Integration Guide

Contribution Payments – Donate Buttons
Getting Started With Donate Buttons
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76 June 2012 PayPal Payments Standard Integration Guide
Using the Button Creation Tool for a Basic Donate Button
To use the button creation tool for a basic Donate button:
1. Log in to your PayPal Premier or Business 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.
The Create PayPal payment button page opens.
5. In the Accept payments for dropdown menu, select “Donations”.
6. (Optional) In the Organization name/service text box, enter the purpose for the donation
or the name of your organization. If you do not enter anything in this field, your donors can
complete this field during checkout.
7. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the Create Button button.
The You are viewing your button code page opens.
8. Click the Select Code button on the Websites tab to select all of the generated HTML
code.
9. Copy the text that you selected to the clipboard, by:
– Pressing Ctrl+C.
– or –
– Right-clicking your mouse, and selecting Copy.
10.In your web editing tool, open the webpage where you want the button.
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.
11. Paste the text that you copied from the clipboard onto your webpage where you want the
button to appear, by:
– Pressing Ctrl+V.
– or –
– Right-clicking your mouse, and selecting Paste.