code for your payment button.
If you chose not to save your button in your PayPal account, PayPal protects the generated
HTML code with encryption automatically. Protected HTML code helps secure your buttons
against malicious tampering and fraudulent payments.
You can expose the code of your payment button by clicking the Remove code protection
link at the upper right of text box. For example, you might remove protection so that you can
edit the code later to change the item price. If you remove code protection, use other methods