how to add a paypal donation button to my widget

fanocp · Member · Oct 7, 2007 at 7:54 am
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thanks , it made alot more clear.
i just have a donation button , but i dont sell anything
nor link them to something like that.
i guess i dont have to worry then
my site is still about what it is , lt just has an donation option added
thank you for ur reply jennifer
cheers
fano
barbararaisbeck · Member · Nov 2, 2007 at 10:27 pm
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i’ve been trying for soooo long to make this work, to no avail. i’ve tried every suggestion over and over, but still, no go.

i am trying to embed my own custom button with a link to paypal (so have been trying ‘raincoaster’s tips), but cannot get it to work arghh!
raincoaster · Member · Nov 2, 2007 at 10:37 pm
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Can you be more specific about the nature of the failures?
barbararaisbeck · Member · Nov 2, 2007 at 11:00 pm
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i follow this method per your advice:

make a draft post, just like a regular only you never post it, you just save it as a draft, never to go live. In it you put the image, then you click on it and hit the Link icon, and you add the right link into the popup box. Does that make sense? Basically you make a blog post featuring the image and the link together and tweak it however you want (centered, change the size, put your own picture in it, whatever you want). Then you click the Code tab…and that takes you to the code for that post. Copy all of it. Put that in your text widget.

when i publish the widget, i get my image with the address for paypal beneath it, that’s it. so i’m not linking it properly, somewhere…?
barbararaisbeck · Member · Nov 12, 2007 at 1:08 am
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i finally figured out how to do this, and posted a detailed post on exactly what i did to make it work. if you follow the directions to a T it should work.

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=17818&page&replies=5
scholarpreneur · Member · Nov 17, 2007 at 10:59 pm
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I had a bunch of trouble finding a plugin too! I finally ended up making my own, which was VERY easy. You just copy and paste some simple html. Here’s a short guide I wrote up on how to do it: http://www.scholarpreneur.com/2007/11/17/the-easiest-way-to-make-a-paypal-donate-button-or-widget/
options · Member · Nov 17, 2007 at 11:06 pm
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> I finally ended up making my own, which was VERY easy.

congratulations, but… unfortunately, forms are banned on .com, so you have to get by with a mere link.
scholarpreneur · Member · Nov 18, 2007 at 7:22 pm
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I’m not sure what you mean. It works fine in my .com website. Let me know if you have any problems though.
ellaella · Member · Nov 18, 2007 at 7:33 pm
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@scholarpreneur – If the .com site you mean is scholarpreneur.com, that is a wordpress.org blog. The free blogs hosted at wordpress.com are the ones options meant. (Sorry to confuse you!)
scholarpreneur · Member · Nov 19, 2007 at 11:07 pm
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Oooh. I see. Thanks for clearing that up.

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