Integration Guide

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Securing Your PayPal Payments Standard Buttons
Creating Protected Payment Buttons on the PayPal Website
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4. In the Related Items box on the right, click the Create new button link.
The Create PayPal payment button page opens.
5. In the Choose a button type menu, select the kind of button you want to create and
protect.
6. Enter details about your button.
7. Click the Step 2 bar to expand that section of the button creation tool.
8. Clear the Save button at PayPal checkbox.
NOTE: If you save your buttons at PayPal, you do not need to protect them. The code that
you add to your website for buttons that you save contain no information that can
be fraudulently altered by malicious third parites to submit fraudulent payments.
9. Do one of the following:
– Click the Create Button button to generate the protected HTML code.
– Click the Step 3 bar to customize your button with advanced features. Then click the
Create Button button.
The You’ve created your button page opens.
10.Click the text box to select the generated, protected, HTML code, and then paste it onto the
pages of your website.
After Completing This Task:
Update the profile settings on your PayPal account to block non-encrypted website payments,
as described in “Blocking Unprotected and Non-encrypted Website Payments” on page 348.
Creating a Protected Payment Button 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 My Saved Buttons link.
The My Saved Buttons page opens.
4. In the Related Items box on the right, click the Create new button link.
A message box opens.