I'm trying to install a donation button into my forum. I have the html code and I installed it in a post and that went fine. I have the ad management mod and it installs fine in there as well. I have many html banners installed in posts and in the ad mod and they all work fine. However, these paypal buttons don't seem to work. When clicked on, a pop-up box appears from MSN asking if I want to do this, and when I click yes, I get the following error message:
Session verification failed. Please try logging out and back in again, and then try again.
Any ideas?
I've noticed on this site there are Paypal donation buttons that when clicked on bring me ehere they should to my paypal account login. I wonder why it won't work on my forum. Can anyone help with this?
You can custom tailor your PayPal buttons so that they don't require a <form> or javascript.
If you can attach it here, I can show you how :)
You want me to attach the donation button here? Ok, but why can't I just put it into a post like a I do a lot of other ads and they always work? The button installs properly into the post (I use {html} tags), but when I click on it, an MSN pop-up window comes up asking if I'm sure I want to do this. I click yes, and then I get that error message instead of being brought to the Paypal donation site. Why? I'll attach the button, but I just want to make sure you understand the problem. Thanks. Is there something I have to configure with Paypal maybe?
Here's the code I got from Paypal:
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="6210814">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6210814"><img src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" /></a>
This makes it so much easier :)
Thank you so much! It works fine! Just out of curiosity, how come the paypal ones don't work in the forum and this one does? Also, could you make me one that says "Buy"? Would you need me to post the code like I did for the last one? I really appreciate your help. I was struggling with this for days!
Quote from: RPro1975 on June 18, 2009, 09:14:47 AM
Thank you so much! It works fine! Just out of curiosity, how come the paypal ones don't work in the forum and this one does? Also, could you make me one that says "Buy"? Would you need me to post the code like I did for the last one? I really appreciate your help. I was struggling with this for days!
All you have to do is change the image.
Make a new button in PayPal with the "Buy" button, then post the code here :)
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_donations">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="[email protected]">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="haiti">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF:btn_donateCC_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
please help
And what would you like to do?
<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&[email protected]&ls=US&item_name=haiti¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP-DonationsBF:btn_donateCC_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest"><img src="http://www.myimagesite.com/myimage.png" alt="" /></a>
Quote from: JBlaze on January 18, 2010, 05:00:43 AM
<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&[email protected]&ls=US&item_name=haiti¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP-DonationsBF:btn_donateCC_LG.gif:NonHostedGuest"><img src="http://www.myimagesite.com/myimage.png" alt="" /></a>
OK Thank you. That's Haiti donation buton. :) It works now.
Glad I could help.