[nfbcs] PayPal Buttons

[Brian Buhrow]

	hello Louis.  I'm not sure you need the button formatters to do what
you want.  Instead, I suggest using a straight HTML form where you use
fields to fil in the product, description and transaction ID fields
for Paypal to process.  Then you can code the buttons any way you want and
tag the payments that come in with  any nomenclature you need to keep track
of how the monies were generated.  In this way, you can either set the
fields as text fiels for the users to fill in, if you want to give them the
option of filling in the data themselves, or use hidden fields to transmit
the data to Paypal, depending on which button  the user clicks on on your
page.
	I wrote a sample page that does just this for the NFB of California
some years ago.  I don't think they use it, but I use it when ever I need
to pay someone with Paypal.  I find it much easier than navigating the
Paypal site.
When the payment notification comes in from Paypal, you get the Transaction
ID, dollar value and product name in the notification.  So, you get a lot
of flexibility in terms of how you  code the donations/transactions.

Here's one that will pay Jim Barbour if you actually use it.  You can
download the HTML and see how I did it.

http://www.nfbcal.org/~buhrow/ccjbar.html

Hope that helps.
-Brian
On Jan 25,  2:12pm, Louis Maher via nfbcs wrote:
} Subject: [nfbcs] PayPal Buttons
} Folks,
} 
} In Houston, we would like to add PayPal buttons to our web site to collect
} money for three purposes.  I know that in PayPal, you can generate the code
} for PayPal buttons using their Button formatter.  They have several types of
} buttons.  
} 
} Our first purpose is to collect money for donations.  This is easy because
} PayPal has a donation button.
} 
} The second money purpose is to pay chapter dues--$5 per person per year.  I
} am less clear what kind of button can accomplish that.  We could set up a
} second donation button for this purpose; however, strictly speaking, these
} are not donations.
} 
} The third money purpose is to collect money for our annual candy sale.
} Chapter members volunteer to sell candy for the chapter.  We distribute the
} candy in chapter meetings, and the chapter members bring the money back to
} us in chapter meetings.  I would like to set up a PayPal button for this.  I
} am not sure which kind of button would be best for this.  We do not sell
} candy on the website, we just want to collect money.
} 
} Has anyone played with the PayPal.me link method of collecting funds?
} 
} Any advice would be appreciated.
} 
} Regards
} Louis Maher
} 713-444-7838
} ljmaher at swbell.net
} 
} 
} 
} 
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>-- End of excerpt from Louis Maher via nfbcs