Converting Paypal Forms to a Cart

This support page is for "converting" Paypal "order" forms to a Paypal shopping cart form (in select templates only). In some templates this is the setup if you do NOT want automatic downloads. If you are just setting up the Paypal cart forms click here.

Applicable Templates:
This support page applies to these template models:

ProSoft
ProSoftBlue


Notes:
The above listed templates are using Paypal single order forms. You can convert these forms into a cart as outlined below, or, login to your Paypal account, go to the "Merchant Services" tab or the developers area and generate Paypal shopping cart buttons. If you do not need a cart see Paypal form setup.


Converting Paypal forms to a Paypal Cart:
If you want to convert the Paypal forms to a shopping cart, you will want to use only parts of your generated code from Paypal so the buttons match on the template and the form has smaller margins. Keep the first line of the Paypal cart in the template now and also the button line now in the template. Or use the following code for the Paypal forms and edit the 4 highlighted areas:

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" style="margin: 0px">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="your@email.com">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Product 1">
<input type="hidden" name="amount" value="39.99">
<input type="hidden" name="custom" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="quantity" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="add" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://your-domain.com/thanks-payment.htm">
<input type="submit" VALUE="Add to Cart" name="submitbutton" onmouseover="this.className='buttonon-order'" onmouseout="this.className='button-order'" class="button-order"><br>
</form>


If you have converted the Paypal forms to a shopping cart, you can use the following link (with your e-mail) in the menu.js for a view cart link.

https://www.paypal.com/cart/business=your@email.com&display=1

Notes:
The "robots.txt" is only needed if you are selling downloadable items to keep search engines out of the download folder.



Related Topics:
Setting up the Paypal order forms
Automatic download setup


Links:
PayPal


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See Also...
Paypal Setup
Add Shipping
Adding Options
Change Currency




Click here to open a new or upgrade to a Paypal merchant account