Integration Guide

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Contribution Payments – Donate Buttons
Creating Advanced Donate Buttons on the PayPal Website
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Use the Step 3 section of the button creation tool to enter advanced HTML variables that you
want to include in your payment button.
For more information, see Step 5 of “Step 3 – Adding Advanced Features to Your Donate
Button” on page 95.
Generating Code for Payment Buttons and Email Payment Links
When you create Donate buttons with tools on the PayPal website, PayPal generates HTML
code for website payment buttons. Then, you copy and paste the HTML code onto the pages of
your website.
In addition to HTML code, PayPal generates URL code for email payment links. Use email
payment links to add Donate functionality to your email messages. If your web editing tool or
your service provider does not allow you to paste HTML code onto your webpages, you might
be able to paste the URL code for email payment links onto your webpages instead.
Protecting HTML Code for Payment Buttons
When you create Donate code with tools on the PayPal website, PayPal lets you protect the
HTML button code that it generates by encrypting part of it. Protecting the HTML code of
your payment buttons helps protect against malicious tampering and fraudulent payments.
IMPORTANT: Merchants with significant payment volume are required to take precautions
on securing PayPal Payments Standard buttons.
For more information, see “Securing Your PayPal Payments Standard Buttons” on page 337.”
Step 1 – Specifying Basic Features of Your Donate Button
To begin using the button creation tool for Donate buttons:
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, do one of the following:
– Click the My Saved Buttons link, and then click the Create new button link in the
upper right of the page, if you previously saved payment buttons in your PayPal account.
To create a new button that is similar to a button that you saved, find the saved button in
the list. Then, click the Action dropdown menu at the right and click the Create similar
button link.